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Hi. Who can tell me, how to change my photo, please
I have it question too. Maybe its function only for donators users
This paragraph explains this.
Hola Se ha cambiado mi foto de perfil por esta sombra, es aterradora, me gustaria saber como cambiar la foto ?
Hi! I have an issue with the search facility. When I try to get a list of katas result is always "0 Kata Found" (and at the begging "There are no items to display").
It looks like request parameters in the URL are concatenated properly so there's no problem with it.
Any clue how can I fix it?
Thanks
When I checked a couple of katas from the favorites I also discovered that there're no suggestions with similar katas at the bottom of the page.
https://github.com/codewars/codewars.com/issues/2534
guys how i change my pfp? already verified.
Profile pic is taken automatically from a connected Github account, so youll need to connect one with the profile pic that you want.
thx just created my account actually. (read what you said on github) butthanks!
good stuff
I can't react to solutions.I type in the comment and press POST but the site doesnt respond
if it happens only on some kata, you most probably encountered this issue: https://github.com/codewars/codewars.com/issues/2263
What is the API Access Token in Account Settings used for? I cannot find any information on it in the API documentation.
Is there an option to change display picture? Can't seem to find it in the account settings.
It's unfortunately not possible directly. Profile picture is grabbed from yout GitHub account (if linked), or from Twitter account (if linked).
You can read some details (but not much) here.
I have a suggestion pertaining the testing process in kata - specifically, the lack of any feedback whenever the code execution on the server times out. This specifically annoyed me because I'm struggling with a kata where my code is timing out, and I want to debug it, to test at least how far my code got before it timed out, but whenever the code times out, you only receive one message - that the code execution timed out. Not even the console log. I don't think it would be particularly hard to simply return what the program wrote before it was terminated automatically by the server, even though I don't know how exactly it works.
Hopefully you can find something usefull here: Troubleshooting-your-solution
Things already work just as you suggested, and on timeout test output panel presents what tests managed to print.
What is not shown, though, is what tests wanted to print, but did not manage to. That's how buffered output works. When a process is killed on timeout, contents of internal buffers are lost and there's nothing to show. That's why flushing the printed logs explicitly usually helps in such situations.
Hi! Can someone tell me what is the name of the color scheme that is used in the tests??
I want to change my e-mail address, and I don't seem to be able to. I even went 'red'.
Can you try again without any extensions and in Incognito/Private window? Some users have reported similar issues and that fixed it. If it doesn't fix the problem, you can open an issue or email us with more details. Note that the email is currently backed up, so it'll take a while for me to go through them.
thank you! that worked.
Hi! Tell me if I can somehow open a link to my complete kata for my friends?
Do you mean like this? https://www.codewars.com/users/ivan-kono/completed
Ok, but this link does not see the code. I'm interested to show them the code..
I don't know where to post this question and it's quite silly but why is it that sometimes when the answer matches exactly yet the test cases doesn't accept it because i used print() instead i use return then and it works anyone could help me understand why?
Without knowing the exact context of the language and kata you're talking about it's hard to say for sure, but it does make sense since print() and return should have different features. print() prints the output to console (so that we as the user can read it) while return actually returns the value to whereever the function was called. E.g. the function int multiply (int a, int b ){...} (in C++) should use return so that in other places of your program you can use statements like c = multiply( a, b ); and c will actually be assigned the value a times b. If you used print() inside the function, then that value would just be printed but not assigned to c. The test cases most likely check for the return value of the function, so print() does not fulfill the test conditions.
Thank you so much i now remember learning this long ago,thanks for refreshing my memory
I deleted my codewars account and then recreated it again. Now I got the message “The Facebook account is already associated with a different user”. What should I do to solve the problem? Perhaps, it’s not a right place to ask, excuse me, but where to get help then?
I made a bug report and the issue was solved just in a few hours. I’m very impressed!
how? we can contribute to comunity......
Ddoes anybody know the color palette/theme for the inpage python interpreter used for the katas? And, know where I can get it for my IDE(vscode)?
Hey, Anybody know, how can I measure the processing time of my solution and compare it to the processing time of other solutions on the page?
I don't think that's a feature on this site. You can check your proccesing time in top left cornor of the output and then copy the other solution that you found and compare them manualy.Consider that the time will vary from test to test, because in almost any kata you got some random tests that you have to pass and they change for every attempt. Hope I helped you !
Here is a way to do it i think: import time start_time = time.time() main() print("--- %s seconds ---" % (time.time() - start_time))
from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1557571/how-do-i-get-time-of-a-python-programs-execution
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Anybody else having issues accessing kata? When I navigate to the kata endpoint I'm faced with an internal server error. I've logged in and out several times, closed and reopened different browsers, yet nothing.
I have been working on a specfic Kata offline but forgot to bookmark it. I remember the Kata title but how can I find it again?
Kata search or https://www.codewars.com/users/yellow%20cam/unfinished
Thanks for the reply Chrono79 but sadly, I never opened the Kata so it didn't get put into the unfinished list :-(
Then use kata search with the kata title.
You know what? Sometimes, it just needs the obvious to be pointed out. Found the search via the Kata page and all is now good. Thanks for the help :-)
Hello, how the heck do I change the default avatar? I don't have a github account.
Creating a GitHub account and linking it with CW.
Thanks, still I don't understand why should I create another account on an unrelated 3rd party site just to change avatar here. Doesn't make sense to me.
Beats me too, but that's the only way afaik.
https://www.codewars.com/topics/site-design#5fdd5b3c8a8cc3001c3873fa
How do I get questions only of difficulty level 6?
Click this link: https://www.codewars.com/kata/search/my-languages?q=&r[]=-6&beta=false
Hello, I would like to know how can I translate katas.
Thanks
What means the second item in the right hand top corner, between night/light mode and alerts, the sort of vanner with star inside ???
Bookmarks. Here you can see a list of kata which you bookmarked (marked with a star).
Some of the Katas have a pretty obvious purpose - do some efficient sorting, undertand bits, etc. Others seem very arbitrary and obscure to me. https://www.codewars.com/kata/56b5afb4ed1f6d5fb0000991 is one such example. Mechanically I'm sure I can figure out how to do that, but what I'm wondering is why is it valuable to figure out?
The more of these I do, the more it seems like some sort of context or value statement would be helpful rather than just assuming it is self-evident.
@AryannSarkari: not sure you'll see my comment, but... Check you actually confirmed your account (you're supposed to have got a confirmation email when you subscribed. You cannot post comments as long as you didn't confirm your account)
Is there a way to browse Katas I did not finished in a specific language ?
Right now when I select "Language: C#" & "Progress: Kata I have not completed", Katas I completed in Haskell but not in C# do not appear in the list.
To put it in code, what I want is (All_C#_Katas - Finished_C#_Katas) instead of (All_C#_Katas - Finished_Katas).
Do you know how to show this list ?
Unfortunately, it's not possible directly. There's a feature request created and some workarounds, for example read this issue on Codewars Github.
Thanks ! I will check that out :)
Not sure if this is the right place fo this, but is it possible to see the inputs and outputs of tests? When I test my code, I can't seem to find a place that says what input the kata gave, and what output my code created. Thanks!
You can either print the output of the function/variables/etc. and run the tests or use/create your own tests in the bottom right window, that allows for you to do test driven development and work out different edge cases while you attempt to solve the kata.
