Enki: Learn Coding/Programming

Overall, I like the app so far because of how readily available you can ask questions with the AI mentor. It really makes you feel you have a real mentor guiding you, which is nice. Once thing I do not like as much, however, is just how busy the screen is. I just began java and I am a very easily distracted reader so it is a bit difficult to concentrate on what i am reading with all the buttons on the screen. The progress bar on top when you scroll down is a little distracting too. Maybe some of the buttons could be accessed by pressing just one button first, so that the screen has less things on it? Also the number of views at the top seems unnecessary. But with all that said, I like this app much more than other coding apps because of how in depth it is. So, I like it more than I dislike all the busy stuff on the screen. I’m excited to learn more about Java!

Enki’s AI assistant is an incredible addition to this already useful app. It really does function as a personalized mentor and tutor with full awareness of the current lesson and great answers. You can ask Enki’s AI to expand on a lesson, explain it in detail, provide specific examples in a particular use case, or springboard off something that caught your interest in the lesson to answer an entirely different programming question. This is a must-have app for programmers who are serious about continual professional development.

It isn’t the most beginner friendly application, but it is still okay. It is really good for people who already know a language. At the bottom of most lessons there are sources to learn more about a topic. The application does a quick overview of each thing, and the sources help people learn more—especially when they have a hard time understanding it. If you look in the reviews, you can see responses from the developers. That shows that the developers are active and do the work to help you. In the comments section within their application, developers and users (some experienced) do respond to questions, so if you don’t understand something, you can just ask about it. Even if the application doesn’t always give the best exemption of f things, it still gives very useful information that is hard to find elsewhere when you don’t really know what you are working on. Some people have given some silly negative reviews, like “it is only learning and everything else must be paid for.” The truth is, the application was made for learning. It doesn’t matter if they want to include extra that must be paid for. The main application is free, that should be good enough. Furthermore, the developers need to make money (especially considering that the apple software for programming applications is $90 a year).