Why we use reStructuredText and Sphinx static site generator for maintaining teaching materials
Yesterday I was asked by Edvin Močibob, a friend and a former student teaching assistant of mine, the following question:
You seem to be using Sphinx for your teaching materials, right? As far as I can see, it doesn't have an online WYSIWYG editor. I would be interested in comparison of your solution with e.g. MediaWiki.
While the advantages and disadvantages of static site generators, when compared to content management systems, have been written about and discussed already, I will outline our reasons for the choice of Sphinx below. Many of the points have probably already been presented elsewhere.