Thanks! I didn't even know what the bottom right window was there for!
Is it possible to navigate the the website just through the keyboard? if so, please share the key bindings
Can i know whats the mechanism behind sorting the katas by easiet and hardest? Because it doesn't serve its purpose.they are definitely not easy.. is it based on the ratio of numberofcompletions/numberofwarriorstrained?
Suggestion: Make the tag filters appear in alphabetical order
How do you submit kata? When I test and it runs perfectly, there's no submit button and my profile doesn't update.
You have to press the
attemptbutton-to the righ of thetestbutton. This gives more tests. If you get all of those correct, the greensubmitbutton appears (in place of theattemptbutton), and when you press that, it submits you solution.How about creating a friendly UI to search for other profiles?
Apologies if this is the wrong place to discuss. And I know it's a very minor point. I found on the 'forks' page the following text: "Looks like no one has yet to fork an existing solution:" This is a double negative which implies everyone has forked a solution. Alternative wording: 'no one has forked an existing solution yet'
"wrong" place effectively. ;)
plz, post this here: https://github.com/Codewars/codewars.com/issues
cheers
Are there any 'patch notes' kind a place?
Seems like, there are plenty of change and white mode. Where can I see the full update notes?
Hello, I just made an account on CodeWars. I heard about the website long ago and just now as I'm starting to learn to code better and be serious about it, I wanted to add CodeWars to my daily practice to make my problem solving skills better. But, one thing that gives me problems is the website dark theme/mode, and, it is not a matter of preference to me but a matter of my physical ability.
I have a somewhat rare eye disorder called Keratoconus, and not to bother the people here with what life with that condition feels like and how I end up seeing things around me, one of the things that is extremely difficult is the text of light color on black/gray background. I just cannot see text properly, text ends up smeared all over and overlaping text lines, it's just unreadable and painful for my eyes for more than few minutes because i can squint to fix it but that ends up in eye strain, and please be also aware about one thing, eye glasses cannot fix this eye condition, only expensive special eye contacts that I cannot afford at this moment.
So, please, for the sake of accessibility, and to give some comfort to people who were not born so lucky to have a nice vision, consider adding light mode i.e. black font on light background, because that's the theme that is the most bearable to look at for long periods of time for some of us.
I understand that we could possibly with some hacking around make the ui/css more light, but is that really the solution to this simple problem.
Please.
Please see the post right below yours x)
You can try installing Stylish: https://userstyles.org/And for codewars themes, there's a light theme.Nevermind, eww, that looks horrible x)
Also see https://github.com/codewars/codewars.com/issues/2081
I came to the forum for this issue too. Thanks for the github issue link. I really hope the fix is done soon.
You can now switch to the light theme using the moon/sun icon at the top.
There might be some things I had overlooked when overriding styles and it's not the prettiest, but it should be usable. Please let me know if you find unreadable text or if you have suggestions for improvements. The best way to do that is by opening an issue at https://github.com/codewars/codewars.com .
Hello, how can i change theme color to light? My screen is not good for dark mode...
Not sure if this still works, but: https://github.com/gttotev/codewars-light
You can also read this: https://github.com/codewars/codewars.com/issues/2081
i just tried. Not working T_T still loking, but thank you!^^ Or, mb i did smth wrong. If you have time, could you please try it someday, it takes a minute, i woule be very thankfull!
I did it) actually it's pretty easy) so here is how:
WELL)) forget about it... it looks so baaad)
You can now use the moon/sun icon at the top to switch between dark/light.
Are we experiencing the fastest codewars rn? I have been here for a couple of months, and I feel the site is way faster today.
How do I join a clan?
1.Find the name of the clan you want to join(clan names are unique here).
2.Go to account settings.
3.Write the name of the clan under clan section.
4.Click update.
Did the sun and moon buttons go away? I can't get rid of the dark mode now. Any help?
I had temporarily removed it because it's been buggy and increased the cost of making changes. I replaced it with a site wide switch and you can now use the moon/sun icon at the top to switch the theme.
Can someone please tell me how many active members there are on Codewars? Thanks in advance.
Im having trouble getting debug messages from python on here, am I being a bit dim or do you just have to use print('whatever debug message') with this website? Thanks
import logginglogging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
logging.debug('Start of Program')
Hi, how do I re-subscribe to the weekly challenge email? If I unsubscribed myself? Thanks
The option is available in traning setup.
How do I view Katas I've worked on before?
Go to view profile:
What wrong with the site? when I go to do a solution the solution windo is blank and the testing windo has a generic "testsomething" function that does nothing.
It happens sometimes, but recently it's not as common as it used to be. When it happens to you, try hitting Ctrl+F5 or Ctrl+R in your browser to perform "hard refresh" of the page - usually helped for me.
thank you, ctrl+r worked (learned something new lol), regular refresh was not working for me.
Guys, please tell me how to change my avatar? Thanks.
Have you checked the posts below? Gleb_code's one for example.
hi there,
I have a little bit problem
The shortcut buttons not working inside the Solitions form code CTRL + X ,V .... ???
has anyone ever used the
gmplibrary on codewars for C langauge? how can I find out if it's available? thanksHow can I create my own clan?
set it in the clan field in your account settings, and it will create it.
How often do new versions of languages get added? Both Go and Python have fallen a bit behind the current releases, which makes learning a bit less effective.
Go was just updated to 1.12.
Requesting a new language version can be done by opening an issue on the runner repo using the provided issue template.
would it be too much to ask for site pages to:
did authors abandon project and it's just waiting for it's death?
Once I hit the 'submit final' button to finish the challenge, then click 'next kata', it loads the next challenge and gives me the instructions for it, but for the life of me, I can not figure out how to start it. only options I have are 'try again' and 'next kata'.
You have already completed the next kata you went to. If you want to do it again, click 'train again', otherwise move on to another kata. :wink:
Some warriors, instead of the standard avatars, have their own variety. Tell me how to change the avatar? Or you can change it to achieve something?
These are github avatars.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!
All Kata is diverse, some require a lot of knowledge about the language. What resource would you recommend for more language learning?
Is the unlock solution button only available for 8 kyu and 7 kyu? I'm stuck on a problem and I'm looking to understand the solutions to the 5 kyu problem but I can't find the button on the bottom to forfeit the honor for the kata I'm on and unlock the solutions
IIRC, you can unlock solutions only to those katas which are at most 1 kyu above your current level.
Thank you for your reply! That makes a lot of sense.
There are so many katas that i can perfectly solve in my IDE, but not on codewars. I have to skip many simple katas because of errors im getting, even though the logic and code is appereantly fine, since i can execute them on my IDE perfectly. Its obnoxious to not be able to complete the kata when the implemented compiler is giving me an error for a single-line program. Is there anything i can do about that? Sorry for the dumb question
Can you give an example?
This is a very simple kata where i just make a string to be uppercase.
std::string makeUpperCase (const std::string& input_str) {
std::transform (input_str.begin(), input_str.end(), std::toupper);
return input_str; }
or
for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++) { str[i] = std::toupper(str[i]); }
They both dont work Obviously, there is always a reason for these errors to be there. Its just that they work in my IDE and this is such simple code. Very annoying.
You're NOT supposed to post your code publicly.
Name at least one IDE/compiler which would allow you to modify a constant string, or stop talking nonsense if you can't.
