This is a test of the Glitch platform to see if we can use it for CoderGirl lessons.
- Eep! Accidentally asked to join a project when trying to figure out how to see if I could "Save" it
- Hmm: How do I follow people?
- You can ask for help!
- Since the live page updates in real time, this is not a great platform for prompts. The browers brings the preview tab to the front, if open and updated
- Sometimes a brand new project is made even though I'm the owner of the project I'm editing.
- It was unclear that adding forward slashes
/
to the name of files would effectively place them in new directories.- Displaying files in a flat manner like
_/css/styles.css
could help reinforce path structure for students.
- Displaying files in a flat manner like
- Glitch can connect to a GitHub repo, will need to test out that workflow and how commits might work
- Some commits can be made by clicking "Advanced Options" > "Export Project" button via the project dropdown in the top left part of this browser.
- Could not successfully set up remote in Glitch console
- Not sure how the built in Glitch Debugger and Console might work into the CG coursework, yet.
- Oh!
git
is installed in the Glitch console, which is a shell! This is where CGs will need to do their git work - Ah! You can create directories and files via command line in the Glitch console. (Doesn't refresh automatically, but that's how
test/test.txt
was created:mkdir test; touch test/test.txt; vim test/test.txt
.
- Oh!
Thumbnail of Courses mockup. Mockups for the Teachers and Students pages are found in assets, too.