michaelhhogue

Yes, exactly. I think this is now the problem I’m aiming to solve. Not necessarily teaching programming, but teaching you how to how to actually use real-world tooling, real-world data-structures, and real-world design patterns.

Only concern I have is how marketable this would be. Most beginners simply don’t care about what’s outside the abstracted cloud IDE, and those who complete cs50x are probably just ready to use VSCode.

Yeah sorry I deleted it because I sort of figured out what you meant.

But I see exactly what you’re saying. I’m pivoting the project in a different direction. Scrapping the courses, focusing on the editor. The goal is to ease the learner out of those restricted and unrealistic sandboxes and into professional environments with professional tooling.

Wasn't aware of this. Looks very interesting. Thank you!

Very interesting, thank you. Thinking about taking the project in a different direction based on the feedback I'm getting.

> Maybe I'm missing something, but why does the platform need to be a desktop app?

I would think of the desktop app as being an IDE built for beginners with free project-based courses built in. Any good IDE realistically has to be a desktop app so that it can integrate deeply with your OS.

Didn't mention it in my original post, but there's a premium membership that offers an integrated AI tutor to provide live feedback, explanations on course materials, and automatically tailor the course to the user, their experience, and their system. I also didn't mention that I'm very close to an MVP.

Those are some solid points that I didn't consider. Thank you.