Building Tracks

A track consists of many different parts.

Metadata

The track's configuration and metadata are specified in the config.json file. It lists the track's exercises, concepts, editor settings, and much more. Checkout the config.json documentation.

Concepts

All concept and practices exercises of a track involve concepts. These concepts are separate entities by themselves. Check the documentation for more information.

The concepts taught in the track's concept exercises form a syllabus. For more information on how to design a syllabus, check the syllabus documentation.

Exercises

Tracks have two types of exercises:

• Concept exercises: they are designed to teach one or more concepts to a student. Check the documentation for more information.
• Practice exercises: they are designed to practice learned concepts. Check the documentation for more information.

Dig deeper

Each exercise has an optional Dig Deeper section that can contain:

• Approaches: different ways in which the exercise can be solved
• Articles: describe interesting aspects of the exercise
• Community videos: videos that showcase the exercise, usually by having someone solve the exercise from scratch

Shared files

Some files are not specific to individual exercises, but are instead applicable to all exercises. Check the documentation for more information.

Docs

Each track has a couple of required documentation files. Check the documentation for more information.

Widgets

Some parts of the track can be displayed in widgets.

Style guide

All documents should adhere to the style guide. Markdown documents should also adhere to our Markdown standards.

Example

csharp
├── config
|   ├── exercise_readme.go.tmpl
|   └── maintainers.json
├── docs
|   ├── ABOUT.md
|   ├── INSTALLATION.md
|   ├── LEARNING.md
|   ├── RESOURCES.md
|   └── TESTS.md
├── concepts
|   └── numbers
|       ├── about.md
|       ├── introduction.md
|       └── links.json
└── exercises
|   ├── concept
|   |   └── cars-assemble
|   |       ├── .docs
|   |       |   ├── hints.md
|   |       |   ├── introduction.md
|   |       |   └── instructions.md
|   |       ├── .meta
|   |       |   ├── config.json
|   |       |   ├── design.md
|   |       |   └── Exemplar.cs (track-specific)
|   |       ├── CarsAssemble.cs (track-specific)
|   |       ├── CarsAssemble.csproj (track-specific)
|   |       └── CarsAssembleTests.cs (track-specific)
|   ├── practice
|   |   └── leap
|   |       └── .docs
|   |       |   └── instructions.md
|   |       └── .meta
|   |       |   ├── config.json
|   |       |   └── Example.cs (track-specific)
|   |       ├── Leap.cs (track-specific)
|   |       ├── Leap.csproj (track-specific)
|   |       └── LeapTests.cs (track-specific)
|   └── shared
|       └── .docs
|           ├── debug.md
|           ├── help.md
|           └── tests.md
└── [config.json](/docs/building/tracks)