code-workshop-kit
The future of remote code workshops & training
Connect your participants
Leverage Visual Studio Code's Live Share Extension
Use CWK to scaffold starter files
Serve for frontend
Use the dev server for serving HTTP
Includes HMR support, perfect for frontend workshops
Portal for backend
Use the portal to connect terminal input/output
The standard for backend workshops
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code-workshop-kit is v1, but a lot more work will be done for small fixes and adding more in-depth guides on giving interactive code workshops.
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What is it?
code-workshop-kit is a combination of tools to enhance collaboration specifically in a workshop, tutorial or training environment
Why now?
Remote workshops have been upcoming for multiple years but now with COVID-19 dominating our lives, this seemed like the right time.
As a trainer myself, I had a need for this: to recreate the interactive environment of a real life workshop or training.
Shared input
The tool is meant to be used on top of Visual Studio's Live Share extension. This enables hosts & participants to see each other's code similar to how Google Docs works.
Shared output
The toolkit makes use of an extension of
@web/dev-server, as well as Live Share's "shared servers" feature, which
allows hosts & participants to see the output of each other's code. Either backend
through a terminal portal, or frontend.
Support for frontend & backend
The dev server works by default for frontend workshops as it just serves the
participants root either as an iframe or by importing a default module from their
entrypoints. For backend, a terminal portal is spawned, the host can control which
command is ran. For example javac Main.java && java Main. This also
supports terminal input through typing in the portal.
How can I find out more?
All of the documentation can be found on the Github repository of code-workshop-kit.
I also published an extensive blog on Dev.to and Medium about code-workshop-kit.