Site News #6: Resurrected comments and a better start page

Hey there graceful devs,

I hope this update finds you safe and healthy amidst this latest pandemic surge. Having nowhere to go but the home office has certainly given me plenty of time to work on Graceful.Dev. Here’s what’s new since the last update:

Content Updates

More o11y: The Introduction to Observability course by Jessica Kerr in partnership with Honeycomb, is moving ahead at full speed. Jess has added four new topics since the last update! Just as software needs production feedback to guide development, under-construction courses need student feedback to guide their evolution! So please do jump in and let Jess know what’s missing!
Comments imported: In the last update, I noted that I’d finished part 1 of importing comments from the old Discourse forum, by reconsitituting the MOOM forum. The 2nd and final part of that project is now finished: the forum threads attached to specific topics from the old learn.avdi.codes site have now been imported as topic comments! This is particularly noticeable in the Flawless Ruby course. If you were sad that your replies had been lost in the transition from learn.avdi.codes, check again!

Site Improvements

Better start page: The next time you log in, you’ll see an improved start page. Now by default you’ll be shown the Courses page, filtered for your enrolled courses. In addition, you’ll see the new “Resume” button (see below), and a sidebar highlighting site updates, group/forum activity, and more.

Resume button: Now on the Courses page you’ll find a “Resume Where I Left Off” button that should bring you back to the last course segment you looked at.