Not necessarily.. depends on your choice of browser. I prefer Chrome, but I know a lot of web-devs, esp those are on Linux or those who have been coding from pre-Chrome days, prefer FF/Firebug. Also, when developing for compatibility with multiple OS/browsers - you sometimes end up using many. Ee have even used "IE DevTools" to debug some of the IE specific issues :-)
AI path added to the "To-Do" :-) Currently, one way to include courses you have taken to your "binder" would be to review them on our site and mark their enrolled/completed/dropped status in the form. We give users a dashboard where they can see all courses completed/enrolled in or added to watchlist. You will help a lot of learners by sharing your reviews too :-) Thanks much!
Thank you both for your responses! I speak from vivid memories of frustration with that course. I didn't notice the bridge section you had put there.
I do really admire and appreciate what you're doing. I'm a self-taught web dev, and the most overwhelming part was just figuring out what to learn next. I'm glad someone is trying to solve that problem for others!
My apologies if you found that disorienting! You are right that CS101 becomes a prerequisite for CS253 (if you don't know python already). The reason I started with CS253 is because, personally for me, it helped a lot to know the top level concepts of "How web works" and the front-end (because that is what a normal user sees) and then go into concepts of server side languages which might seem too involved and dry to a beginner.
You are right, Nick. Rails is more mature in the number of resources available and its dev-community. But increasingly around me, I see more people starting to build on python. I have seen tons of learning material and bootcamps on RoR but not even a fraction of that on Python/Django . That was one of the reasons we thought that documenting our learning would be useful!
I think "Ruby outshines Python" is a matter of great debate, and I wouldn't say that one is universally better than the other, rather it depends on your application and personal preferences! I am the author of the path, and before we started building SlideRule, we evaluated Django/Python vs Ruby/Rails briefly .. I am a big fan of python, so the choice was obvious for me :-)
That said, this is just one web-dev path and doesn't in any way claim that Python is superior to the alternatives. There can be so many more - on RoR, Node or even more recent ones like scala .. hope experts will help us build those. If you are interested, please write to us at [email protected]!
A bit of inspiration can do wonders :) However, I was hoping that the red and green .com indicators would tell me whether the domain is available or not. Didn't find that information accurate.
Great idea Mark! My support .. I have numerous entrepreneur friends who are always struggling to find good iOS developers. hopefully your course will create more of this rare breed :) Good luck! ps: where do you plan to host this course?
The course will be hosted and run along site iOS-Blog http://ios-blog.co.uk. Please share this kickstarter with your friends and through social media if you do not mind. I could do with all the help and exposure I can get. Minimum pledge is also just £1 so please consider backing this project :) :)
Great. What will be the format of this course? We run an online course discovery platform called http://mysliderule.com and what we have seen from users' browsing behavior is that learners typically prefer courses with video lectures, and codecademy/udacity style interactive in-browser exercises if possible. Also consider hosting your course on marketplaces like Udemy and Skillshare too .. they have a very vibrant community and can be an easy source of user-acquisition for you
Cheers for the advice there. :) The course will be in video format with downloadable content and code examples as well as (for premium user) the option to download the videos and the tutorials in PDF. Do you think that SlideRule would consider backing this project?
