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Craig Dennis
Treehouse TeacherI just retired the Java Basics - Knock Knock Joke
Howdy everybody!
Just wanted to let you know that I retired the Knock Knock Joke final question of Java Basics and replaced it with what I believe to be a better more understandable challenge.
Please give it a shot and let me know what you think:
If you see stuff referring to knocking, and oranges and bananas, you can just ignore it. It will give you old timers something to brag about too ;)
Huge shout out to our amazing moderators for supporting such an accidentally confusing question, especially for those whose first experience with a Knock Knock Joke was in code.
Hope everyone is having as much fun as I am!
Craig Dennis
Treehouse TeacherHey Rob!
Been on my to do list forever, just finally got to it. There are some more. Any in specific you are thinking about?
Rob Bridges
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 35,467 PointsI'm not sure it needs an overhaul like this one, but maybe just clarify the goal of the shopping cart method challenge that teaches method overloading. The method overloading doesn't seem to be the problem, most students that I see never anticipate having to call the previous method in the overloaded method.
I see that one crop up frequently.
In any case, thanks for all the work you do!
1 Answer
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher
The new version should indeed be less confusing, but the old one will be missed.
Ken
Craig Dennis
Treehouse TeacherKnock Knock...
Ken Alger
Treehouse TeacherI thought that was recently retired. The new upgrade is the door bell.
Craig Dennis
Treehouse TeacherC'mon for old times sake. Knock Knock...
Ken Alger
Treehouse TeacherOkay...
Who's there?
Ken Alger
Treehouse TeacherBoo who?
Craig Dennis
Treehouse TeacherDon't cry, there's lots more fun challenges on the way
(thanks for playing along!)
Ken Alger
Treehouse TeacherOh, knock it off...
Rob Bridges
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 35,467 PointsRob Bridges
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 35,467 PointsHey Craig,
Good idea, the question seems much less confusing with the additional step added in, I'm sure students will have an easier time determining what each step of the challenge is expecting now.
This doesn't seem like a spur of the moment decision, any other challenges you are looking at to update?