Will definitely connect with you once I release the beta.
I have taken reference from here https://teachyourselfcs.com
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I will be contacting. Thanks for taking time to go through the web site. :)
In the initial stages, No.
You would want to have control over the content to 1. Update / Iterate it faster 2. Sense of continuity when switching from one course to successive one.
One of the problem, I have personally felt is the abundance of video based courses for a single topic. And none whatsoever for a deeper topic.
When you jump from one video-based course to another, then you either feel there is a bit of overlap or a bit of skip of content. This is due to different university teaching style and syllabus.
Self-learning online today, basically feels a bit disorganized. You need to scourge through the entire internet to find good resources. A lot of people have created wonderful platforms ("awesome" repos, Learn-anything.xyz etc) to curate those resources and my experience has been opposite when I encounter these resources.
I need one good resource, not 10+ resources to learn about a topic. And when I do complete a course, I feel I am missing out by not completing other good resource. This might be only a personal experience though.
The D.R.Y. Principle I wrote in the website, basically means, you don't need to waste effort studying something you have already covered. The teaching style will be uniform. And you can scale deeply. Kind of a like an endless book that keeps on adding new updated things for you to learn more. It is easier when you are in charge of course creation.
That being said, all the Course Notebooks, will be available free for everyone. Anyone can read what Primer is trying to teach without spending a penny.
Also, I don't have a fixed plan. Everything is based on this hypothesis that Conversational Learning is better for self-studying than video based courses. Given we are able to prove by putting Computer Science Resources by the end of the year, then we can discuss about what would be the best way forward.
Hope it makes sense.
Ahhh. Personally, I tend to think of OSS as not really taking away control of stuff, as more enabling interested people to collaborate and get involved.
eg surajs below seems like a potential candidate
That being said, it's not the only way to enable such collaboration. :)
Right now, I am focusing on shipping as soon as possible. After that, I would definitely be spending time figuring out how can I involve people who are interested.
But I must confess, I don't really fully understand what I am trying to do and also didn't realize that many people would be interested in Primer, though.
It has been like a little side-project that took over my life. So, I have put these little milestones to keep on track.
Thanks for your insight, Justin.
I would be more than happy to understand how to enable such collaboration.
If you can mail me your thoughts at admin[at]primerlabs.io, I would be grateful.
If you check the parent comment, I posted in reply to this comment.
> It really feels like we're on the cusp of a textbook similar to the Primer in Neal Stephenson's 'The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer'.
TBH, I have been full-time working on it alone since last year Jan. Left job and moved back to parents place.
Cannot afford hiring anyone as I am basically broke.
Planning to bootstrap. Thank you once again.
Will check it out. Thanks.
What I meant was giving an accessible path for college level physics for anyone who wants to learn on their own. Currently video based courses and textbooks don't do that.
I believe curiosity driven learning is more efficient when learner is excited and resources are there to aid the learner.
https://www.primerlabs.io
You can checkout the documentation part for images/gifs to learn how it works.
Bit late on schedule, but working hard to release soon.
Made a video about the same explaining the interface.
https://youtu.be/acTdwGV0s9I
P.S. The landing page is a horrible experience on mobile. My bad.