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OP here, some 5+ years after having authored that content and taught the class. Astonishing that this got surfaced - I was very surprised to receive a flurry of inbound requests to join a class I ran half a decade ago. I'd love to know how best to package the material - what would folks like to know? And how would folks like to learn it? Where are existing systems like Khan Academy and Codecademy falling short?

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Right now it seems there's a great interest in building mobile apps, even if they are just web based. Ideally, I'd like to use the time commuting to learn on a mobile device or tablet. This is exactly where existing systems like Khan Academy & Codeacademy are falling short, but they are still really excellent systems. Thanks for teaching those classes, I went to a few of them and learned lots.

Thanks, barce. I'm curious - by "using time communiting to learn" does that imply that a podcast would be the right form factor?

Yes, I think a podcast would work for commuters who are coders - definitely the right form factor.

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