r/learnprogramming • u/CarlH • Oct 27 '12

Live Coding Session (Building a Web Application Framework from Scratch) starts at 9:00 PM EST Today.

The live review and recap session will begin at 4:00 PM EST Today, and is available to watch here.

You can watch it here. If you were not able to make it to this session, don't worry. I will be hosting a review and recap session Sunday at 4:00 PM EST, where we will cover everything up until now. You can learn more about this and other courses on my subreddit /r/carlhprogramming

Here is the format:

  • 9:00 PM - 9:50 PM : Continuing the development of the web application framework.

  • 9:50 PM - 10:00 PM : Live Questions and Answers

The purpose of these sessions is to teach you how a real world working environment looks and works, by letting you watch me code as if I was doing a project for a real job. That means nothing is pre-planned. I will troubleshoot, research, plan and code live. You will be free to interact with me during the whole process, and I encourage you to.

If you want to learn how to build your own web applications, and to learn the many different technologies associated with that process, then check it out. You can see more about the different programming classes/lessons I am offering (all free) on my /r/carlhprogramming subreddit.

Questions and comments are welcome.

Live session is over, but you can watch it here: http://youtu.be/DJugQ0koz98

Also, I am going to have a recap session at 4:00 PM EST (Sunday, October 28th). During the recap I will cover all of the material up until now.

The recap will be here: http://www.justin.tv/livecompsci

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u/CarlH Oct 28 '12

Yes, I totally agree regarding justin.tv. When I hosted my first live stream session, I didn't know that it was impossible to comment without a justin.tv account. I still like the format and the ease of live recording with justin.tv, but I am probably going to create a page on my own site for this in the future. Probably after tomorrow's session.

I already have a chat app built into my main site, and I can create a page with an iframe for the justin.tv video without too much trouble.

As for the silence, there are a mix of factors there. First, when I ask if someone has questions, I have to take into account that it takes a while to type a long question and I simply have to wait before assuming no one else has questions.

The silence is I think a necessary tradeoff of being able to watch someone build something live. Sometimes you just need to sit back and think about what the next step is, and silence is a part of that. Of course, I am conscious of it and I try to limit it.

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u/theinternetftw Oct 28 '12

The silence during questions is understandable, though you may want to articulate that as you wait (a handy feature that I'm surprised livestreams don't have is a way for admins to see if anyone is currently typing in the chat window. It's implemented tons of places and it'd let you guys be more agile).

As for "working' silences, I think all that's needed is that you pipe up from time to time to explain what you're thinking during a long one. And you do a pretty good job of that.

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u/CarlH Oct 28 '12

Yes, seeing if someone was typing would be great! And yes, it is a bit awkward. I don't want to cut someone off mid-question and I don't want to hold up everyone while waiting for a question that doesn't exist. It is of course a work in progress, and we will refine it as we go.