I'd like to find out more about how to contribute, whether content, marketing, etc. I think it's spot on for simple step by step "learn by doing" approach to beginner programming.
I haven't tried hackety-hack yet. But my initial assessment tells me that stuff like these are very good for people who want to learn new stuff. Is there something like this for Python?
There isn't anything directly similar for Python, but eventually, Hackety will be language-agnostic. This is probably a loooong time off, though. And by probably, I mean "is."
1: programming is programming. I'm trying to keep it about programming in general, not just Ruby specifically. You can read the lessons here[1], they're written in a simple DSL.
2: Webapps have both a server side and a client side component. I doubt that she'll be starting off with Node.js, eh? It could be because I'm a back-end kinda guy, but I'd rather start with simple, more old-school apps before getting into javascript heavy AJAXy client-side ones. YMMV.
