[michaelhhogue]

> Maybe I'm missing something, but why does the platform need to be a desktop app?

I would think of the desktop app as being an IDE built for beginners with free project-based courses built in. Any good IDE realistically has to be a desktop app so that it can integrate deeply with your OS.

Didn't mention it in my original post, but there's a premium membership that offers an integrated AI tutor to provide live feedback, explanations on course materials, and automatically tailor the course to the user, their experience, and their system. I also didn't mention that I'm very close to an MVP.

[kesavvaranasi]

Check out replit. They implement a browser-based IDE. I could be mistaken, but I don't think it's really focused on tutorials/teaching.

What comes to mind immediately is how to use the tooling that usually comes with an IDE. If you could add tutorial on using the debugger and git tooling that comes with popular IDE's like VSCode, I think that would be helpful for people looking to make the jump from coding on the side to doing it professionally.

[michaelhhogue]

Very interesting, thank you. Thinking about taking the project in a different direction based on the feedback I'm getting.