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This is something I've been wondering for a while now. Does anyone have any interest in seeing a stream of programming? Here at TL there's a surprising amount of interest in programming in general, and I've streamed live coding before. What is your opinion on all this?
Here's my opinion:
+ Show Spoiler [OPINION] +When I was in highschool I can remember streaming wasn't as popular as it is today, and where I lived it was a little harder to have a good internet connection. Nonetheless I can recall wanting to see people do actual live coding on things I was interested in. I can remember seeing a "speed code" time lapsed video of someone creating a Single-Button RPG for a contest. The video was rather inspirational and magical to me. A wizard types magic words and makes computers do things! Inconceivable!
I also really like trying to get more people interested in doing something productive. Perhaps this would be a "two birds with one stone" type of deal?
Past experience streaming a programming assigment:
- Streamed creation of a simple platformer for CS230.
- People asked a ton of questions about a lot of stuff in stream chat.
- I was surprised at how much interest there was.
- A lot of people popped in said hi, wondered what was going on then left.
- A few people asked more direct questions and I think they learned quite a bit.
Considering the above as my experience, it seems about as interesting as watching SC2, if not more due to pure novelty. Actually I get way less viewers streaming WoL nowadays than when I streamed live coding that one time in the past.
>> Things I'd like to stream: I do a lot of independent studies with various things in C++ all the time. Currently I'm writing a quick reference counted smart pointer in order to use it within my custom string class. This is all for my physics engine, which would probably be really interesting to see too (at least to me it would be).
So what about you guys?+ Show Spoiler [POLL] +Poll: Would you watch live coding on-stream?I'm interested in computer science, so yes. (65) 59% Wizard types magic words! I'd check it out at least once. (32) 29% Eh, sounds boring. (11) 10% I'd like to see if there were cool visual effects or something. (1) 1% Hmm, SC2 or BW streams are more interesting. (1) 1% 110 total votes Your vote: Would you watch live coding on-stream? (Vote): Wizard types magic words! I'd check it out at least once.
(Vote): I'd like to see if there were cool visual effects or something.
(Vote): Eh, sounds boring.
(Vote): I'm interested in computer science, so yes.
(Vote): Hmm, SC2 or BW streams are more interesting.
  
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Just hopped in to watch... Chat's not loading for me though. Always interested in watching live coding though.
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hell yes tuning in!
You need a cam!
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On February 17 2013 15:17 Chairman Ray wrote:
hell yes tuning in!
You need a cam!
Yes indeed TT and mic!
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Once I saw "Stream Prog" with your name next to it I knew I was going to say yes somewhere in the thread. Please stream!
Subbed~
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I think it would be interesting, particularly if the quality was high enough that you could see what the code is.
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On February 17 2013 15:32 Birdie wrote:
I think it would be interesting, particularly if the quality was high enough that you could see what the code is.
He's streaming now and you can see what the words are 
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As someone who is interested in going into Computer science, this will be very interesting to watch.
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Stream's down for tonight.
Looking forward to seeing the physics engine though. 2d physics isn't too bad, but 3d game physics is still a mystery to me.
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I would watch if you had a mic. I'm more interested in the thought process behind what you do, why you are creating a class or what a certain line you write is for, than just seeing someone do those things.
Other than that, i'm not sure how practical it is to stream and code, it seems like you end up with only a small amount of screen real estate after making it all readable for the viewers. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on this, as i attempted to do something similar a long time ago but found this to be a fairly hindering factor.
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This is actually really cool because I've been looking for something like this. Specifically, I'm looking for someone programming with the Vim text editor. I personally find Vim to be cumbersome and difficult to use, but several internet communities and websites praise Vim as being the best text editor out there. Hence, I have been searching the internet for video proof of just how fast and efficient it can be. If you use Vim for programming, you have gained another viewer here.
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I always wanted to do this if I ever got the setup that can handle streaming, I would definitely love to see more of it as well. I know quill18 at twitch used to stream during his Ludum Dare entries.
I suppose the wider appeal depends on how good (and fun!) the commentary is, and which segments of the work you decide to show on stream.
Oh, there's a VOD too. Will check it out now!
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At first I thought twitch won't let you, because they stop streams with "not-gaming" content. But on the other hand, if it's programming "for games", then it's gaming-related - like mapmaking - I guess.
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Streams have already improved the interest/level of play in computer games. If you can manage to pull it off for programming you might actually pioneer a new way of education.
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Keep us updated with the Microsoft interview(s).
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,atching the recording right now. i would love to watch it live next time 
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Super interested in this. Needs mic though x.x
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Yeah, definitely needs some kind of commentary if it isn't too much trouble =p
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