News Courtesy of technicianonline.com:
With the release of WordPress 5.0, a free web template system, comes the new code Gutenberg, which will be the basic content editor for users with WordPress. Since many NC State websites use WordPress as their publishing platform, this change will require many NC State students, staff and faculty to learn the ropes of the code.
Jennifer McFarland, the web services coordinator at NC State Office of Information Technology (OIT), has been an active force in preparing NC State for Gutenberg’s arrival. She spoke with Technician to discuss how she and her team members have been preparing for possible issues they could run into with the implementation as well as what changes users can expect.
McFarland discussed the most drastic changes that will be evident when Gutenberg replaces the basic content editor, saying that with different types of tools, a different set of solutions will be required, because of how Gutenberg is structured.
Ryan’s Take 
Perhaps I am being a little too harsh calling the worry over Gutenberg hysteria. As a designer and developer, I like to tinker around with code, platforms, programs and such. I learn best this way. There are also plenty of guides online which can help teach whatever it is you desire to learn. If there is a problem, Google it. Chances are someone in a forum has posted a similar issue.
I do find it a little odd that the college, NC State, is in alert mode trying to prepare staff and students for Gutenberg. Yes, it is a big update. Yes, the core function of the editor will be drastically changed. However, we’re not talking about going from a Windows environment to Linux. If there is one thing the WordPress team do well it is accessibility and ease of use. I’m sure the average Joe can figure out Gutenberg just by playing around. After all, it is essentially a vanilla page builder.
Page builders have been around for some time now. By far my favorite is WPBakery (Visual Composer). I remember the first time using it in a design for a client. I didn’t find it intimidating at all. It’s a visual builder. Convert it into HTML code and you get a mess of shortcodes jumbled together. In time, I’ve learned to be comfortable making edits with the builder in this mode too.
I understand that a lot of these students aren’t web designers or maybe even computer savvy. But we’re talking about drag and drop here. Gutenberg will be a nice way for WordPress Core to catch up to the other page builders. It should be embraced not feared. I feel like once the update hits and people spend some time with it, they’ll come to learn all this worrying was for nothing.