You are right. I didnt notice. But this is just one of many examples.
If the errors are not traceables but because of the test, then the test conditions must be met, which are sometimes not written in the instructions.
There also may be hidden requirements such as they pass in a different data/var type and it could through off the code. For instances like this if you truly believe its an error you can raise an issue in the kata and see if it gets fixed, otherwise it may be an edge case.
When I write a PHP Kata solution, my comments are a dark gray color. They fade a bit into the background and this makes the code stand out. However, after submitting the solution, the comments have the same white color as the code, making the code look ugly.
I understand that the PHP code editor uses a different codebase as the PHP code viewer, but I think this discourages me from adding useful comments in the future. That cannot be a good thing.
So my request is simply: Can PHP comments also be dark gray when viewing the code? Preferably the color scheme should be the same, whether editing or viewing.
Hi! I´m new here and I don´t understand how these kata are tested and how do I know if it passed .. After submitting my attempt, the text says for example: passed: 10, "not passed" (i don´t remember the correct term): 6 and exit code (or something..): 1. My profile says i'm completed only 1 kata (the first one to get into the site). How do I know what to correct in my answer, if my code works in my Python IDE, but I don´t pass the kata? I really don´t understand this testing data...??? are there any good instructions (not in jargon, but in layperson terms) how these katas and their testing works?
hi,
just don't forget that "sample tests" just means that: "sample". So when you press attempt, your code is run against a more complete test suite than just the sample tests. So if your code fails, that means it's incorrect and you need to study the inputs to get what is wrong. To do that,
printis your friend (right from the guts of your function).If your code is correct, you don't get any failures and all goes green, and you get a green "submit final" button instead of the blue "attempt" one. Press it and the kata will be counted as completed in your profile.
Thanks for your answer! I wouldn´t have noticed that submit final button. But now I got the idea as my kata passed all the tests. Thank you!
And what it comes for site design and usability, I had really hard time finding the scroll bar to scroll the page down. It was so tiny and almost unvisible dark grey bar on dark grey background. And arrows keys don't work in the site.
How can I join a clan, I cannot find any link, site or anything on this on this webpage. Help is appreciated.
Click here and fill in the name of the clan you want to join/create. More info on this link
I do not know where I should put this: This user is writing offensive comments and you should ban him.
https://www.codewars.com/users/werfgbn/comments
Already banned for repeated cheating. Offensive comments are currently being removed.
Thanks!
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I have several katas that I authored years ago that are still in beta. How can I delete them?
There is a lot of work that goes into creating a Mata, and if that's not appreciated, then my thinking is: screw it, there's limits to my patience. I'd rather delete the kata for good, forget about it, and move on.
My suggestion: If a kata is still in beta after one year, reach out to the author, send all the material in a zip file back to the author, and remove the kata.
I'm not talking about katas that have lots of issues. Several of my katas have no issues reported, 100% approval from the 1 or 2 people who have solved them.
You cannot do anything about those as long as someone already solved it.
For hard katas, I disagree about an automatic action: there aren't a lot of users who actually try/do hard betas, so yes, it might take several years to approve some of them. That would be especially a bad idea for hard betas with no issues!
"That would be especially a bad idea for hard betas with no issues!"
It depends on the philosophy behind codewars. My impression is that it's the wild west where the law of survival of the fittest rules. Although there are guidelines, there is no (or hardly any) enforcement of those guidelines. Removing a kata that has been solved by only one or to people would not affect many and would be barely noticeable. Knowing that the kata may be removed may provide an extra insentive to help the kata become approved. Often, the few who manage to solve the hard katas have reached high rank and are empowered to approve the kata. Furthermore, removing the kata may provide an insentive to the author to rewrite the kata and make it more approachable. This may require a fresh restart, disposing of the old kata. But even if the author wants to try and do that, she/he is not allowed.
The system today favors strong candidates who solve katas quickly, don't care of promoting the kata, and leave the kata authors in a deadlock situation with a "dead" kata in beta for years. I've experienced that again and again.
So, if I take one of my old katas, make radical changes so it effectively becomes an entirely different exercise such that none of the submitted solution pass any longer, that would be a "legal", wouldn't it? It wouldn't be pretty, I agree, but that is what the rules are asking for.
With only 1 or 2 solves (remember they should also vote) a kata isn't approvable, even for power-users. From your stats I think you need 3 at least if they're purple katas (see the link in "take a look" link down below). You could try listing them in codewars's gitter channel asking for some more solutions until they can be approved. I'm not sure this is the exact info about kata approval, but take a look
You can always bump a Beta kata by unpublishing and publishing it.
@ecolban: and what about keeping the old one, but creating a revamped version as an "introductory topic", to lead (without giving away the solution) toward the previous version? Other than that, the main problem about old & hard betas is their visibility: if there are not many users who solve betas, there are even less who'll dig into the depths of the katas list. So as @FArekkusu suggested, bumping them and/or adding new languages to them might be a good idea (publishing/approving translations to your own kata will automatically bump it too).
All good tricks that I was not aware of. I'll try them out. I still think that there should be stronger insentives to solve betas, approve them and not relying on kata authors to use tricks to milk the system.
How can I do to reset my progress and restart from scratch, but without having to delete my account?
Afaik, creating a new account.
What is memory limit for a solution?
https://github.com/Codewars/codewars.com/wiki/Languages-and-Test-Frameworks (Languages and Test Frameworks) says all languages' time limits are 12 seconds; but memory limit is not described.
Did you encounter runtime errors regarding memory limit? I sometimes find log message limit doing console.log for debug (JavaSpcript case), and when I remove all console.log, the problem disappear.
I am asuming that memory limit for solution is very large (large enough). Isn't this true?
Why can't I as someone with 8kyu look at the solution to a 6kyu problem?
As 8kyu, you can look up the solution to a challenge up to your level or one higher, so you'd be able to see up to 7kyu. This is to encourage users to practice kata at their level instead of jumping ahead. Ranking up in the earlier levels is quite fast, so I'd recommend doing some of the 7kyu katas if you feel like the 6kyu ones are too hard to figure out on your own initially, but you want to challenge yourself more than an 8kyu.
Tested with Firefox & Google Chrome:
When PC (Windows) monitor's resolution is 1280x1024 or 1280x720, within Codewars IDE "ATTEMPT" button cannot be or is hard to be pressed. This problem occurs when the browser's window is maximized. The workaround of this problem is not to maximize browser window; howver, if this problem is fixed even when a browser is maximized, it's nice.
Can anybody reproduce this problem?
The problem's screenshot is https://qiita-image-store.s3.amazonaws.com/0/140610/9437940f-e313-5bb4-6b89-6d39745ef756.png
You can try changing the browser zoom level too.
Thanks Chrono79! Changing the browser zoom level worked for me too! Nice suggestion!
I posted an issue on github https://github.com/Codewars/codewars.com/issues/1735 for a slightly old PC has this kind of low resolution monitor. I hope this problem to be fixed by Codewars; however, any trick to work around this problem is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
This problem was fixed by a Codewars member: https://github.com/Codewars/codewars.com/issues/1735 Thanks to all who helped me.
Trying to understand the differences between the Katas. Whats the difference between fundementals and rank up. Or any of the others, is there a list somewhere that describes them?
at your current rank, those two will have the same effect ;)
The two others are clear enough on their own, I guess. ;)
When I click on the solutions tab of a couple of the Katas I have completed it is still saying I do not have access because I have not completed. Suggestions?
