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Posted by Sam Lillicrap
Sam Lillicrap
12,127 Points

Future features of treehouse

Hi there,

I was wondering if there was anywhere where I can suggest things that I think would be cool to see on treehouse?

I think it'd be good to have code challenges or really short quizzes in the videos themselves to code as you go along

I also think there should be maybe some points incentive to go back over a video and quiz twice so that it's really rooted in your head, would be quite nice! :-)

It's only because I've found the more you actually get stuck in and code the more it gets grounded and the concepts really start to make sense (maybe it's just me!)

Thanks :-)

3 Answers

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

definitely agree about getting points for watching a video/doing code challenges/quizzes twice. I do that a lot as well and feel like I should at least get a few points for doing that.

Sam Lillicrap
Sam Lillicrap
12,127 Points

Yeah it'd be nice - maybe you only get points after going over it a week since you last did or some other time frame, and sometimes I need a little incentive to not just try something new but practice what I already know!

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

It's only because I've found the more you actually get stuck in and code the more it gets grounded and the concepts really start to make sense (maybe it's just me!)

I suggest everyone play around with code and try stuff out your new skillz after each badge. Using a code playground like codepen is great (for HTML, CSS & JavaScript), there are also code playground for Ruby, PHP and even SQL.

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

In case you are wondering what these sorts of experiments look like here are some I've made while learning CSS.

Amanda Moore
Amanda Moore
4,151 Points
Amanda Moore
Amanda Moore
4,151 Points

I find that just doing the coding along with the video helps a lot. I've gotten to the point where I try to guess what the code is going to be and I pause the video and write it first to see if I am correct. Usually I'm close and the video then shows me where I went wrong.