On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 7:29 AM Dashamir Hoxha <dashoho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 6:11 AM Ralf Gommers <ralf.gomm...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >>> Has anybody tried Katacoda before: >>> https://www.katacoda.com/courses/python/playground ? >>> >> >> I haven't heard of it before. Looks cool. Seems to run on Docker, so >> would require some infrastructure. If it's something we could get from a >> static site, then it may be worth considering. Could you summarize what it >> would require? >> > > The infrastructure is supplied by Katacoda, we don't need to run or > maintain any server (although I don't think this would be a big problem). > And it is free. The only limitation is that the duration of the training > session for a student is 1 hour (and then he can reload the browser and > start a fresh session). If enterprises or training companies would like to > lift this limitation, they have to contact them. > > Building an interactive tutorial is very easy and everybody can learn it > in a short time. The code of the tutorial is just a bunch of json and > markdown files (for the configuration of the environment and for the steps > of the tutorial). It can be saved on your preferred git repository (GitHub, > GitLab, Bitbacket, etc.) and katacoda pulls it from there and builds the > tutorial environment (docker image). Here is a minimal (hello world) > example: > https://github.com/dashohoxha/katacoda-scenarios/tree/master/hello-world You > also need to set a webhook on the repository, so that whenever you make > some changes (commits) katacoda is notified to refresh the content of the > tutorial. > That sounds good to me. I believe SymPy is also pretty happy with their interactive terminal embedded in their website. Could you create a new issue on https://github.com/numpy/numpy.org/issues? It would be good to start keeping track of website improvement ideas - ideas in mailing list threads tend to get lost eventually. Thanks, Ralf
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