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Peter Schrock
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 30,196 PointsHow come there is no discussion about LAMP or LEMP? Why no support for Linux?
I love Treehouse, but there is no support for Linux. How come?
2 Answers
Stone Preston
42,016 Pointsnot many people that use Treehouse (beginner programmers) are using linux. The main userbase uses PC/Mac so it might not be worth their time to create setup/installation videos for linux users.
However there are courses such as Console Foundations that covers using the linux terminal and basic commands, so they do have some courses geared towards linux
Kris Phelps
7,609 PointsOf course, this is only my assumption, but based on the subject matter, it appears that Treehouse's target market are less technical people who want to make the jump to being technical people.
People who are already using Linux, most likely already have a fairly advanced technical sophistication. With that, I'd imagine that a person who is already familiar with Linux will know how to configure LAMP or LEMP.
I'd totally be down for a Linux course though. Most of my experience is with Ubuntu, but I'd love to learn more of the command line.
Stone Preston
42,016 PointsI'd love to learn more of the command line.
check out Console Foundations. it covers linux console commands
Kris Phelps
7,609 PointsAwesome! I'm on the PHP track, so I'll have to complete this anyways! I guess I spoke too soon :-)
Peter Schrock
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 30,196 PointsPeter Schrock
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 30,196 PointsI guess my thinking is that most people I know who work with PHP, Ruby, etc, use Linux. They have these courses that are great, but they don't focus any attention on the platform, at least in my experience, that is used the most. Plus, those tutorials where quite simple and not necessary considering the level of sophistication of setting up LAMP or LEMP (even as easy as it is). It's not a big deal, it was just a curious thought. I have gone through the Console Foundations course. While I learned some things, there wasn't anything major I didn't already know.
Stone Preston
42,016 PointsStone Preston
42,016 Pointseh I think thats probably debatable. A large portion of the RoR community are Mac users for example. I think the distribution of programmers across platforms is spread out pretty evenly, if not skewed towards Windows/Mac.
The main thing to remember is that Treehouse videos are aimed at a userbase that uses Mac/PC primarily and so they need to tailor their videos to that userbase.
However, it would not surprise me at all if we started seeing courses covering linux/apache/etc because of the way it is used in development.
Peter Schrock
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 30,196 PointsPeter Schrock
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 30,196 Points"eh I think thats probably debatable." Of course it is, but that is why I prefaced with "in my experience".
"However, it would not surprise me at all if we started seeing courses covering linux/apache/etc because of the way it is used in development."
That would be exciting indeed.
With both of these comments, this is what lead me to think that linux would be a significant base.