Learning a programming language & really becoming productive at coding is a daunting challenge that many people abandon when things get difficult. Edabit takes the approach that the best way to learn programming is by actually programming.
Using edabit you get to work on small coding challenges, so that you don’t only learn the basics, syntax & best practices, you actually work on small projects, just like you’d do in real life. Often, resources for learning to code are either geared for beginners or advanced users, & edabit seeks to bridge that gap, starting with easy stuff & gradually getting your chops at your own pace until you’re capable of mastering the tough jobs.
Edabit seeks to provide an environment where you’re in a real world programming situation. Most of the bothersome & tedious experience of learning is removed & the platform concentrates on “simple game mechanics”.
Every time you complete a coding challenge, you earn ‘experience points’, you unlock achievements & you can see your ranking on the users’ leader board & try to reach the top spot.
According to edabit’s “philosophy” section, it’s really hard to understand how to apply the programming concepts you’ve learned when you’re a beginner. So its approach is to break up the process of learning code into 3 basic phases: learn syntax, solve problems & make stuff.
It believes that the 2nd phase, that is: solving problems, is fundamental in learning “to think like a programmer”. The approach is to bridge the gap between the 1st phase of learning syntax & the last of actually making stuff with syntax, by concentrating on problem solving.
Real world situations are proposed by edabit, where a budding programmer must figure out how to solve a particular problem by searching docs, FAQs, tutorials… & by asking questions on discussion forums. In other words, the same kind of stuff the developer would encounter in a real world project.
Edabit was founded by software developer & serial entrepreneur Matt MacPherson, who is based in Kitchener, Waterloo, Canada.
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