Treasury #1022

[Retroactive] Funding for Gitorial VS Code Extension (Interactive Git Tutorials)

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Summary

👨‍💻 Current tutorials lack an integrated development experience.
Existing developer tutorials often require constant context-switching between web browsers, IDEs, terminals, and GitHub repositories. This disjointed workflow creates friction, especially within fast-paced ecosystems like Polkadot.

🔧 Meet Gitorial VS Code Extension:
seamlessly follow and build Git-powered, step-by-step tutorials directly within VS Code.

🌟 Built in collab with Shawn Tabrizi and Batman from DotCodeSchool - and already live. 🌟

Try it here 👉 link

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Developer onboarding in ecosystems like Polkadot remains challenging due to fragmented, browser-based tutorials. These often lead to an inefficient learning experience, burdening developers with frequent context switches.
The Gitorial VS Code Extension specifically addresses this problem by providing a cohesive, IDE-based interface that allows developers to consume interactive tutorials in a streamlined environment.

Why the Gitorial VS Code Extension?

✅ Integrated Experience: Follow tutorials without leaving your VS Code workspace.
✅ Git-Powered: Each tutorial step maps directly to a Git commit, enhancing clarity and consistency.
✅ Single Source of Truth: Tutorials are maintained via GitHub, ensuring easy updates and accurate information.
✅ Enhanced Developer Productivity: Immediate access to language servers and code execution within the IDE.

Collaboration and Future Roadmap

Batman (DotCodeSchool): Integration between DotCodeSchool's platform and the VS Code extension, facilitating a smooth user experience (initial integrations already underway).
Shawn Tabrizi: Shaping future functionality and long-term vision, including upcoming capabilities to create and edit tutorials directly inside VS Code.

Future iterations will further expand the ecosystem by defining SDKs, detailed specifications of the gitorial spec, and editing capabilities for tutorial authors directly inside VS Code.

Funding Request

This proposal is primarily retroactive—covering the initial development and launch of the Gitorial VS Code extension.

However, it also includes time allocated for minor improvements and bug fixes, ensuring a stable, polished public release that can be used by future cohorts of the Polkadot Blockchain Academy and the wider developer community.

Proponent 1: 16iXE5kqstx7dXnYzCPUvFVVdJva8cXZPWZosLob9Rwi48wj
Amount Requested: 1,560 DOT

Proponent 2: 16ZvErg1B5y24FYYbjaUi3DPoLTfG2wgkWQiNS2fkuTyJiMt
Amount Requested: 100 DOT

Total Cost: 1660 DOT (~$7,470)

Hourly Rate: $90/hr

Total Time: 83 hours

References

→ Try it out, explore the spec draft.

🔗 Extension

🔗 Gitorial-SDK

Andrey Dodonov & Andrzej Sulkowski

Polkadot Blockchain Academy Graduates, Lucerne Cohort 🇨🇭

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PolkaWorld voted AYE!

Everyone supported this proposal.

The Gitorial VS Code extension allows developers to seamlessly complete tutorials within a familiar IDE environment, lowering the learning curve and improving efficiency. The project has demonstrated real-world results (it’s live with an accessible link) and has collaborated with experienced developers in the ecosystem (such as Batman from DotCodeSchool and Shawn Tabrizi), which enhances its credibility.

The $90/hour rate is reasonable for blockchain development. Considering the initial focus on integration and demonstration, we believe the proposers could consider giving back to the community in the future (for example, by offering open training or continuous iterations).

We also personally downloaded and tested the extension, and it works wonderfully! They’ve genuinely developed a great product that deserves further development!

Check out the full feedback here!

Up 1

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Great work guys! Onward and upwards!

13zn...P5ju

Dear Proposer,

Thank you for your proposal. Our first vote on this proposal is AYE.

The Small Spender track requires 50% participation and simple majority of non-abstain voters according to our voting policy v0.2, and any referendum in which the majority of members vote abstain receives an abstain vote. This proposal has received five aye and zero nay votes from ten available members. Below is a summary of our members' comments:

The voters expressed strong support for a recent initiative, highlighting its potential benefits for developers and the broader ecosystem. They appreciated the tool's usefulness and reasonable cost, emphasizing its ability to aid new developers. Many voters suggested a preference for stablecoins over the current currency and expressed excitement about the platform's future evolution, advocating for a forward-looking plan that encourages continued adoption and funding. Overall, the comments reflected a consensus on the initiative's positive impact and the desire for similar projects in the future.

The full discussion can be found in our internal voting.

Please feel free to contact us through the links below for further discussion.

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nice. looking forwardto working with it.

@Andrzej Sulkowski can you contact me @niftesty on telegram, have one question