From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2010-06-07T20:45:51+09:00
Subject: Re: Very simple programming exercises

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Jacob Mitchell
<jacob.d.mitchell@gmail.com> wrote:
> Search for "code golf".  I personally have enjoyed
> http://golf.shinh.org/because the problems tend to be very simple.  It
> helps you learn the pros
> and cons of various languages.
>
> -Jake

I strongly disagree that code golf is a good learning exercise for a beginner.

The first goal of newbie should be to learn to write clean understandable code.

Code golf, where the goal is to write a program in the minimum of
characters, might be an interesting intellectual exercise, but it
leads to writing cryptic code which is just the opposite of what a
beginner should be learning.

Besides Dave Thomas code katas which Ryan mentioned. It might be
worthwhile to have a look at the old RubyQuiz site

http://rubyquiz.com/

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