Thanks for bringing this up Austin. I noticed this as well when I tried to
search Google for "Tour of Beam". I propose we rebrand the get started Tour
as "An Intro to Beam", or "An Overview of Beam".  I'll put up a draft PR
today, and update this thread so folks can comment and review.
Kerry

On Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 10:00 AM Austin Bennett <aus...@apache.org> wrote:

> Looks like "Tour of Beam" -->
> https://beam.apache.org/get-started/tour-of-beam/  is distinct from -->
> https://tour.beam.apache.org/  if these things are indeed not related,
> should we rename one, deprecate, or otherwise sort out the
> branding/naming-conflict?
>
> On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 3:06 PM Kerry Donny-Clark via user <
> user@beam.apache.org> wrote:
>
>> Some of you may not know this, but this is my personal dream project.
>> Soon after joining Google I thought "beam is hard to learn." I had learned
>> Go through the excellent "A tour of Go <https://go.dev/tour/welcome/1>",
>> and I wished there was something like that for Beam. A series of clear
>> explanations, with runnable code, and an invitation to play around and
>> extend the examples. I wrote up a proposal, and I've worked closely with
>> Alex and his team to execute this vision. The Tour of Beam has delivered on
>> this dream 110%. I wish this had been around when I was learning Beam, and
>> I am very happy that new Beam users can get great explanations and examples
>> in the SDK of their choice.
>> Kerry
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 2:13 PM Alex Panin <alex.pa...@akvelon.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Beam community!
>>>
>>> We invite you to try the Tour Of Beam <https://tour.beam.apache.org>
>>> [1] - an interactive Apache Beam learning guide.
>>>
>>> Please share your feedback<
>>> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdI3yTmsCtk_neVPt0zQOPSmxDBlz3uX2AcmUpoNT6iGEwkUQ/viewform?usp=pp_url>
>>> [2] !
>>>
>>> Key features available for preview:
>>>
>>> * Java, Python, and Go SDK learning journeys covering such topics as
>>>     * Introduction to Beam
>>>     * Common and Core Transforms
>>>     * Windowing
>>>     * Triggers
>>>     * IO Connectors
>>>     * Cross-Language Transforms
>>> * Trying built-in examples and solving challenges
>>> * Tracking learning progress (for authenticated users)
>>>
>>> Planned/in-progress items:
>>> * Support for cross-language examples execution
>>> * Learning content contribution guide
>>> * PR 26964<https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/26964> [3] - UI
>>> refinement
>>> * PR 26861<https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/26861> [4] - Final
>>> challenge content
>>>
>>>
>>> Please submit feedback form<
>>> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdI3yTmsCtk_neVPt0zQOPSmxDBlz3uX2AcmUpoNT6iGEwkUQ/viewform?usp=pp_urlt>
>>> [2] or built-in “Enjoying Tour Of Beam?” form to provide your feedback and
>>> suggestions!
>>>
>>> Thank you for trying out the Tour Of Beam!
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Alex, on behalf of Tour Of Beam team
>>>
>>> [1] - https://tour.beam.apache.org
>>> [2] -
>>> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdI3yTmsCtk_neVPt0zQOPSmxDBlz3uX2AcmUpoNT6iGEwkUQ/viewform?usp=pp_url
>>> [3] https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/26964
>>> [4] https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/26861
>>>
>>>

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