Has anyone written / come across a sort of "dummies guide to Steemit apps" type of post...?
I know there are HUGE opportunities awaiting for different sorts of applications that could be built out on and integrated with the Steem blockchain - yet not have a background in coding or programming, I often get lost reading posts like this talking about technicalities...
Of course, its an entire area of expertise in its own - however, the community could surely benefit from some guidance in "APIs 101" or the sort that help newbies grasp the fundamentals required to navigate their way and become literate enough to engage in such conversations. For instance, something like these two short vids that help understanding what an API is:
Of course, such might be my own ideal and curiosity. However, as this post is top on the trending charts - there's probably only a small fraction of people who see it that could actually understand it...
I think it could be very valuable to the community to create some educational content to fill in the gaps of knowledge to grasp stuff like this - as the more people who do learn it, the greater the human resources accessible in the community - the more people who will have that fundamental knowledge to bridge the gap between ideas they might have for applications to integrate into the Steem ecosystem and actually getting them developed out...
I absolutely agree, education of developers is crucial for developing a community around a platform like this.
I question whether we are at the proper place to really do that yet though. Everything right now is incredibly immature (no offense to anyone working in this space) and things are changing faster than guides and tutorials can be written. Hell, some of us are talking to each other for the very first times. If I would have written a guide about the APIs used behind Steem last week, they'd already need the addition of at least 4 new sections.
I believe most of what you see being built today is the infrastructure and prototypes for what will someday be the toolkit for new developers. We don't have our jQuery, WordPress, or Bootstrap yet. They're being built though, by a lot of the developers you see posting about new things.
As it stands right now, only the bravest (insane-st?) of developers dares venture into this ever shifting codebase. Someday (and hopefully soon) we will hit a more stable period, can all take a collective breathe, then write some damn documentation and guides on getting involved.
But for now, it's go time. Competition I'm sure will be fierce over the coming weeks/months, and the lead that Steem has taken needs to be pushed even further before the competitors start coming online.
Great comment, great thoughts, and I wish everyone wrote things with as much thought as you have. I'll end my mini-rant on that note :)
excellent insight. thanks for expanding/sharing on this. :-)
@jesta could you reach out to me on steemit.chat?
I would like to chat with you about something I think you would like hear. :)
Are you just
fuzzy
on steemchat? I went looking for fuzzyvest and found no matches. Just wanted to make sure I was hitting up the right person!