If you look at the toop of the page you'll notice there's a language choice in solutions as well (and in the URL). When you complete a challenge in a specific language, you unlock solutions in this language only.
You can see in which languages you solved a kata by searching it on your own "completed" page, or by trying the kata again and checking "Past solutions".
I don't really know where this belongs to so i'll just post it here. Is there any way to look up your achievements? On your profile you can just see how much honor you got trough them.
Thanks in advance!
Hi YoungArtifact! The list of achievements is here: https://github.com/Codewars/codewars.com/wiki/Honor-&-Ranks
Specifically the ones at the top starting with "Reached". Each person will have the achievements up to their level.
For example, you will have the achievements for "Reached 7 kyu" and "Reached 6 kyu".
Hi, new to the site so I'm probably missing something and am just confused. But in almost any of the assignments I just don't understand what to do.
Basically most of the time the assingment can be something like "complete function x" but the code you recieve seems to be lacking in examples or anything to really work with...
Are you supposed to use the sample tests in the solution? Or am I missing something else?
public class SolutionClass { public static string EvenOrOdd(int number) { // Code goes here ... } } This is one of the example how solution window looks - you have to write proper code to force method to send proper output,something like that: public class SolutionClass { public static string EvenOrOdd(int number) { int alan = number; double gary = 4; string amy = "dora"; return amy; } } (this code is wrong according to this kata but it shows how to create simple answer)
remember to check if proper library is attached, depend what built in methods you are using, like: using System; using System.Numerics; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; etc... use run sample test to check if your method sends proper output, read information provided in output window to check that open account on github https://gitter.im/Codewars/codewars.com/kata-solving-help - ask questions here if you are gonna code in c# install visual studio as your working desk and have fun as codewars is the best site to expand your programming skills
Where can I find the meaning of the "Exit Code"? I've come across code 139 a few times with all test showing green (but solution is not accepted). Does it mean out of memory, segfault, some exception?
I would also suggest a search facility for the forum (if it's already implemented I couldn't find it). It would probably make it easier to find already answered questions.
http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/exitcodes.html
Hope someone could tell me how to change the portrait pic!!!
Account Settings → SOCIAL: link something. GitHub and Facebook change the picture.
Sometimes solutions loses color highlighting (like in my recent kata solution https://www.codewars.com/kata/insane-coloured-triangles/solutions/cpp). Gray wall of text looks not good. Is it any way to avoid this problem in future?
Should an opened Kumite include the language symbol? Or is the idea that Kumites can be language independent?
Have been testing the codewars for a few days now and love the site ... except the performance (page loading times) that is super poor :( Are there any plans on getting that fixed? Would like to browse through the solutions, katas etc. but that is simply a no-go.
well...use your own code editor to test sample tests than traffic over codewars.com will be much better - i'm copying all test samples into my code editor and test them there
I'm doing exactly the same thing :) I have a codewars dedicated "coding playground" with VS Code. The site performance also seems to have gone a bit better so thumbs up for that.
Hello I refactor a solution I accidentaly commited (full with ugly code) and now under my profile/solutions it shows both versions rather than the new refactored one. Is there a way to delete a solution you submitted by misstake?
I think I asked this question before but can't find it right now on the forum... Why am I getting 498 followers, 498 followed and 498 allies?
This has been like this on my account ever since I created it...
That's because your clan
nonehas that quantity of warriors and they are given auto alliance. Read the wikiHello everyone, was hoping to get help locating a Kata named "Vasya Clerk". I started working on it only to lose its location after logging in to codewars. I was unable to locate any search capabilities on the codewars website. Thanks
Move your mouse cursor to the upper left corner, click on Kata, fill the search box with
Vasyaand press enter. It'll show on the right.Found it using your advice - thanks!
Anybody have any information on how to create clans? I can't find a thing on this site about this. Is it possible?
Check this
I'm using Firefox with my default/best zoom level of 110%. This causes the "Discuss" button to be invisible on the training (non-scrollable) screen. Please note, everbody who told me off for posting in the wrong place!!
I've also just discovered a "Maximize editor space" button at top right, for the same reason.
Hello, how can I generate my referral link?
In your profile,
Click LEARN MORE button, and there you go.
I found out this doesn't show to red users which have add turned off. I had to turn them on at it works! Thanks
Something seems wonky with the screen layout. When doing Katas, I can't see the test/submit buttons. All I see are their upper edges along the bottom of the screen and was just barely able to click them. Having the same problem in both Safari and Chrome.
Try a different zoom level - I've just posted on a very similar problem.
Not sure why I didn't think to try that but it worked. Much appreciated!
How can I disallow the use of some version of a language?
I've seen some katas where Python 3.6 was the only available version while Python 2.7 and 3.4 could not be used.
Is it possible in JS to prevent buffer from getting filled with garbage (or clear it during tests)? I'd like to perform thousands of tests with large input arrays but it's impossible because I receive
Max Buffer Size Reached (1.5 MiB)error almost instantly.Don't call testing framework function for everything, do like
If it's performance testing and printing actual and expected results in case of failure isn't useful then don't use functions that print everything in case of failure.
I tried something similar, and it didn't work (same for
Test.assertSimilar).I must be doing something wrong then :\
EDIT: comparing 2 arrays with
===gives wrong result and enclosing each-test/the-whole-loop in theTest.itdoesn't work as buffer gets flooded with text in the background.Nevermind, converting them to string does the job.
Hello everyone. While doing random tests, is it possible to access the input tested ? When I get errors I just have what was expected but not the original input tested ? Thanks !
You can always
printthe arguments you receive.I'm stupid. Thank you !
hey guys! :D
@DamianWayne72 .. Hello and welcome Damian :relaxed: :relaxed: .. Hope you doing Well Bro :blush: :blush: .. I'm all ears :flushed: :flushed: ..
The site would be much more engaging for me if I had a sense of progress. As a reference, see Project Euler's "progress" page, which shows me the last 25 that I worked on, and shows me all the problems that I have and haven't solved, so I can back in and try to fill in the gaps. Currently, I often feel like I somehow happen to arrive at a problem, with no real sense of how I got to it, how to find it again, where it's at in the sea of other problems, etc.
Erm, do you mean the
Katasection of your profile where you can find a list of all your solved and not solved katas?EEerrrmmmm... Or the honor points? Or the progress feature...? ;) (well, the last one evolves slower and slower, yes)
Hey guys the submit button is barely visible. Its on the bottom of the screen and you can only see 1px of its top. The page wont scroll to it either. I was trying to figure out how to submit my code and couldn't find a way till I saw that little pixile and hovered over and the alt said it was to submit the code.
Sometimes happens to me too. Weird bug.
Linking Facebook to Codewars has been posing issues for me for days now. Pretty much gave up on linking it as well as my other social media because I assume none of them work. Needs a fix.
CodeWars design needs a revolution.
Does anyone know how to change the indentation size on the code editor? I can't seem to find it anywhere and 2 space tabs are really annoying...
Is the terrible design of this "thing" specialy made soooo confusing? is it a part of the plan? ))) Where do I find the level I left ???
