Spaced repetition memory system

Execute Program’s lessons don’t unlock until you’ve successfully reviewed their prerequisites

Revuu

Mnemonic texts could be serialized in small sections over time, timed to reader recall

Execute Program’s lessons assume solid recall of prior material

Chessable MoveTrainer

Execute Program’s lessons unfurl their prose in response to reader interaction

Execute Program doesn’t have non-executable prompts

Execute Program’s prompts act both as application prompts and recall prompts

Reading comprehension questions are unpleasant

To what extent can application prompts supplant recall prompts in the mnemonic medium?

Execute Program’s lessons are quite short

Execute Program’s Python course has a dynamic reference

Execute Program’s progress mechanics emphasize completing new lessons over increasing recall duration

Missed answers in Execute Program’s reviews don’t penalize the student unless they “give up”

Substantive examples of the mnemonic medium

Exercism

Questions by Julia Evans

# Execute Program

<https://www.executeprogram.com>

Execute Program offers interactive lessons on programming tools by [[Gary Bernhardt]]. The lessons interleave prose with live programming problems. Akin to the [[zKPv6qkSErdRGqyryvgS2wS:::Mnemonic medium]], the site integrates a [[z2D1qPwddPktBjpNuwYFVva:::Spaced repetition memory system]] to repeat lessons’ tasks over time.

*   The lesson experience:
    *   [[zWeMGj1huQaESSBTmRWSvD5:::Execute Program’s lessons unfurl their prose in response to reader interaction]]
    *   [[z9DRugkwcBv7iLRACEnWVDL:::Readers answer Execute Program’s prompts by executing a program]]
    *   [[zYCRKm7HujiD6CNtcC9gnmk:::Execute Program doesn’t have non-executable prompts]]
    *   [[zUoZHzEPeQFKaUTYctg9fqq:::Execute Program’s prompts act both as application prompts and recall prompts]]
    *   Multiple examples can use the same code “preamble”—a useful domain-specific specialization
    *   [[zLnMMGiCT6xDjMfMurTzKjs:::Execute Program’s lessons are quite short]]
    *   [[z6VuhFzndxKdFM7r4mV81FB:::Execute Program’s Python course has a dynamic reference]]
*   Course and system structure:
    *   [[zHLWyC5LVXZLWE9RmoC1gua:::Execute Program’s lessons don’t unlock until you’ve successfully reviewed their prerequisites]]
    *   [[zH26uarYCm9y6tqzuxaGUzt:::Execute Program’s lessons assume solid recall of prior material]]
    *   [[zX7RdiHGbHYnkFznUr9VZx7:::Missed answers in Execute Program’s reviews don’t penalize the student unless they “give up”]]
    *   [[zHJBriKPXFC2VtF8MVCdj7K:::Execute Program’s progress mechanics emphasize completing new lessons over increasing recall duration]]

Related: [[zJaSxZHpWr5fq7vQtHUVuMp:::Mnemonic texts could be serialized in small sections over time, timed to reader recall]]








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