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What's the best platform for developer-centric courses?

I'm looking at creating a web scraping course for developers. Is there any particular platform that is developer-friendly?

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    Hi Tom, I'd humbly submit that CourseMaker is built specifically with technical course authors in mind. We'll be publishing the open-source Gatsby theme in the coming weeks, so you never have to worry about lock-in

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      Hey @ChristopherGS, super impressed with CourseMaker. Honestly, I think it will be the first place I look if I decide to do a course. Well done and thanks for commenting!

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    It depends what you mean by developer-friendly! :)

    Most platforms allow you to embed iframes, if you want to embed an online code editor, or add ZIP files, if you want to upload code. Adding code examples with highlighting is also commonly supported.

    One platform that's particularly developer-friendly though is Scrimba. I don't know of any other platform where you can jump in and edit the code that's being presented to you in a "video"—in quotes because it's not actually video.

    I think there are other factors, perhaps even more important than developer-friendliness that you should consider. For example, platforms like egghead.io and Pluralsight are predominantly focused on devs, but their business model is entirely different to platforms like Teachable, Podia, and Thinkific.

    Obviously those are only just a few examples. I suggest you check them out, maybe even trial them, and see what works best for you and your audience.

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      Really great advice, thank you for sharing! Scrimba looks pretty cool.

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    Udemy, TutsPlus, Lynda, PluralSight, EggHead. These come on top of mind.

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    One of the best platforms out there is https://egghead.io. The courses on there are super high quality and very polished.

    There's also Udemy or Skillshare where Udemy is more developer-focused I'd say.

    If you really want to go the mile you could partner up with O'Reilly or Packt. Not sure if it's worth it as an Indie Hacker but especially O'Reilly has a huge audience you can tap into via their Safari Books Online offering (almost every company I worked at had a subscription for that platform).

    Those are usually the places where I look for video courses as a developer.

    I'd also consider to publish some free videos on YouTube to get the marketing momentum going.

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