I periodically do MySQL Troubleshooting tutorials. Every time I
run them I have a dilemma on how to make tutorials more
interactive. I tried:
- Just talk. But troubleshooting is about action, not about sitting and listening
- Put tasks on my own website which required a lot of coding, not related to the talk and tasks themselves.
- Put tasks on VirtualBox image. Many attendees do not want to use flash drive or download big image from Internet.
- Put tasks into Amazon EC2 instance. This is practically good option, but expensive.
- Use machines, provided by tutorial organizers (conference or training center). This is, probably, the best option, but few do it.
I did not like any of these options as final solution. That's why for my last two tutorials I tried Stepik platform. This is how " …
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