Tutorial Format

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What format should tutorials be written in?

On Blog Post Page
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20%
In PDF Format
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On Blog Post Page Then Exported To PDF
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80%
Other
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Peter Kelly
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Tutorial Format

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Hi, On my website I have been writing website development tutorials in PDF format allowing the user to download the PDF's offline so they can keep a copy and print them off at their leisure. But recently I have had a few people suggest I just post them on my website on the HTML rather than PDF. I would just like to ask for your opinions. I have converted 1 tutorial into HTML format which can be found here http://www.peter-kelly.me/tutorials/form-handling/ but you can see examples of PDF tutorials listed http://www.peter-kelly.me/category/tutorials/.
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Jonah Bron
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I would only read the blog post. But there's no harm in having a download-in-PDF feature.
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John Cartwright
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Blog, then PDF. The only time I ever want a PDF is when I'm on the go, and slap it on my phone for later reading.
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