Description
I was having an issue loading CodeRoad (0.17.2, but this issue probably started at 0.16.0 or 0.17.0) in the docker container we have set up to run tutorials locally. Basically, I would launch CodeRoad and it would auto load my last tutorial, and none of the files were there to continue the tutorial. And there was no way to start over - not even by rebuilding the container, strangely. I know we need something like this to work for continuing tutorials, and perhaps this will work on CodeAlly. I dug into it a little bit to try and figure out how it works - CR is using some kind of local storage in VS Code to save some sort of state or tutorial or something. And I think it may write something to a file as a second way to save the state - or maybe it only does that. Not sure exactly, but it's something along those lines.
I see three methods at the moment for running tutorials
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Locally, without docker (I really never use this method)
Current behavior:
-I open a workspace, start a tutorial
-If I open the same workspace, it will continue the tutorial where I left off (auto load)
-I can start new tutorial by creating a new workspaceNot that big of an issue here. I can't start a different tutorial within a workspace - I have to create a new one. If a workspace breaks - maybe I delete the files or something, it's pretty much stuck.
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Locally, with docker (using the rdb-alpha repo)
Current behavior:
Similar to the above, except the container always loads the same workspace. So if it breaks, it's pretty stuck.It's not an immediate issue. I pinned the container to use 0.15.1 for now, so it doesn't auto load the tutorials. We could probably just leave it like that if we have to.
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CodeAlly
Not sure exactly how it will work on CodeAlly. Does each container (tutorial) have its own workspace? That could potentially work - I can see people getting stuck if they delete the files there. There is a plan do have a CodeAlly dashboard where users can delete the containers I believe, so there would be that fallback.
I'm not sure what the solution is. Maybe we need some way for users to clear the storage? Or a way to truly start over if someone gets stuck - maybe a pop-up when continuing a tutorial, "Do you want to continue where you left off?" I know there already is something like that when running local tutorials. I don't see a clear solution that would work for all these methods at the moment. I'll keep pondering, maybe something will come.