Wanted to translate this Kata to node.js (JS/coffee). I have solution that is as fast as the one for Java (when run on my computer). But when run on Codewars it can barely get 20% performance of it's Java counterpart. Are Java and node.js testing containers running on different servers?
My screen is 1366x768 and i often don't see the green final submit button. Also i would like to see the best practice solution immediately after clicking the green button (when i do get it)
There is definitely an issue with the site in relation to monitor size or resolution. I have lost the attempt and submit buttons running Codewars in Chrome. Full screen does not help. If I manually adjust the size of the window, I lose even more functionality. It has made me lose interest in solving Katas.
I have a laptop with 10 inch a monitor. When i attempt to do a kata i can't see the button "attampt" and "finich". Please make aside scroll.
500 error....500 error..... 500 error.... -_-
huynya vash codewars, nicho blyat sdelat ne mogu, a ya na 2 kurse mezhdu prochem, a ya senior
Hi there!
In my "View profile" section there is "referrals" string. Trying to find where is inviting link, but no use. Please help me find how may I invite my friends.
Thanks a lot.
did you find invite link?
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Hey guys, why doesnt the attempt button come up on my JS kata's. Its not letting me submit my solution.
Have you tried scrolling down? On some screens/zooms the button is slighly lower than the bottom of the screen.
I think it was a glitch because everything works fine now. Thx.
Nevermind you were right, when I zoomed out the buttons came back.
God I dont know who changed the error output window size but I cant see nothing now and its impossible to debug or check what is wrong.
Same here, what is going on? Are they forsing us to subscribe this way?
For the record, even subscribers are suffering the same problem.
It has been raised at https://github.com/Codewars/codewars.com/issues/1202, by the way.
Same here the size of the window is super small probably a bug I hope. And I am already subscribed.
This is not by design, its a regression issue. The fix should be deployed soon, in the meantime Firefox is not exhibiting this issue if you want to use that as a workaround.
Hello guys:) I'm looking for a someone with whom I can discuss some katas and etc. (just talk about something that related with python and life overall) I'm 19 years old -> maybe this fact has some meaning. Anyway, If you want to speak with a Russian 'best programmer ever :D' just text me or call me on skype -> TdadadT PS another important reason is that I need to practice my English :D
I created a discord server for Codewars if you want to discuss Katas or whatever: https://discord.gg/8Z28q8w
Is there some way to come back to an unfinshed kata after you've left it?
Profile -> Kata -> Unfinished
It keeps changing the kata I'm working on after I view the discusion when I go back to my kata it's gone and there's a different one is there a way to change this feature so that it keeps the kata I'm working on rather than randomly changing it?
A link like https://www.codewars.com/trainer/python behaves like the trainer in the dashboard: it always returns a new kata.
It's not Rails the problem. You can have great performances with Rails.
You sure can! So what's the issue here then? DB queries / overload? Lack of hardware?
My money is on sub-optimized Rails though :)
maybe slow queries yes, bad images optimisations and stuff
is there any plans to take the site off rails? this is a sweet ui and i love the honor system. but its slower than blackstrap molasses.
I'm not really using this site much lately. I've got a number of relatively popular kata that have become broken due to changes in the platform. I was thinking it would be a good feature-add to be able to transfer ownership of a kata to someone else, i.e. adopting a kata.
How do I use this website?
It seems like the rust compiler suite is not very up to date. Also, it seems like it is very often that the rust compiler runs longer than the total allowed run time, which makes it hard to troubleshoot compiler errors. Would it be possible to improve this process? For example have one time for compiling, and one time for running the solution?
um... I came here to learn how to code in a new Langauge and it just threw me into the code with no idea on even the syntax.... Please help.
I left the site and came back and apparently I have an unfinished katas? so if I skip katas it adds to unfinished, even though they arent unfinished I chose not to do them. that isn't unfinished, thats not even attempting them. Please fix.
I am curious that
if the Kata author is using "cheating" in his own solution, will this be detected? What will happen then?
Does anyone know where I can find the test cases that run when I click "Attempt"?
"Show Kata Test Cases" on Solutions or Discourse page after you completed a kata.
Thanks! Do you know it's possible to get to the Test Cases before I complete a kata?
It's not possible, unless you give up the kata.
You can't see the way they are generated or checked, but you CAN see the input and output. Add a print or console.log statement to your code before submitting it. If you're failing on the tests, a good test module will report the actual and expected. You can also add a print statement before returning the output (if you want to see the resut of tests you passed).
If you're timing out and you want to see what kinds of inputs are causing you to time out, you can submit a dummy function with print statements. This can help you figure out what size input the kata sensei is testing and will help you optimize your solution to fit those expectations.
Has anyone actually tried using/testing the mobile version of this site? I've had boils on my arse that were less painful.
Yes, unfortunately that's the limitation of CodeMirror.
It should be much more bearable if you request the desktop site instead.
Keep getting crashes when trying to enter setup. https://www.codewars.com/trainer/setup
Have exactly same result with Mozilla AND Chrome,while loggin in throught GitHub AND just e-mail login.
Technically i can still learn and challenge language what i need,but meh!
I constantly get logged out from the site. It's especially annoying when it happens after you passed all the tests and hit "final submit". Is there a way to fix it? I'm almost sure it's not my browser problem, because other sites keep me logged in if I said so.
Me too. I've logged it as an issue in github
I am not satisfied with the Console Application that is used to write the answers in. I find myself trying to figure out why something is not working and not being able to decipher your error code than I do with coding at times. I am doing all my work in Visual Studio 2015 and then when I find the answer I just copy and paste. Twice now I have gotten the answer and then tried to run it in your Conosle App and it hasn't worked. I think I am going to still with something else now because this is more frustrating than it is helpful at the present moment.
Many of the kata for SQL do not include vital information like the table name. How can I possibly complete the kata if I don't know the table names from which data will be selected? This seems insane to me - am I missing some part of the page that lists basic vital information necessary to successfully complete the kata?
The content is all created by the community so if there is a kata (or more) that doesn't give this information the best thing to do is raise an issue in each kata's discourse section.
How do I upload my picture in the profile.
knock at the back door and you can edit your profile :D
If you link your Github to your Codewars profile, your Github avatar will sync over to Codewars. :)
https://www.codewars.com/topics/site-design#5fdd5b3c8a8cc3001c3873fa
Brand new to the website... How do you pass a kata. I input my code to the "Kumite" section. Am I supposed to tag the author of the exercise? Thanks
You pass a kata by writing a function/program that returns exactly what the question asks for. You input your code to the Kumite section by selecting (Fork). Hope this helps!
How switch theme to WHOLE LIGHT?? I can't read white letters on dark
Sorry Mahuak, this is not yet a feature. Try inverting the color scheme on your computer while using the dark theme. Hope this helps!
I've created a css extension all white. Use it with "Stylus" extension for example Hope it helps!
https://pastebin.com/0g1SBpA3 or https://userstyles.org/styles/163274/codewars-white-theme
So... how do I join a clan??????
Ten minutes ago I've literally broke my table caused by anger and frustration from codewars crippled website.
First, when I hit "submit final", it said to me that I can't see solution because I haven't solved this kata (???). I've clicked "back" in my browser, and all code was lost. "It's okay, I can work with that", - I thought to myself, because the code was fresh in my memory and it wasn't too much of it (about one paragraph), so I've retyped it again and submitted again. Some weird shit started happening again ("You've earned 7 kyu rank!", even though I'm on 6th right now). Turned out I somehow got logged out (the cookie gone rancid, possibly).
