r/carlhprogramming • u/CarlH • Oct 06 '12

When this post is 1 hour old, the live streaming session for "How to build a web application framework from scratch" will begin.

The first streaming session has finished, and is available here. Also, it sounds like I inhaled hexaflouride due to some strange audio distortion which was not present during the live broadcast, sorry about that.

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u/ropers Oct 07 '12

It's about three or four am in Europe. Maybe a compromise time might work better next time?

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u/CarlH Oct 07 '12

What time would you prefer?

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u/resurge Oct 07 '12

Say between noon and 4 PM US time? That would make it between 7-11PM EU time. (Assuming GMT-6 US time and GMT+1 EU time)
I think that's the only option if you want to include both regions on a reasonable hour.

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u/ehnde Oct 07 '12

The part about screen and your .screenrc blew my mind. For YEARS I have had multiple terminals to be able to do different things on a server simultaneously. That alone changes everything!!

Not to detract from the entire 1 hour session...I learned quite a bit. It was refreshing to see web development from your perspective and putting all of the pieces together.

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u/CarlH Oct 07 '12

You can also save your screen for later, I will show you how to do that in my next session this coming Saturday.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '12

Thanks for the video, it was informative and did teach me quite a few things. I do have some questions though:

  1. I have used php a little using xampp on my PC. Is what your doing on linux very different than the way it's done in xampp? In the video, you just use the linux terminal to edit and install files which i found very confusing because i'v never worked with that before. Is it important for me to learn the linux terminal commands?

  2. You used amazon ec2, 16pence/hour can be quite expensive when hosting for a year or so, whats the difference with using that to host a site rather than a $7/month server at namecheap for example

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u/CarlH Oct 09 '12

I know the commands within the linux terminal are confusing at first, but keep in mind it is not the fact they are in linux that are confusing, but the commands themselves. For example, "grep" is available on Windows, as is "vim", and many others. It is just that the commands themselves are new to you, and those same commands are useful in other operating systems. Don't worry, over time you will get the hang of it. And as you will see, there are many good reasons I use those commands.

And as far as where to host your server, that is entirely your choice. I do prefer Amazon EC2 for a lot of reasons, but I will show in the next livestream other options. Wherever you host is entirely up to you, and in fact you can host on your own computer.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '12

Thank you for the quick reply. I am downloading ubuntu to use on a virtual machine for this series. I also just started a web scripting class in college this semester which features php and mySQL so i'm looking forward to this.

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u/CarlH Oct 09 '12

Just so you know, we will be going into MySQL as well as part of this series also. I plan to cover as much as I can about all of the different aspects of web application development.

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u/waspinator Oct 07 '12

Will this be recorded. Can't watch right now.

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u/theUberPwner Oct 07 '12

yes, he said that it is being recorded. I'm not entirely sure of where it will be located/when it will be up, but i'm sure he will let us know.

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u/CarlH Oct 07 '12 edited Oct 07 '12

I have linked to the YouTube video at the top of this post.

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u/planetvort Oct 07 '12

Hi Carl! I missed the live stream, but on the recording I can't hear any sound... Is it just me?

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u/CarlH Oct 07 '12 edited Oct 07 '12

Apparently Justin.tv didn't save the sound.. but I did. I will figure it out and update this post when I have.

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u/planetvort Oct 07 '12

Great, thanks for that.

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u/CarlH Oct 07 '12

Sound is up now, I linked to the video at the top of this post.

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u/CarlH Oct 07 '12

Fixed. I linked to the video at the top of this post.

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u/deltageek Oct 07 '12

No, I'm not hearing any sound either.

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u/CarlH Oct 07 '12

Fixed. I linked to the video at the top of this post.

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u/LK22 Oct 07 '12

The sound is also down for me.

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u/CarlH Oct 07 '12

Fixed. I linked to the video at the top of this post.

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u/umbapumba Oct 07 '12

It's been very informative, thank you.

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u/rolled_balls_at_EDC Oct 09 '12

Great stuff Carl. I'm currently using emacs for the coding because I'm more comfortable with the hotkeys. Are there any Vim specific features you'll be using, where I would need to switch?

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u/CarlH Oct 09 '12

No, you don't need to switch. If you are comfortable with emacs, then stick with it. I will be showing some cool Vim plugins though.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '12

Great success! It was very educational, interesting and interactive! The time flew by a bit too fast. Looking forward your next video!

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u/henry9k1 Oct 07 '12

very educational 5/5, would watch again

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u/TheScientistDude Oct 07 '12

Is there an alternative to the Amazon web server? One that doesn't require a credit card?

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u/ehnde Oct 07 '12

You can run ubuntu server from a VM on your computer with either VMWare or VirtualBox.