What is an Edpresso shot?

Here we will briefly highlight some of the things we do and don’t want to see in an Edpresso shot.

What is an Edpresso shot?

A good Edpresso shot adds value and is:

1. Short: Takes 3-5 minutes to read. It’s okay if your read time is over 5 minutes as long as everything in the shot is covered appropriately and there is no unnecessary information present.

2. Highly technical: Content explains the topic simply and without any personal opinion (no “you” language).

3. Engaging: Shots should be visually captivating, but all visual elements must enhance your content.

4. High Quality: Edpresso content should be well-written with at least one runnable code widget when applicable.

5. Written: All shot content is written so that learners can interact with Edpresso shots at their own pace. We do not accept shots with videos.

6. Standalone: Every shot can be understood without navigating away from the shot page. This means external links are not allowed unless they are linking to:

   • other Edpresso shots
   • official documentation

Edpresso shot versus blog post: Know the difference

When you write a shot, make sure that you’re not actually writing a blog post:

Edpresso shots:

• Short
• On one particular topic (ex: “How to append a column to DataFrame in pandas”)
• Deals with facts and does not include the author’s opinion

Educative blog post:

• Long
• Covers multiple topics in one place
• Deals with any topic that is valid within the tech community (e.g., culture, announcements, interview help, etc.)

What we don’t accept on Edpresso

If you submit a shot with any of the following qualities, your shot will not be published. So, in order to make sure your shot gets published:

• Don’t submit a shot that has been copied from someplace else.

Every article we receive is run through the Grammarly plagiarism checker. Educative’s technical content review team will additionally copy and paste a few lines of your shot into Google to make sure no plagiarism was missed.

Any shot that is non-original or has a plagiarism percentage above 5% will not be published. However, we will allow you to rephrase your shot and re-submit. As long as your shot has a plagiarism percentage of 5% or lower, it will be published (for more information, click here).

• Don’t submit a shot that contains your personal opinion
• Don’t submit a shot that is not interactive (i.e., does not include any widgets, illustration, or diagrams)
• Don’t submit a shot that contains a video
• Don’t submit a shot that is longer than a 5-minute read time