{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/exercism/exercism.io/issues/2254","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/exercism/exercism.io/issues/2254/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/exercism/exercism.io/issues/2254/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/exercism/exercism.io/issues/2254/events","html_url":"https://github.com/exercism/exercism.io/issues/2254","id":63596465,"number":2254,"title":"First impression / Getting Started","user":{"login":"kytrinyx","id":276834,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/276834?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/kytrinyx","html_url":"https://github.com/kytrinyx","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kytrinyx/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kytrinyx/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kytrinyx/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kytrinyx/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kytrinyx/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kytrinyx/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kytrinyx/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kytrinyx/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kytrinyx/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/exercism/exercism.io/labels/audit/wish","name":"audit/wish","color":"C76476"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/exercism/exercism.io/labels/roadmap","name":"roadmap","color":"801515"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/exercism/exercism.io/labels/topic:%20core%20value","name":"topic: core value","color":"efefef"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":12,"created_at":"2015-03-23T01:05:53Z","updated_at":"2015-04-02T12:25:42Z","closed_at":null,"body":"It's still very difficult to understand\r\n\r\na) what exercism is about\r\nb) how it works, and\r\nc) how to get started\r\n\r\nCurrently you only really get going properly if you have a friend who explains why it's useful and how to go about using it.\r\n\r\nI'd like to start collecting some ideas about how to fix this.\r\n\r\nWhere do we explain? What do we explain?\r\n\r\nHow much information you need to get started depends on how much experience you have with programming (in general) and perhaps also unit testing.\r\n\r\nThere are videos we can point people to in order to explain concepts (Sandi Metz' \"Magic Tricks of Testing\" talk comes to mind).\r\n\r\nAlso, it might be helpful to have an interactive tutorial.\r\n\r\nAny ideas for making this happen are welcome."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/exercism/exercism.io/issues/comments/88882060","html_url":"https://github.com/exercism/exercism.io/issues/2254#issuecomment-88882060","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/exercism/exercism.io/issues/2254","id":88882060,"user":{"login":"ErikSchierboom","id":135246,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/135246?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/ErikSchierboom","html_url":"https://github.com/ErikSchierboom","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ErikSchierboom/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ErikSchierboom/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ErikSchierboom/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ErikSchierboom/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ErikSchierboom/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ErikSchierboom/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ErikSchierboom/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ErikSchierboom/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ErikSchierboom/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-04-02T12:25:42Z","updated_at":"2015-04-02T12:25:42Z","body":"@kytrinyx in passing mentioned \"[...] like a web interface for submitting code?\". I personally think that's a great idea. The CLI tooling is great, but it is a barrier for some people I feel. Having a simple submit form (perhaps with drag-and-drop of files) to submit code would help."}}