Business Problem

<aside> 💡 The purpose of the community/app marketplace experience for Paradime Code IDE is to enhance the productivity and efficiency of analytics engineers by providing a convenient and centralized platform for accessing resources and support.

The product aims to solve the problem of having limited resources available within the Code IDE, making it difficult for analytics engineers to seek help, showcase their work, and discover new plugins.

The marketplace will provide a platform for analytics engineers to:

1. Ask for contextual help from within the Code IDE: By integrating a community-based help system into the Code IDE, analytics engineers can easily seek help and advice from other users who may have faced similar challenges.
2. Showcase and publish their work to the community: The marketplace will provide a platform for analytics engineers to showcase their work and share it with the community. This will allow other users to discover and use their plugins and extensions.
3. Discover and try plugins from the Code IDE: The marketplace will provide a centralized location for users to discover and try new plugins making it easier for them to find the tools they need to enhance their work. </aside>

Benefits of providing community as a product within Paradime

<aside> 💡 Providing a community-based product within Paradime has several benefits, including:

1. Improved Productivity: By integrating a community-based help system into the Code IDE, analytics engineers can quickly seek help and advice from other users, reducing the time and effort required to find answers and resolve issues.
2. Increased Collaboration: The marketplace provides a platform for analytics engineers to share their work with the community, promoting collaboration and innovation among users.
3. Access to a Wide Range of Tools: The marketplace allows users to discover and try new plugins, providing them access to a broader range of tools and resources that can help enhance their work.
4. Enhanced User Experience: The marketplace provides a centralized and convenient location for users to access resources and support, making the Code IDE a more efficient and user-friendly tool.
5. Increased User Engagement: By providing a platform for users to engage with each other and share their work, the marketplace helps foster a sense of community and encourages users to participate in the development of the Code IDE actively.
6. Better Insights: The marketplace provides valuable data and insights about user behavior and preferences, which can be used to inform future development and improve the product.
7. Improved Code Quality: By using code snippets in the marketplace that have been tested and reviewed by other users, analytics engineers can be confident that the code they use is of high quality and will work as expected.

Overall, the community/app marketplace experience has the potential to provide numerous benefits to both users and the company, helping to make the Code IDE a more productive and efficient tool for analytics engineers.

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Proposed MVP Solution #1

Improvement of Code IDE

We have added some new features to improve engagement in Code IDE

• Join a discussion forum and get contextual help from groups or friends
• Get insights on your code
• Create a new snippet and publish your code as projects or plugins
• Added icons to directly navigate to your market place

User flow diagram