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iOS Swift Basics Swift Types String Manipulation

Posted by Tom Cockram
Tom Cockram
96 Points

Challenge service is down?

I am using my free week of treehouse but the challenge service goes down everytime I try to use it. I'm using chrome so would expect it to work. I have also refreshed the page. Does this happen often?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,184 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,184 Points

I've generally found the service to be very reliable, including during this past week.

However, one way I've found that can "crash" a challenge is to write code that causes an indefinite (aka "infinite") loop; so be careful not to do that! Occasionally, some other issues can also crash a challenge, and while I'm sure the designers do their best to predict and catch bad answers, students can sometimes still come up with some unanticipated surprises. The few times that has happened to me, I look over the code and typically spot something out of place, and retrying with a revised answer will get a "Good Job" or "Bummer".