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Scrimba: a video format for communicating code

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Re: Scrimba: a video format for communicating code

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This is a wonderful idea and execution. Tip for people trying this out, to experience it fully you have to: - login with github - edit some text - then hit play again. The preview will then update. - also, you can record your own edits to the video. I am surprised by the quality and thoughtful demos. Some simple things would make it better, like updating automatically without hitting play. Also, I think the videos sh…

Nice to hear you praise the quality. We haven't spent a lot of time on producing the current casts, it's just that the tool makes it easy to create casts of high-production value. No more fiddling with screen-recording software and post-production. It makes a big difference when you can go from "I want to explain this" to a finished cast in three minutes. The "casts are shown in an overlay"-feature was released yeste…

Neat! The audience for the tool seems to be someone who can hear, though. Has there been any awareness or discussion of those who cannot hear? Of those that cannot hear, a large majority use captioning or sign language. Video in a PIP mode, or captioning support, would go a long way in including everyone to the party. Also, the earlier these features are added, the more content is accessible.

Re: Scrimba: a video format for communicating code

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I cannot wait for the "everything needs to be a small looping video clip" fad to go away. Video clips of typing make no sense. The animation is distracting, it provides no useful information, and they always either loop too quickly (frustrating me because I lose my place and have to wait for the whole thing to come back), or go too slowly (frustrating me because it won't hurry up). A 3 second loop is great for a hams…

Did you actually click on the link in OP?

Re: Scrimba: a video format for communicating code

#53

I cannot wait for the "everything needs to be a small looping video clip" fad to go away. Video clips of typing make no sense. The animation is distracting, it provides no useful information, and they always either loop too quickly (frustrating me because I lose my place and have to wait for the whole thing to come back), or go too slowly (frustrating me because it won't hurry up). A 3 second loop is great for a hams…

You can pause and edit the code inline...

You can also skip to the end and mess with the finished code via the progress bar and edit button if you don't care for the explanation.

Re: Scrimba: a video format for communicating code

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post #56

This is really cool! However... I might be a bit obtuse or something, but how can I produce my own videos? Maybe I'm overlooking a link?

Just login and you'll see a plus icon in the top right corner:)

Aha!

My script blocker was preventing the button from showing up.

I though I was going mad...

Thanks!

Re: Scrimba: a video format for communicating code

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The moment I try scrimba, I notice is using the code completion from VS code, so I went with my instinct and open a file with .ts(for typescript) and it work

EDIT: a bit hackish but it is possible to add d.ts, by putting the file directly(like creating a file call jquery.d.ts and put the jquery def inside), the def will actually load in

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