Show HN: Want to learn C? Join this class on my website as we work through K&R (opens in new tab)

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10 pointsimp15y ago7 comments

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impOP15y ago· 2 in thread

I launched this site last January, and there was a great response for the SICP class. This year I was feeling like learning C, so I started this class based on the K&R book.

I'd be interested in any thoughts you have on this class or the website as a whole.

gvkv15y ago

UI issue: Why do I need to come up with yet another username? I've never understood why websites don't just let username == email with an optional alias. I understand that OpenID or ClickPass might not be worth implementing but in my view, this username thing has got to stop. To this end, I refuse to sign up for any service that requires me to login via username (other than email). It's too bad too, because this looks very cool.

impOP15y ago

I'm sorry to hear that you don't want to register. I agree that usernames are frequently unnecessary, and for other sites that I've created I avoid them.

However, I think it's useful for this website because you get a profile page with a URL that uses that username. For instance, here is mine:

http://curiousreef.com/kday

Sure, and email + alias could work also, but I really wanted people to have their own vanity URL, and this seemed to be the easiest way to do that.

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middlegeek15y ago· 1 in thread

Nice, I signed up for a class. Is there a way to mark other classes in a queue of sorts to be taken when you are done with the one(s) you are currently taking?

Thanks!

impOP15y ago

No, there isn't, but that sounds like a good idea. I'll try to add a way to do something like that. Thanks.

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7 comments

5 comments · 2 top-level

impOP15y ago· 2 in thread

I launched this site last January, and there was a great response for the SICP class. This year I was feeling like learning C, so I started this class based on the K&R book.

I'd be interested in any thoughts you have on this class or the website as a whole.

gvkv15y ago

UI issue: Why do I need to come up with yet another username? I've never understood why websites don't just let username == email with an optional alias. I understand that OpenID or ClickPass might not be worth implementing but in my view, this username thing has got to stop. To this end, I refuse to sign up for any service that requires me to login via username (other than email). It's too bad too, because this looks very cool.

impOP15y ago

I'm sorry to hear that you don't want to register. I agree that usernames are frequently unnecessary, and for other sites that I've created I avoid them.

However, I think it's useful for this website because you get a profile page with a URL that uses that username. For instance, here is mine:

http://curiousreef.com/kday

Sure, and email + alias could work also, but I really wanted people to have their own vanity URL, and this seemed to be the easiest way to do that.

1 more reply

middlegeek15y ago· 1 in thread

Nice, I signed up for a class. Is there a way to mark other classes in a queue of sorts to be taken when you are done with the one(s) you are currently taking?

Thanks!

impOP15y ago

No, there isn't, but that sounds like a good idea. I'll try to add a way to do something like that. Thanks.

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