So I've logged in again, submitted that kata and started to train on a new one. Then I've stumbled again upon selection bug (when holding mouse button to select and moving outside the editor widget, selection got ruined, which, if used for removing blocks of code, makes your code a garbage with randomly deleted bits), and I had enough - I just fucking raged and hit my table with fists without feeling any pain, just pure anger. Except breaking the table, it also made my computer crash, so I had to make a full power cycle to boot it up again.
I feel like with the advent of fucking node.js hipsters the fine art of making properly behaving websites was lost in aeons. Right now I'm typing this text in my Vim, because I just can't entrust this fucking JS faggotry anything greater than hundred of bytes.
So I'd like to ask the question to the makers of this website and to the community: is it possible to avoid the crippled code editor suggested here by default and use proper tools to type the code (e.g. Vim)?
First of all, I would like to declare: The following comments are not against you, but for the facts ;-)
The problem you are experiencing is not necessarily a problem for the site. At least I don't often hear users complaining about this.
According to your comments, I have some guesses:
Thanks for your suggestions mate! Right now the problem is not the kata I was trying to solve. The problem is I can't use codewars code editor whatsoever - my religion forbids me using something that buggy. (By the way have you tried to hit Ctrl-T while in editor to open the new tab in browser? Try it, it can frustrate even an angel). So the question stands: how do I use proper editor to write kata solutions and preferably send it to codewars without leaving it?
Use your favorite editor, then copy-paste into Codewars to run the code.
Nah, too troublesome. Is it some official API for this I could use though?
Fortunately some people stepped in and helped approve translations (thanks!). Still, only 27 of my 43 translations are approved.
I submitted a suggestion on Github to let Moderators also approve translations. That will also help solve infinitely pending translations for 'abandonded' katas, and to balance the workload for translation approvals across more people.
Nice idea!
When viewing a kata, most of the page had loaded and I was busy mentally solving the kata before deciding whether to tackle it. Some part of the page received a 500 error from the server. What had already loaded disappeared completely, and in it's place I got the 500 error page. I'm not sure if this is by design, a hiccup, a bug, or what, but I'd much rather see the parts that actually did load with maybe a warning(?) at the top than to have useful information removed from the screen. Thanks! :)
Is there another possibility to get translation approved than waiting on the original Kata author? For 18 of my 34 translations I'm still waiting for ANY response of the Kata author, that's more than 50%! That severely reduces the incentive to translate Katas...
Hi, how can I change my profile picture?
Well thats insanely convoluted...
Can someone explain why you can't use print statements to debug your code on here? There are plenty of websites that do similar things to this website such as hackerrank, leetcode, etc. and it is really easy to just toss in a print statement and view what is going wrong in your code.
Of course you can use print statements. Just write to STDOUT like you would in any other system. For example in JS you would use
console.log(foo)or in Ruby you would useputs fooI did cout and nothing showed up at all. Am I missing a step somewhere?
I'm not a C++ guy but try
printfIf anybody wants to run the code in browser and use the debugger, here's a Chrome Extension to help you https://github.com/bojan88/Codewars-JavaScript-debugger
I ranked up today and got this (as tweet content) when I clicked on the tweet button in the notification:-
I don't know if this is a known bug or where to post such bugs, so there it is. Hoping some dev to take note of that and put it on the "To Fix" list. Btw, Love Codewars so far. :)
My user profile simply says "Stats are being refreshed, page will reload when done", and has done for hours now. New Katas I have completed in this time do not seem to have affected my rank or honour.
Is this usually a long process, or has something broken?
Strange thing. When I am on my Home page and looking on Katas to train, there show up only topics but no description, and whether button train or skip is pressed the topics going to change so that the kata cannot be started. There is some maintenance process on page or what?
So how come I have finished a few kata this evening but my honor has not changed at all? It appears to be a bug, but I am not signed into github and don't wish to join.
Just speaking personally I'd appreciate it if there're themes other than the dark one. It looks nice but could be burdensome for my eyes when staring at for too long.
I think it would be nice to have a way to know whether a member has been active or not lately. Like if you go on someone else's profile you can see the date near the finished kata.
It is somehow visible now in the new profile view. It shows the last seen time.
Anyone knows how to change the profile picture ? edit: I guess you need to link your github account, but it would be nice to just be able to upload one.
Hi all, I've read somewhere on that topic page that CodeWars uses Gravatar for profile pics, but I cant't get this to work, so I'm under the impression this information is somehow wrong (or outdated). Does anyone know if there is a way to change the profile picture other than linking a GitHub account?
Thanks :)
Hello, I feel like when working on a kata, the colour of the output box and the instruction box should be switched because as it is now it is a bit confusing.
Hello,
When I try to setup trainer, the website crashes, but I can normaly enter other pages on Codewars.. https://www.codewars.com/trainer/setup I am logged via GitHub.
Thank you!
seems no one know the reason, perhaps change a browser try again? ;-)
Thanks man, it works normally on Mozilla! :)
Hello,
When I try to setup trainer, the website crashes, but I can normaly enter other pages on Codewars.. https://www.codewars.com/trainer/setup I am logged via GitHub.
Thank you!
Try using another browser. This happened to me in Mozilal Firefox but now it works fine in Google Chrome. Hope this Helps!
I don't understand this site. Yes, I can do the code (C#), but I don't understand how I am supposed to submit my answer. Are we using console applications, web forms, custom classses, what? What is a test case? Is there documentation on how you want us to answer?
Thank You.
If you look at the bottom right corner of one of the kata training editors there should be a button that says 'Run Suite'. This button test your code and if it passes the test you will be notified that you completed the kata. Hope this answers your question.
Resolving Haskell katas has become a pain in the last weeks. Most of the time the requests time out. Sometimes I have to hit Run Examples or Run suite several times in order to get a successful execution. It fails much more often than it succeeds. Today I get this output no matter what:
The status page shows everything is operational. Any idea what is going on with the Haskell environment? Javascript works ok most of the time (although there are frequent timeouts there too)
A memorial to past codewars top coders in Aug 2013, when one can be in top 50 with only 100 points :D Sorry, the markdown not working for this web address. But thats fun :D
https://web.archive.org/web/20130828062317/http://www.codewars.com/about
Does codewars allow for your solutions to be publicly viewed by others?
No, if someone wants to see the solution, she has to sign in, and later unlock the solution. This procedure prevent potential cheating.
So... yes, it is not complete private (aryan-firouzian answered it)
Question - does the setting of development experience in account settings (learning to program, junior developer, etc...), has an affect of the type of questions you are getting?
No.
Hey, I am really conservative and am wondering if you guys know of any type of specific reason somebody shouldn't program. I studied economics at UO and have taken a few programming courses here and there. I have done a little bit with Content Management Systems.
I am not malicious and would like some logical advice on what can and shouldn't be done other than the obvious. I appreciate it.
When I try to link my Twitter account I get a "5xx: Server Error" all the time :(
hmmmm
imagine now it shows up but how did you find me bruh
Not sure where exactly this belongs, so I'll post it here.
I found a solution (C#) to a kata that should be invalidated by new test cases but isn't indicated as such: https://www.codewars.com/kata/reviews/5514e5bcdbc294a0d50003fe/groups/5534ec16a2ed0d0c0000007a
When showing the summary of test results, red text should only be used if any tests actually failed. So, "Failed: 1" could be in red. But "Failed: 0" should be a neutral color, like light grey.
