Thank you so much for taking the time and answering my questions, and, furthermore, providing follow up when I did not understand your initial feedback.
Your input is highly appreciated and for students at the beginning of their journey it is very important to have a 'shoulder' to rely on!
Thank you again!
Anytime friend. Keep up the good work. When you gain a few more levels and start getting a good grasp on the concepts, answer some of the help questions. The people will appreciate your assistance AND you will actually learn a lot more when you start breaking down other people's code and troubleshooting it.
Thank you so much for all of your comments. I am convinced that I would not be able to do the exercises without all of the excellent input you have given. Personally I think that CodeGym should put you on the payroll or give you a consultant fee. You make this work.
Thanks!
Your comments are pure Gold mate. Thank you for your contribution to this site.
Even though I really like codegym.cc, but sometimes i have the feeling that you are doing their job, explaining various tasks the way people without coding experience can understand it.
I personally gained more from your comments, than from the whole community - admins included.
Thanks again !
Thanks!!
I know how to explain it to normal folks because I am a normal folk. I learned most of what I know about programming since I started on this site. When I first went through the tasks there were plenty that had me scratching my head too. While the staff at Codegym have done an excellent job creating this site and all the lessons/tasks, I don't think they do a good job with explaining these tasks so regular people that have no programming experience can complete them without lots of frustration. Some tasks have example inputs with expected outputs, I think all the tasks should have this and there should be at least 3 or more.
For students I recommend getting a Java book. I have "Thinking in Java" by Bruce Eckel, which is one of the leading beginner Java books, but there are others. A good instructional book can give a much stronger foundational knowledge of the language and, more importantly, the pitfalls to avoid.