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At Codédex, learning to code isn’t just about taking a course all by yourself. It’s also about getting inspired and motivated, sharing your progress, commiserating over shared goals and struggles—and making friends along the way.
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We’ve seen this play out in our [Discord server](https://discord.gg/vSKEhP9fY2) of 15,000+ users. Turns out, people who join our Discord are **7x more likely** to complete a course! Learning together is not just more fun, it’s also more effective.
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We’ve seen this play out in our [Discord server](https://discord.gg/vSKEhP9fY2) of 15,000+ users. Turns out, people who join our Discord are **7x more likely** to complete a course!
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Learning together is not just more fun, it’s also more effective.
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That’s why community—and building dedicated features for it—is so important to us. We’ve had an on-platform community since 2023, but if you’ve been on our site in the past few weeks you might notice it’s gone through a major glow up…
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#### Opportunities for Improvement 🤨
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Our [On-Platform Community](https://www.codedex.io/community) (OPC) is a place to get inspired and build meaningful connections around learning and building, all while fitting into the broader Codédex journey. But our previous OPC _definitely_ had room for improvement.
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Our [On-Platform Community](https://www.codedex.io/community) (OPC) is a place to get inspired and build meaningful connections around learning and building, all while fitting into the broader Codédex journey.
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But our previous OPC _definitely_ had room for improvement.
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Most changes we made fell into one of two categories: simplification and reorganization.
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In terms of visual design, I wanted to simplify the UI as much as possible. The OPC is full of user generated content such as text and images, so it’s important to let that shine through and let the UI itself take a backseat. We removed the cover illustrations for each page, removed the redundant “Create Post” button on the left sidebar, removed the Instagram stories-like carousel of featured projects at the top of the page, and restructured the page to give enough breathing room for a 3-column layout.
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In terms of visual design, I wanted to simplify the UI as much as possible. The OPC is full of user generated content such as text, images, and videos, so it’s important to let that shine through and let the UI itself take a backseat. We removed the cover illustrations for each page, removed the redundant “Create Post” button on the left sidebar, removed the Instagram Stories-like carousel of featured projects at the top of the page, and restructured the page to give enough breathing room for a 3-column layout.
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We also took the opportunity to reorganize some features hidden away in the OPC that should be surfaced higher. Our notifications, which were previously only accessible within the OPC, moved to a global notification system that lets you check notifications from anywhere on the site. We also relocated our Town Square (a RPG-style virtual world where you can walk around and attend live community events) from a tab within the OPC to a dedicated page within a Community dropdown menu.
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We also took the opportunity to reorganize some features hidden away in the OPC that should be surfaced higher. Our notifications, which were previously only accessible within the OPC, moved to a global notification system that lets you check notifications from anywhere on the site. We also relocated our [Town Square](https://www.codedex.io/worlds) (a RPG-style virtual world where you can walk around and attend live community events) from a tab within the OPC to a dedicated page within a Community dropdown menu.
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