Funny enough I just changed this around the same time you commented. Its set to go out in the next update.
Great minds think alike
On a couple of kata, there is a gateway error (reported by Cloudflare) that seems to keep coming up when I test or submit my solution. While I know my solutions are not always working, they never have been so catastrophic when they erred. I checked the site status, and there are no indications of anything being down.
Perhaps a premium account could be devised for CW? I'd happily pay a few dollars a month to have a stable CW platform I could use. Say you only need to pay if you want to do Kata but you still have full access otherwise so if you took a break for a few months your account would still be live and unaffacted. Money can surely fix the performance issues? I've tried to use CW twice in the last week and both times it's been down. I was hoping to use it daily for the next few months but I may have to turn to another medium to sharpen my JS skills as I'm spending a lot of my time attempting to submit only for it to time out.
Sorry for the inconcenience. Yeah we have thought about having premium accounts with priority access. In this case though the site starting having issues while I was on vacation and I was not able to handle them as quickly as normal. I'm back now and am working on stability as my top priority.
Not a problem at all. Thank you for the response. I think you've got a great platform here. It really appeals to the coder who is looking to translate their skills from one language to another in particular. I've not seen a better site on which you actually problem solve and therefore learn quickly and properly. Watching videos and reading text does not teach you half as well as actually coding does as I'm sure you're very much aware. It's not a site for beginners but then with all the other free media out there for beginners why would you pay to begin to learn to code. As I say I'd certainly be willing to pay for an account that had an uptime of nearer 100%. Even if that meant employing someone to do what you did on the return from your vacation. I hope you had a good holiday. Cheers, Andy in Scotland.
Just heard you on JavaScript Jabber Jake. A good and interesting episode.
Is there a new trick to switch to the light color theme? F5 doesn't work anymore. It always goes back to the dark color theme.
Site's down :(
Should be back up and running now
Site appears to be down again :(
Yeah it's down.
Its back up and I am working on stability fixes to prevent it from happening again.
None of the programs are executing.. here is what I see:
erver Execution Error: Request Timeout: The server timed out waiting for the request to be processed. This may be due to high server load. Please try your request again.
I am trying pyton/js and see the same issue for both..
Yeah the servers had some issues this morning. Should be back up and running now
I'm trying to figure out how to write a superscript in Codewars' flavor of markdown. Don't know where to start.
Use the
<sup>tag: exampleRunning Test and Submitting has been timing out for most of the past 4 hours. I've checked the Status page but there's no mention of any issues? My connection is fine to everything else.
Yes, I have noticed the same thing. For every kata, I get the same error message :
"Request Timeout: The server timed out waiting for the request to be processed. This may be due to high server load. Please try your request again."
When will this clear up?
Yeah it's not been just on one particular Kata so I don't think it's the 7 second limitation. I was getting a bad gateway error too. Looks server side?
Is there any reason why users can pass katas even when their code timeout? I have seen 2 users on a kata I have created where a simple one liner gets them over the line. When I run their code in the kata editor, it fails with the 7 second time limit. This is really annoying and negates the time I have put into this kata as well as the previous users that have passed this the legit way.
Hello and thank you for the terrific website. I recently joined an established clan but cannot seem to find a way to easily search for other members of the clan and follow them? Does it matter if other clan members have used uppercase, or spaces in the clan name? Thank you!
AAAH! It's white and it's bright, and I'm a vampire so I'm dieing.
Why did you change the Kata screen and more importantly, how can I change it back?! Dark theme does nothing but change the coding areas. Please fix.
just refresh the page
I'm not sure if there's a way to get to the Intercom message history. I know history is there, since when a message pops up, such as for a Strive announcement or explanation of new honor privileges, I can see all the previous announcements in the menu. It minimizes to a round avatar icon in the bottom right of the screen for a while. But after that it's gone.
The "Americas" globe icon notifications seem to be separate from the Intercom announements. So there are two notification systems at play, I think. The globe announcements that correspond to the Intercom announcements (like for honor privileges) link to my profile page instead of the Intercom window which has the directions of how to use the new privilieges.
Yeah, the global is for activity notifications and Intercom is for product announcements/tips. You are right it would be nice to be able to open up old Intercom messages, I have it near the top of my list to add that back in.
For now you can do
$('#intercom-launcher').css('visibility', 'visible')in the browser console.When it says, "powered by STRIVE" underneath the Kata descriptions, I think it means STRIVE the company, not STRIVE the software? It's been hinted that the software behind
strive.co, although related, has diverged significantly from Codewars.It initially confused me, since by analogy "powered by MySQL" (or MongoDB, or whatever) usually means that the website is running the database software, not that the owner is the same. I don't think Codewars actually runs on the Strive platform; it appears to be separate.
Yeah its more like, Strive pays to keep the Codewars's servers on. So... it provides the power :)
It looks like Apache and Mozilla use "powered by" the same way for branding, so I guess it's not so unusual after all. According to ASF's press kit, "powered by Apache" refers to any of the 200+ projects run by ASF, not necessarily the server software.
Hi, Are there any way how can i configure this dark color sheme for Eclipse? I really like it on first look.
Am I supposed to be getting repeat Katas? I'm seeing some that I've previously solved show up again.
Hi, I've changed my clan name in order for other members of the clan to appear in my 'allies' list, but it doesn't seem to work. Any ideas?
same problem
Is there a way to see what my code is being tested against when i click on 'Submit'?
I get errors out of the blue at different katas. Would be great to see the test code snippet belonging to each kata.
I agree. It's hard to fix bugs for test cases you can't read.
Is there fast way of getting to the kata I was working on last time I was on the site? Right now I'm doing it by going to my profile > Unfinished (n) > click the kata.
I think it'd be good if the last unfinished kata you're working on shows up on the landing page.
Hi! How can I change my profile picture, I have been looking for a while but cant find how to do it. thank you so much in advance.
Codewars uses Gravatar for your profile picture, which is based on the email you used to sign up.
You'll need to sign in to the Gravatar site and update the image used for that email address on the Gravatar site.
Thank you so much. There should be some place where they spell out this. I didnt even know gravatar existed.
I have created a gravatar account with the very same email address, uploaded a picture, but i still see the default pic here at codewars. What am i missing?
Is there an emacs theme for the 'dark' theme used in this app? And what's the font? I'm quite enjoying it.
Hi! font is CamingoCode
Is it possible to create my own clan? If so, then how?
Yes.
To create a clan:
and voila, you have created a clan.
As far as I can tell, all others have to do to be in the same clan as you is to use the same name in the clan field.
Thank you.
Thanks Hilary, Having several clans would work as well right? This field works as a comma separated list?
What font is used in editor? Thanks.
It's CamingoCode
Thanks a lot!
Thanks from me too! But in Eclipse it looks ugly :(
Where can I delete my "unfinished" stuff? I never wanted to do them, but as soon as I ended up on those pages it automatically got added as unfinished...
It would be nice if "Train Fundamentals" didn't fetch problems in Beta. I'm trying to learn a new language (Haskell), and my "Your Next Challenge" is often extremely difficult (harder than what I get by choosing "Rank Up"). I've been manually searching for easy problems instead, which reduces the user experience somewhat for me.
