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General Discussion

Naomi Freeman
STAFF
Naomi Freeman
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Points drive me bonkers

Watch 5 videos, answer 10 questions in an hour = 200 points

Code for 5 full days, rewriting and researching for version differences and bugs in the tutorials, get halfway through project = 18 points.

Oi.

#justsayin

3 Answers

Hi Naomi: It is a little strange having the points for a section be weighted the same, regardless of difficulty. Just remember, mark out for dollars, not points! =]

Personally I think amount of time writing code is a better metric than "points". I also like the metric of the number of pens on codepen.

That's a great point. Having something that is public facing is always better.

Naomi Freeman
STAFF
Naomi Freeman
Treehouse Guest Teacher

The other side is, of course, just because you're spending aeons on code doesn't mean you're doing a good job and should get points...unless it's A for effort?

I think a better way might be to sort of "test" a bunch of people doing, say, Rails development, and see what the average time for completion is, then bump the weight of those points up a bit higher, in comparison to completion time for doing something like just watching a video straight.

A Rails project is, for me at least, much more difficult than listening to some videos on accessibility. I think it's important that you do get points for watching and listening too though.

I do agree that the weight of the points don't always reflect the difficulty.