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Live coding? (Patreon)

Published:
2016-08-16 10:41:50
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2026-06

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So, this might be a completely crazy idea, but I've been wondering... 

Would you be interested in something like a live coding broadcast of the occasional development session, or maybe even some more educational approach like on air coding of a small plugin or something?


I'm just putting this out here since I recently talked to someone about stuff like that, and was wondering if that would possibly something interesting to people - probably rather people considering writing their own plugins anyhow, or getting into general OctoPrint development itself I guess. 


I'm not yet sure I feel comfortable with people virtually looking over my shoulder while working, so I won't promise anything even if you now all cry "Oh yes please!", but I'm still curious :)

Comments

Jonathan Charnas

Oh and you could potentially use it as a way to explain why certain design decisions were made one way and not another. As a developer wanting to get involved, a kind of in depth intro of the innards of the system would be appreciated. But not trying to fix new functionality it bugs on air...

David Stein

I'm interested as well. I'm eager to contribute to OctoPrint if I can, and watching a coding session might give me a little more insight into the development process - current priorities, nuances of the project, etc.

Anonymous

I'm a Windows dev (closed source) by profession but I'm "Git-curious". I would really like to know how you set up your development environment (tools, etc.) and how you efficiently access your source control for maximum productivity. This world is pretty alien to me (and others??) so a kind of intro to open-source and how you apply it to your real-world solution (Octoprint) could be very inspirational to some folks. If that's way more basic than what you had in mind, I understand and will happily watch your dev videos and take notes.

Anonymous

As a live event I think it would end up much like watching paint dry. Informal summary presentations on what is going to be implemented with an overview of the approach would be interesting, and a follow up summarizing problems and results. Keep short, maybe 5 - 10 minutes. I think maybe this would be easy, interesting and not overtax either the maker or the viewer. The educational presentations on plugin coding gets two thumbs up. And, thanks for asking.

Anonymous

I think this would be very interesting. I am very curious about helping with OctoPrint but it is already a large project and a quick this is how the software flows would be lovely!

Anonymous

I recently worked in a company that promoted pair programming. It is amazing how much people can learn from watching another dev work. Of course, this would be a one-way experience but I'm still interested in watching someone else's workflow. There is no way I'd leave not having learned at least one new thing and that would certainly be worth my time. ... and who wouldn't want to watch the almighty Foosel do her thing. :D

Anonymous

Would tune in, for sure!

Anonymous

I'd love to see something on building a plugin. I recently started working on a couple and was surprised at how in-depth it was. Just getting my head around passing data between the client and server and getting data to persist was challenging.

Anonymous

An interesting idea. Maybe if it was recorded as well so people can catch what they missed. I suppose a design session and/or review of features/bugs might be a better use of time?

Anonymous

Add me to the list of people interested.

Anonymous

I'd be interested

foosel
>>2341552

I spotted this little guy on Reddit the other day and went all "awwwwww! :3" myself :D

foosel
>>2339942

Would definitely get recorded, I've been a victim of incompatible schedules for broadcasts thanks to time zones far too often in my life to not also provide a recording afterwards (if possible) of anything live I do.

Anonymous

I would be interested. If nothing else, just to see your workflow, preferred tools, etc.

Anonymous

A plugin would be nice to see.

Anonymous

I think videos or live streams are a nice idea. maybe for the beginning some tutorials like this (setup octoprint or octopi, build slizer and printer profiles and test them, setup plugins and camera). Then maybe a plugin scripting how to. perhaps an explanation for API but is probably too extensive. I watch mostly how to videos of developers not of third. I would also be happy about it if they were to see videos on youtube with German and English audio source, the auto translation subtitles is not so good.

Anonymous

Would be awesome, interesting, and educational

VaSh

From experience watching games being coded on Picarto live streams, everyone just chats among themselves and sometimes people might ask a question for the streamer or offer suggestions/applause. TLDR don't be shy, it's fun!

Anonymous

A simple plug-in would be nice to see in an edited video. live is not important.