I want to know if there was some option to train specific language Features, e.g. ES6 Javascript. For example, I would like to get better at ES6 and I would like to have some training on its specific features.
Is that possible?
search for kata with the tag ES2015. ES6 works too but there are more results when searching ES2015. Also you will get more results if you look for approved and beta since the ES2015 ones are newer and fewer of them have been approved.
Shameless plug. I have two katas dealing with ES2015 Generator functions
Prime Number Generator :Simple version
Prime Number Generator:Intermeddiate (with inputs) version
Does anyone know how to delete an account? I made one with a different email a while ago and I wan't to remove it. There doesn't seem to be any option for that, which seems ridiculous to me.
I need to know as well.
I am not quite sure this problem is still actual, but you can go to "Account Settings" (the top right corner on your screen, under avatar image) and remove your account from there (or maybe simply change your email to another one). But as it was explained your account will stay, only associated personal info will be removed.
"Submission timed out while communicating with our servers." Will this message only occur when there is an actual communication error, or could it also occur when I do something wrong (like a never ending loop) in my code? Have tried for quite some time (> 1h) to submit my solution to a Kata, but gets this all the time
I doubt the never ending loop caused it. Well based on my experienced, I actually tried to run a forever loop just to see (just of curiousity hehe). They hanldled it so well i guess just forgot what happened but certainly not that one. Most of the time that I encountered that is when my internet connection is too slow.
is there anyway to view the tests that the katas are tested against for the 'submission' portion? my answer passed 16 out of 17 tests, and it's difficult to solve the issue if i'm not sure what input provoked the error!
You cannot view the tests without completing for forfiting the kata but what you could do is log the variables to the console window?
Is there any way to auto format code? It's sometimes quite confusing, especially if the code is longer, if the code isn't in the 'order' like in an IDE.
No the formatting is something you'll have to manage manually. Usually the answers aren't going to be too long so that shouldn't be too much of a worry. However, an IDE like experience would only be possible in
Neither of these things is within what codewars is trying to accomplish so I would suggest if you want code formatting, do it in whatever favorite editor/environment you wish and just copy/paste the final code you want into the submission box.
Am I missing a way to add allies? I can't find where to search for users and (its a bug I'm sure) we don't see each other within our own clan. A few other people have this issue as well. The bug is not a big deal, but how can I manually add allies?
If you follow each other, you become allies. Visit your friend's profile at
https://www.codewars.com/users/<username>(e.g.,https://www.codewars.com/users/hilary<= shameless!), then click 'Follow'. Your friend does the same. Presto! Allies.Improvement for "Your Next Challenge...":
I would like to suggest improvement for "Your Next Challenge..." For me it's kinda hard to read about new challenge in such a small window. Could be little bit higher? Like that: http://i.imgur.com/58ExiUQ.png .
I just came to thank for the amazing platform developed here. It is truly helpful and it's got an amazing design.
I'm glad I could join this community. x)
Hoping for new languages to come. Great job. Really.
How is it possible to display values of variables in the output tab (in every language)? e.g. Console.Write(); doesnt work for C#
Just some UX feedback - The VIM / EMACS toggle didn't give the impression that it could be turned off, an OFF toggle would of helped. Also, you must go to KATA and must TRAIN in order to change this setting, I feel as if it should be put in the 'Edit Languages' menu also.
Lastly, the gravitar in my 'View Profile' should be clickable, and I should be able to change my image from there.
My 2c, Love the site otherwise!
YES! I was on the site for a week before I complained enough to be shown that they could, in fact, both be turned off.
Lately, we (Giacomo, Zozo, me and some others) have announced our translations in the specific kata's comments. The more I think about it, the less I like that approach. Does the original author get a notification if the kata has been translated? In this case the additional comment is only spam, since the discussion about the given translation should be done in the translation's discussions.
Some official word would be great.
I recently got two kata translations submitted and no notification at all (luckily I got the comment); it may be worth notice, however, that I get very random notification, with some topic and event completely ignored, while other work perfectly (also: often the link I get in the email is broken as it adds a random space -%20- in the url, but that is a minor issue).
Jake has stated that you auto-subscribe on any topic you've commented for a few days:
Since you post a root level comment on any kata that your translate, this can lead to a quite amount of notifications.
I always forget to report that one. Thanks for the reminder. EDIT: Huh. All my links were OK in the last few messages. Strange. I definetely remember the same error (forced spaces in emails)
So, we have the "Feedback" button in the bottom left. But when should we use it? For general feedback? Bug reports? Feature requests? Nah, we have forums for this. So what's the deal with Feedback? High priority bugs? Direct moderator notification?
Interesting question: I always thought of it as the site giving feedback to me (when I rank, tips, new languages and so on) and if that's its primary function, maybe just renaming it into something like "Feed from CW" or similar may help.
Is there a name for the Codewars color scheme? Is it (or a close variant) available for vim or sublime text?
I don't think it's the color scheme, but it's the closest I could find (for sublime): ColorSublime - Tomorrow Night Eighties
A minor thing, but seemingly easy to change. When viewing kata that you have created, one finds a message stating that you cannot rate the kata unless you have 100 honor (I see it and I have 405). I realize that that this is probably just a reuse of the normal message, but it would be nice to have a message for this case which simply says: "You cannot assess your own kata" or something similar.
Hello, i'd like to see the number of rows and spaces in my code. Just like in real vim. What do you guys think about this idea?
aked for the feature at github: https://github.com/Codewars/codewars.com/issues/358
What/where are the CodeWar rules?
Will there be a way to backup or export my completed solutions? I'm trying to save all my completed solutions but that page just gets stuck on "Loading more items..." after I hit the End key about a dozen times.
Is there a way in which I can include a gif in my question?
Sure, this website uses markdown.
Example
Result
Thanks for the response. I did find the list of markdown to use it but I'd like to know how I can upload an image on codewars for a question instead of using it from elsewhere.
CW doesn't provide an image hosting service, so you need to use external resources for that.
Oh ok. Thank you for the information.
Awesome web!! Congratulations!!
SUGGESTION: A graph showing honor earned/progress made/kata completed in the last 30 days on the user's homepage.
With the new Docker sandboxing system, it's now safe to leave a lot of Ruby kernel functions alive where previously they might compromise the site. One example is 'require' which there is no doubt some merit in leaving active.
However, this poses a problem for kata like Matrix Determinant in which
require 'matrix'may defeat the purpose of the exercise. If we want to leave require available, kata authors who have kata that duplicate the functionality of available modules may need to explicitly disable use of those modules.Is there a way to change your profile picture?
I named a clan in my user profile. How do I find my clan page?
And how do I invite users to my new clan? (So it isn't just me.)
I'm trying to figure out how to write a superscript in Codewars' flavor of markdown. Don't know where to start.
Use
<sup>tags for superscriptAlready figured that out. I ended up publishing the relevant kata and then quickly unpublishing it because I wasn't sure whether my sources were actually authoritative and needed to check. Determined that a function notation can have two different definitions (at least in concern to multifactorials).
Another thing I noticed was that the "Times" section of a Kata is not adding very much and I cheated the system unwillingly. When doing a Kata offline within your own editor, the time will not get counted. I mean, I might now JavaScript a little, but writing an Interpreter in a few seconds is not one of my skills. ;)