Show HN: Node.js video tutorials where you can edit and run the code • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Node.js video tutorials where you can edit and run the code

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Post by jasonjmcghee » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 12:16 AM UTC

seansh wrote: post #17

This looks fantastic! I’ve been seeing a growing number of tools trying to bring more interactivity to programming tutorials and for good reason. Screencasts are too passive, and it’s easy to get lost halfway through. Books and blogs don’t really show how code evolves over time either. I’m working on a solution too, called CodeMic [1] where instead of bringing the environment to the web, it brings video and workspace…

Interactivity and liveness in programming deserves to be discussed far more often than it is on front-page of hacker news, but excited there are multiple ongoing threads!

I'm a very strong supporter of interactive blogposts as well. Obviously https://ciechanow.ski/ is leader here - being able to mess with something to build intuition is huge.

Re: Show HN: Node.js video tutorials where you can edit and run the code

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Post by atum47 » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 12:22 AM UTC

There was this beautiful website that did something similar: it would type in the code and showing the result on the side. It was mostly creative JS code.

Re: Show HN: Node.js video tutorials where you can edit and run the code

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Post by abaymado » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 12:27 AM UTC

This is phenomenon! I am an iOS Engineer, not sure if you ever want to bring this to mobile but I would be happy to contribute.

Re: Show HN: Node.js video tutorials where you can edit and run the code

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Post by lud_lite » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 2:28 AM UTC

Scrimba taught me React back in 2021. I recently checked if there was a Go course there, but sadly not. However with this announcement hopefully soon.

Why I like Scrimba? The lesson style that forces you to use a blank Page on each exercise means you develop memory for the language. Even more of a plus post LLMs IMO.

Re: Show HN: Node.js video tutorials where you can edit and run the code

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Post by gitroom » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 5:05 AM UTC

the whole thing makes me jealous honestly - coding used to feel so much more closed off when i first started out. you think having super interactive stuff like this early on actually keeps folks coming back to learn more?

Re: Show HN: Node.js video tutorials where you can edit and run the code

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Post by whiddershins » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 5:11 AM UTC

So can I just sign up and get started using it on my blog, or how does this work?

Re: Show HN: Node.js video tutorials where you can edit and run the code

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Post by mrborgen » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 5:27 AM UTC

serial_dev wrote: post #51

Will this support other languages, too? Would love to have Rust, Dart, Python, or basically any other language having this, even if it doesn’t have all the features

Once we have our desktop app ready (very soon), it'll be possible to record any language. However, the viewer then won't get the same ability to run the code, only to edit it.

We do have rudimentary Python support with the interactivity though. Planning out a course on it these days.

Re: Show HN: Node.js video tutorials where you can edit and run the code

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Post by mrborgen » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 5:29 AM UTC

rglover wrote: post #59

mrborgen wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, we'd be happy to collaborate on creating something on Joystick. It looks like an awesome framework!

Awesome, thank you! What's a good way to get in touch?

Just send me an email at per@scrimba.com :)

Re: Show HN: Node.js video tutorials where you can edit and run the code

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Post by badmonster » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 5:36 AM UTC

Quick question: how are you handling persistent state or database access across sessions in the browser-based Node.js environment?

Re: Show HN: Node.js video tutorials where you can edit and run the code

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Post by mrborgen » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 5:40 AM UTC

nozzlegear wrote: post #49

I'm trying to find more information about creating videos/courses with Scrimba, but most of the info on your website is geared toward consuming content. I see that it's possible to create a new course, but is it possible to create one that's private/limited access? My usecase is recording a course with a tool like this and selling it as the video part of premium course materials for my clients.

Technically, there are ways to do that, though it's not a core use-case for us, which is why we're not pushing it.

An alternative way is to embed the scrims into your own platform, and have the scrims be unlisted on Scrimba. Would that do?