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Herman Brummer
6,414 PointsWhere is my Code???
I doing a Python track and from time to time I go back to have a look at my old code, but wait...
WHAAAAAAAAAT?! My old code that I spent hours writing is not there anymore, instead, I see a screen that looks as if I have never done this, a blank state.
What is going on here? I mean seriously, I am not paying for this service and then having my hard work wiped.
4 Answers
Steven Parker
229,644 PointsAre you creating in a workspace?
And if so, do you remember to "save" your work? In that case, you might try closing the workspace and launching it again.
Or I might have the wrong idea entirely, in which case you might try being a bit more explicit about the issue and contacting the Support staff directly.
Herman Brummer
6,414 PointsHi there,
I code on https://repl.it/, not workspaces, but that is not the where the code is getting wiped.
I finished as set of code challenges yesterday and this morning, when I go to review that code, the code is gone. I am pressing "next challenge", after each challenge, so it should be saving then. With Udacity, when I put my in and "save", move on and then later come back, the code is still there.
I have asked support about this, as I can't see that this right, something must be wrong somewhere.
Thanks again for your input
Steven Parker
229,644 PointsI'm pretty sure the challenges don't store anything between sessions. Most of them don't require a lot of coding, so once you figure out what to do, it shouldn't take long to create a solution and pass. Any code provided to start with should re-appear when you run the challenge again.
Herman Brummer
6,414 PointsHuh, "I'm pretty sure the challenges don't store anything between sessions." Oh Yikes!
Thanks for clearing that up! but Why ? ? ?
That's my code, it's my work, it is what took me a long time to do, I don't want to go and have to work it out again, it took me 2 hours this morning to recreate yesterdays work. This is my learning journey, I want to see how my code progressed, what I learned, how I did it.
My journey just being wiped, is akin to my FB comments or photos being removed, sure I could take those photos again... but at what time cost. Why does udacity others save this data but this amazingly well-designed site does not?
This is a learning impediment because I need review stuff and don't want to save my work offline or have to bother with managing a gazillion, septillion files on a workspace. This kind of forces me to go and deal do file management through workspace, which is not what I want to do, makes things more complicated than they need to be.
Thanks again, at least I know what is happening now
Steven Parker
229,644 PointsMy own experience is that the code challenges don't take long once you know how to solve them. I can imagine doing research for it might take a while, but that time shouldn't need to be redone.
But if you need to leave a challenge before you pass and you don't want to replicate your current state next time, I would suggest that you just copy the code from the page and paste it into a local file. Then you can do the opposite in your next session to put it back.
And if you really think this is a feature that should be added you could suggest it to the Support staff.
Herman Brummer
6,414 Points:)
Will do, I think it is in line with what others are doing and I can see the benefits of it.
Thanks again