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CodePupil teaches you how to code thru unique visual exercises & games. We recently launched and would enjoy hearing your feedback!

Right now the learning is on rails but here are links to various exercises..

Intro to HTML/CSS exercise... http://codepupil.com/ex.html

Intro to CSS property Background-Color & how it affects HTML http://codepupil.com/ex2.html

HTML/CSS 101 video & typing exercise... http://codepupil.com/ex4.html

One of our games - Code Stitch.... http://codepupil.com/game7.html

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equilibrium
doesn't support Firefox 12.0
paul9290
Thank you!

Today for Mac users we support Chrome and Safari. We are working on fixing the Firefox MAC (works fine in FF on a PC) issue & then later down the road get it working in IE.

citricsquid
It doesn't feel like I'm learning, it feels like a typical high school quiz. You present information (without ever ensuring I've learned it) and then check if I've "learned" it with a simple input that requires no thought.

Compare it to the codecademy courses, they introduce you to concepts, explain them and then ask you to perform a task based on what you've learned, whereas with yours it shows a bunch of information and doesn't ever explain what it is or why/how it works.

For example the first 2 exercises (labelled #1 and #2) ask me to modify CSS properties, but then on the 3rd you start teaching how to write HTML and CSS. Surely the 3rd should come first, because without understanding what css is how does changing values help teach me anything?

The interface isn't too bad though, so it's a reasonable start, good luck :)

paul9290
Awesome thank you for the feedback - very helpful!

We are definitely looking to change things up - the flow, focus more on our video/typing exercises and or create more games to see what works best!

[dead] itiztv
looks more like a flashcard or quiz site to me. I was there for no more than 2 minutes, pretty cursory but didn't get the urge i'll get on codeacademy for eg