jupyterlite VS community

The JupyterLite Python-compiled-to-WASM build has NumPy, SciPy, matplotlib, and SymPy installed; so you can do computer algebra with SymPy in a browser tab.

https://JupyterLite.rtfd.io/

https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite/tree/main/py/jupy... :

> Initial support for interactive visualization libraries such as: altair, bqplot, ipywidgets, matplotlib, and plotly

https://jupyterlite.readthedocs.io/en/latest/howto/extension... :

> We recommend checking out how to create a server extension first

From https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite/issues/237#issuec... re: 'micropip':

  %pip install $@

https://github.com/emscripten-forge/recipes/tree/main/recipe...

Re: emscripten fs implementations: https://github.com/emscripten-core/emscripten/issues/15041#i... https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite/issues/315

Agreed that would be a killer feature. Unzip this package and get a functional Python + Jupyter + scientific (numpy, pandas, scipy, matplotlib) environment.

I have been on-and-off teaching some people Python and the initial setup on-ramp is horrible. Ok, so install Python, now ignore-this-for-now-complications: create a "virtualenv", use this thing called "pip", install these half-dozen things to get a basic notebook (Jupyter + scipy things), install these other half-dozen quality of life things, you should probably also have "conda" for the future, etc. That's a lot of nonsense for someone I am trying to show an alternative to Excel.

My shortcut, "You want to try Python?" approach has been to start with JupyterLite[0] where I can immediately get people coding and delay that pain.

[0] https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite

JupyterLite: a JupyterLab distribution that runs in the browser\ (45 comments)

Scrimba

Scrimba (Visit Site) - Scrimba offers interactive coding screencasts that allow learners to edit code and see the results in real-time. It's an innovative way to learn coding through direct interaction.

Another very successful way to go about building a language is Imba.

Build a successful product with new lang https://scrimba.com, make sure the product's very hard to Jeff and take VC money.

Now you can work on the language as you please, and they can't Jeff you since nobody else can build something similar (not in a reasonable amount of time anyway)

P.S: taking VC money is optional. Scrimba is profitable so it wasn't necessary.

Imba powers Scrimba which is an incredibly cool platform with interactive coding screencasts: https://scrimba.com/

i started with some html and css course on youtube, then learnt jquery briefly. then i used scrimba.com to learn javascript and react, its a really good platform, at this point, i learn frameworks to use with react, like tailwind, material ui. i would now learn typescript and this point and learn how to implement it with react. I then went to freeCodeCamp on youtube and watched their 8 hours node and express course. Note that none of this would be worth it if you dont build projects along the way. I personally would recommend atleast 3 projects for every stage you get to, and by yourself(and google ofcourse). Goodluck in your coding journey.

Regarding a modern alternative to Flash, I just want to mention the Scrimba webdev learning platform [1], which leverages a custom built programming language [2] for making interactive courses and save the videos in an optimized vector format with a very small footprint.

It was released in a Launch HN 3 years ago [3]. Personally, I have used the platform to teach the basics of frontend web dev to my wife, and it was a great experience.

[1] https://scrimba.com/

Hi everyone! I'm in the very early stages of creating an interactive course and I would like to hear your thoughts on them. So far I've come across Scrimba and Jad Joubran's learn X series of sites (learnjavascript.online, learnhtmlcss.online, etc...). Has anyone completed any of them? Any there any others that you really like or would recommend?

It's been a while since I was beginner but when I was looking for beginner resources for a friend recently, I particularly liked scrimba's interactive courses. AFAIK they are also free and should give you a great start.