Do challenges help?

Question

I've played a little challenges and had a question: is there even a point playing them because I think it's just for the XP, not for learning. Should I do them?

Answer 1

Are they too easy? If they're too easy, then move onto something that challenges you. (no pun intended) If you're only being challenged on what you've mastered, then you're wasting time. If you're being given challenges that actually challenge you, then use them to further learn and solidify your learning.

www.CodeWars.com <-You may enjoy that.

Answer 2

I agree, Vincent Blankfield.

Answer 3

https://www.sololearn.com/discuss/549257/?ref=app

Answer 4

I think that the main limitation of challenges in SoloLearn is that they are too fast. Because that most of the challenges here are very easy, they more like a test on familiarity with the challenges themselves than on the actual subject. Also some challenges have little to do with the subject, they're more like a test on quick thinking or counting. Something like: "What would be the output of this:

int a = 96;
int b = 38;
cout << a/b++*a-b--;

Sure some of the quick challenges are good here. But I think challenges, that require more then few seconds of thinking wold be useful too.