How do I see a list of all the resources and / or # tags in freecodecamp? Where is there a viewable directory? The website just has a search bar or # tags.
For example I want to see a list of all the free online books e.g.
Navigating up to news just lists the most current items and then you have to click load more for a few more items and so on. How do I see everything at once?
Essentially how do I discover the full range of content on freecodecamp?
Re. searching by # tag, unless I know the specific tags I won’t know to look for it and it is not a practical way of exploring.
I don’t think they have a directory as you say. When you go to any news website (for eg CNN), there is no directory.
You just search for what you want to read.
Edit: however, maybe this page has them all (no clue for sure)
Incorrect, news websites are organised by categories i.e. directories.
In your example CNN at edition . cnn . com clearly shows at the top the categories “US, World, Politics, Business” etc. Clicking on Business takes us to a page with further categories at the top of “Markets, Tech, Media” and so on.
Why can’t freeCodeCamp have something like that? It’s pretty basic to have a hierarchy, they must already have it in the file directory system of the computers they are using to serve the website.
The #NEWS hash tag link you sent is an example of how badly freeCodeCamp is organised for discovery purposes. The #NEWS has 4 posts from 6-7 years ago and underneath are 15 # hash tags e.g. #PROGRAMMING with 2,778 posts. Is that the complete list of all high level tags on the site? Who knows, it’s not explained anywhere!
Clicking on #PROGRAMMING lists the most recent 25 entries and then a “Load more articles” button. Clicking this button loads another 25 entries. What if I want to see entries 2,000 and older? I have to click that button 80 times to see them?
There isn’t, as far as I know, a complete list of all tags used in freeCodeCamp News articles. This is probably because there isn’t a fixed list. It grows with time. However, if you click on any tag you will see a list of links to the 15 most popular tags:
The code for freeCodeCamp News is located at github.com/freeCodeCamp/news, but I think that repository might have some access restrictions because it isn’t one of the codebases that allows for public contributions.
My understanding is that the news site is built on top of ghost and so I did a little research and found an article about how it is possible to create an article containing all the tags used so far. Might be a good feature to add if in fact it is possible.
