Throughout a CodeUnion workshop, hopefully you will be coding frequently on your own. It definitely happens that a person gets stuck. In fact, getting stuck represents the best part of learning, i.e., you find a real live learning edge and we get to help you (this is our favorite moment). We have a few ways to get you unstuck. We maintain a very active Slack presence. Slack is kind of like the AOL messenger for coders. Most days, Monday through Saturday, there are a few instructors and a few students active inside our Slack channel from early in the morning to usually just shy of midnight (PST).

In addition to Slack, we have built some custom tools that allow students to get feedback on the code they push to GitHub. As of the writing of this FAQ (10/15/2014), we have answered approximately 500 student requests for feedback. We usually give code feedback in less than twenty-four hours. If either of those channels don't work for a student, we are always monitoring [email protected] and are accessible via @codeunionio, Morse code, email, sms, pager and Atari Pong.