Completing Path Challenges

The Challenge Workflow

When you reach a challenge step in a learning path, you work through a five-stage process:

Start → Submit → Refactor → Review → Complete

Each stage must be completed before moving to the next.

Stage 1: Start

Begin by reviewing the challenge:

1. Read the challenge brief and requirements
2. Download any design files or assets
3. Set up your development environment
4. Build your solution

Take time to understand what's being asked before coding.

Stage 2: Submit

Once you've built your solution:

1. Enter your repository URL
2. Add your live site URL
3. Fill out the submission details
4. Click Submit

Your submission should be complete and working. Don't worry about perfection—you'll have a chance to improve it next.

Note: If you have already completed the challenge outside of the learning path, you'll see a blue box at the top of the form where you can select your solution as a submission inside the path.

Stage 3: Refactor

After submitting, you'll see your solution reports and can compare your work against the design. Use this stage to:

1. Review your solution reports for issues
2. Compare your implementation to the design
3. Improve your code based on what you learn
4. Update your solution

This is where you refine your work before moving on.

Stage 4: Review

The review stage is peer review—you review another community member's solution:

1. You're shown another user's submitted solution
2. Review their code and implementation
3. Provide constructive feedback via a comment
4. Submit your review to continue

Reviewing others' code helps you learn different approaches and reinforces best practices.

Stage 5: Complete

After completing your peer review:

1. You'll see a completion celebration
2. The next step in the path unlocks
3. You can continue to the next article or challenge

Article Steps

Not every step is a challenge. Article steps are simpler:

1. Read through the educational content
2. Click Continue when finished

Articles typically cover concepts you'll apply in the next challenge, so read them carefully.

How Steps Unlock

Learning paths use sequential unlocking:

• Only the first step is available initially
• Completing a step unlocks the next one
• You cannot skip ahead

This ensures you build knowledge in the intended order.

Path Completion

To complete a learning path:

1. Work through every step
2. Complete all challenge stages (including peer review)
3. Read all articles

Your completion is recorded on your profile, and you can revisit any step at any time.