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by sireat 2611 days ago
I was considering using Lab as an alternative to freecodecamp for my students but looks like a pass so far because it is not beginner friendly.

Once you get past the ickiness of Lab asking to be installed on ALL your repos there is still the issue of materials.

Let's take the intro-html course. Should be nice and beginner friendly right?

The last instructions for the first issue are:

" To help you get started, I have already created an index.html file for you on a branch called: add-index. All you need to do is create the pull request:

Create a pull request. You can either use this direct link, or go to the Code tab, click on New Pull Request, select base: master, and compare: add-index. Add a descriptive title to your pull request, something like "Add the index.html file". Add a descriptive body to your pull request. Click Create pull request." "

No links to what a pull request is nor a link to introductory github course.

No explanation on why base: master, and compare: add-index it might as well be PCLoadLetter to those new to github.

PS Plus the promised automatic pull request failed(probably because I changed the title of the repository)