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Is CodeWarriorU Any Good?

Posted by Cliff on from the educating-oneself-online dept.

Legion303 asks: "I recently stumbled across www.codewarrioru.com, sponsored by Metrowerks. CodeWarriorU is a site devoted to free online programming courses. Has anyone else used this service, and is it any good?"

2 comments

  1. CodeWarrior U. by CodeShark · · Score: 1
    Well, I'd grade them at least a "B". I've seen other resources that were at least as good, but the Code Warrior stuff (AFAICT) is free. One think I like is that even though the courses are 24x7, obviously the instructors are not, but they get back to you with help pretty darn quick -- if other students don't beat them to it.

    I will probably work through more of their courses, at least, because I want to see what does/doesn't work in terms of on-line courseware, because like many people, I'd like to see a free "Open Source" educational initiative succeed on the web.

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    ...Open Source isn't the only answer -- but it's almost always a better value than the alternatives...
  2. Seems decent, but... by dlc · · Score: 2

    The classes seem pretty PC/Mac oriented. This is not actually all that surprising -- I didn't expect Kernel Internals or anything -- and probably not all that bad. The intro courses (Introduction to Embedded Programming: DSP and the C, C++, and Java classes) look promising. The platform specific C++ classes (MFC, Mac) are probably a Godsend to someone who isn't me. All in all, it looks pretty promising. I registered, and am waiting to be notified of a bunch of classes...

    darren


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