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Michael Arends
27,513 PointsFast Track Courses
To the Content Creator Employees of Treehouse,
First and foremost, thank you for this site and service. It has helped me learn so much and I I am excited to learn more.
With that said, can something be done about introduction courses for new languages? Can we get a fast track option if the programming language is not our first? It gets frustrating watching the entire introduction videos when it assumes I do not have any knowledge of what a variable, array, or object is. I understand this need for a student without any programming experience. However, I do not want to skip through the videos because I do not want to miss out on a minor difference in the language.
I don't even think new footage would need to be shot. The videos could be edited down to take out the novice filler.
This is a fantastic site and my request is not meant to be critical of the site. I feel this would help me reduce wasted time and I believe the same could be true for others.
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Kai Nightmode
37,045 PointsI find it very helpful to use the speed control when covering materials I am very familiar with. Depending on the teachers cadence I have gone as fast at 2x although I would say 1.5x is much more pleasant to listen to.
One caveat to speed watching though. I have noticed that any speed faster that 1.1x introduces the chance for the video to not get flagged as being watched when you move to the next step. The easiest fix I know for this is to watch 15-20 seconds at 1.1x until you see a point added to your score in the top right. After you see the point added, set the speed as fast as you want. That always works. :D