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Build your portfolio by working on interesting projects

63 points by zaryaf 12y ago

raphaelss 12y ago
https://zyring.com/#/tracks/frontend https://zyring.com/#/tracks/frontend typo: anuglarJS -> angularJS
- zooso 12y ago
  Thank you so much for the catch. We fixed this in early morning but things are cached in CDNs so it might take a while to get reflected.
Raphmedia 12y ago
Nice website... but please, oh please... don't put the content of the website in a lightbox. Don't limit my access to your content to a 800x600 modal.
- zooso 12y ago
  Agreed. We were actually debating this for a while :) Thanks for the feedback. Really appreciate it.
  - Raphmedia 12y ago
    If you really must use them, make them at least 80% width and height and change the opacity of the black overlay from 0.81 to 0.6. Have the purple header snap to the top, and have it slim down to something like 20px height and hide the title when you are scrolled down. http://snag.gy/LKED2.jpg http://snag.gy/LKED2.jpg vs http://snag.gy/ROfRO.jpg http://snag.gy/ROfRO.jpg Also, test those things on mobile. Modals are tricky on mobile.
    - zooso 12y ago
      Thank you again. This feedback is really helpful.
sreya 12y ago
This is really cool from a first glance. I definitely think one needs to take this sort of approach when learning a new technology. Despite having enthusiasm about a new field of software development, it's far too easy to abandon any attempts education oneself due to the dryness of the material.
- zaryaf 12y ago
  We couldn't agree more. Education on its own is not really sufficient to learn a new technology. Everyone need hands on experience, and our goal is to enable people to do so after they have finished a course. At a high level, be the lab for development courses. Thanks much for your feedback!
gskye 12y ago
https://zyring.com/#/tracks/ios/projects/messaging https://zyring.com/#/tracks/ios/projects/messaging Found a typo, UIBotton
coralreef 12y ago
This is pretty cool and seems like something I would use. However the design aesthetics simply aren't up to par for me. The colour choices and font choices are not great.
- ARCarr 12y ago
  Too many colors and the text is tiny in boxes that are too big.
itsybitsycoder 12y ago
It's a cool idea, but I'm not sure I would want to start one of the projects when none of the outlines are actually finished. Looks like there are 4 different courses but each one is only 25% done, so there's not a lot of meat there yet.
- coolanymous 12y ago
  Thank you for your feedback. We have just launched our startup and wanted to get feedback from the HackerNews community. We will be completing the roadmap for those projects and add more in other areas.
cyxxon 12y ago
This looks really interesting - especially since I am wondering where I want to take my career. I have studied CS and worked as a SAP CRM consultant for approximately ten years now, but always hang around sites like this one... and am getting more and more frustrated with the environment in which most stuff in my line of work happens (mid sized businesses in risk-averse sectors which see IT as a boring tool to sell whatever they produce). I had already wondered how I can polish my CV with more modern technologies, and this just seems to fit really well :)
- zooso 12y ago
  This scenario is one of the main reasons we are doing this. We would love to talk to you more and see where we can help. I would really appreciate it if you could email me at alif@zyring.com so we can talk more.

63 points by zaryaf 12y ago

raphaelss 12y ago

https://zyring.com/#/tracks/frontend https://zyring.com/#/tracks/frontend typo: anuglarJS -> angularJS

zooso 12y ago
Thank you so much for the catch. We fixed this in early morning but things are cached in CDNs so it might take a while to get reflected.

Raphmedia 12y ago

Nice website... but please, oh please... don't put the content of the website in a lightbox. Don't limit my access to your content to a 800x600 modal.

zooso 12y ago
Agreed. We were actually debating this for a while :) Thanks for the feedback. Really appreciate it.
- Raphmedia 12y ago
  If you really must use them, make them at least 80% width and height and change the opacity of the black overlay from 0.81 to 0.6. Have the purple header snap to the top, and have it slim down to something like 20px height and hide the title when you are scrolled down. http://snag.gy/LKED2.jpg http://snag.gy/LKED2.jpg vs http://snag.gy/ROfRO.jpg http://snag.gy/ROfRO.jpg Also, test those things on mobile. Modals are tricky on mobile.
  - zooso 12y ago
    Thank you again. This feedback is really helpful.

sreya 12y ago

This is really cool from a first glance. I definitely think one needs to take this sort of approach when learning a new technology. Despite having enthusiasm about a new field of software development, it's far too easy to abandon any attempts education oneself due to the dryness of the material.

zaryaf 12y ago
We couldn't agree more. Education on its own is not really sufficient to learn a new technology. Everyone need hands on experience, and our goal is to enable people to do so after they have finished a course. At a high level, be the lab for development courses. Thanks much for your feedback!

gskye 12y ago

https://zyring.com/#/tracks/ios/projects/messaging https://zyring.com/#/tracks/ios/projects/messaging Found a typo, UIBotton

coralreef 12y ago

This is pretty cool and seems like something I would use. However the design aesthetics simply aren't up to par for me. The colour choices and font choices are not great.

ARCarr 12y ago
Too many colors and the text is tiny in boxes that are too big.

itsybitsycoder 12y ago

It's a cool idea, but I'm not sure I would want to start one of the projects when none of the outlines are actually finished. Looks like there are 4 different courses but each one is only 25% done, so there's not a lot of meat there yet.

coolanymous 12y ago
Thank you for your feedback. We have just launched our startup and wanted to get feedback from the HackerNews community. We will be completing the roadmap for those projects and add more in other areas.

cyxxon 12y ago

This looks really interesting - especially since I am wondering where I want to take my career. I have studied CS and worked as a SAP CRM consultant for approximately ten years now, but always hang around sites like this one... and am getting more and more frustrated with the environment in which most stuff in my line of work happens (mid sized businesses in risk-averse sectors which see IT as a boring tool to sell whatever they produce). I had already wondered how I can polish my CV with more modern technologies, and this just seems to fit really well :)

zooso 12y ago
This scenario is one of the main reasons we are doing this. We would love to talk to you more and see where we can help. I would really appreciate it if you could email me at alif@zyring.com so we can talk more.