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Re: List of YouTube channels for improving web development and programming skills

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Post by searchableguy » Fri, Sep 04, 2020, 5:30 PM UTC

dwoot wrote: post #66

Like someone else had mentioned, the list is comprised of channels geared heavily at web development featuring content for early career developers. There are a ton of channels that dig deeper in more general software and particulars: 1. Algorithms Live! for those that are into competitive programming 2. PapersWeLove for those that are into white papers and the research that underpins some of the systems that we use t…

If I may, I also suggest:

Ben Eater: electronics, networking, computer architecture, breadboards, and information theory.

Missing semester: Great introduction to computer science and basic programming skills. Good as a reference.

BPS.space: Aerospace engineering, rockets and stuff.

Andreas Kling: computer OS from scratch.

Numberphile, computerphile and so on for quick bites.

Edit: fixed typo

Re: List of YouTube channels for improving web development and programming skills

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Post by foxdev » Fri, Sep 04, 2020, 5:38 PM UTC

throwawayffffas wrote: post #19

gonzo41 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But if you've been programming for over ten years doesn't looking at say, javascript. make you feel like you've been programming for never. I totally understand that it's all been done. And you've probably done it all as well. But things really do move fast out there. Even if it's in silly circles.

After programming for 10 years, nothing really makes you feel you haven't programmed before. I have found that even looking into entirely different programming paradigms, beginner material does not resonate with me, essentially what i would want when approaching something entirely new would be X for Y programmers.

This isn't exactly what you're looking for, but it has brief cheat sheet type treatments for many languages. It assumes you know the common programming language features, but want to know how they're done in a particular language.

https://learnxinyminutes.com/

Re: List of YouTube channels for improving web development and programming skills

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Post by wolco » Fri, Sep 04, 2020, 5:43 PM UTC

lowdose wrote: post #15

127 wrote: post #7

I think a lot of educational Youtube channels aren't that great in actually teaching you anything. What they are great at is sparking the interest and planting the seed for your own work. At least my experience is that actually doing things is how I learn them. Youtube can be a great springboard for that. Things to look out for: a person you like and who has enthusiasm and knowledge. For example EEVBlog Youtube chann…

This but it is in general better to pay for a course at Udemy. You get your money back when you haven't learned anything and those teachers are paid by people like you. They have skin in the game. Youtubers get paid by the minute so they are maximizing your eyeball time.

You are being sold in a different way. A successful course is one where you haven't requested a refund. The courses are designed to create little friction and in the end leaving you with a feeling that you now know 'x' and you are a 'x' programmer now.

In reality you took an easy guided path. Without friction you may not have learned all that much.

Re: List of YouTube channels for improving web development and programming skills

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Post by techbio » Fri, Sep 04, 2020, 5:45 PM UTC

dudul wrote: post #54

The list feels too long to be really useful.

Good insight, you might take it as your opportunity to curate a shorter or more detailed one, maybe as an https://github.com/topics/awesome-list

Re: List of YouTube channels for improving web development and programming skills

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Post by ducaale » Fri, Sep 04, 2020, 5:46 PM UTC

I have recently discovered [tsoding twitch channel](https://www.twitch.tv/tsoding/) which describes itself as Recreational programming. The topics range from webassembly and Game development to functional programming in haskell and ocaml. Some of the interesting random things I found there include:

* [a parser combinator in haskell](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9RUqGYuGfw)

* [stack based language compiler in ocaml](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/654258168)

You can find all the things that were done during the streams in https://github.com/tsoding. You can also find his schedule at https://tsoding.org/schedule/

Re: List of YouTube channels for improving web development and programming skills

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Post by mattgreenrocks » Fri, Sep 04, 2020, 5:47 PM UTC

dwoot wrote: post #66

Like someone else had mentioned, the list is comprised of channels geared heavily at web development featuring content for early career developers. There are a ton of channels that dig deeper in more general software and particulars: 1. Algorithms Live! for those that are into competitive programming 2. PapersWeLove for those that are into white papers and the research that underpins some of the systems that we use t…

Thanks for this. As is often the case, webdev seemingly seems to suck the air out of the room at times in discussions of programming, and there are a lot of other super interesting domains out there.

Re: List of YouTube channels for improving web development and programming skills

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Post by a-b » Fri, Sep 04, 2020, 5:47 PM UTC

Re: List of YouTube channels for improving web development and programming skills

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Post by meowface » Fri, Sep 04, 2020, 6:03 PM UTC

EForEndeavour wrote: post #69

theonemind wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea." - Antoine de Saint—Exupery

Corollary lesson: when you find yourself driven by a yearning for some overarching majestic goal to overcome great challenges at great cost, remember that working hard on something doesn't mean you'll ever get to use that thing. Those woodcutters, metalworkers, shipwrights, artisans, etc. who poured their hearts and souls into building that ship will very likely not sail the vast and endless sea that motivated their…

That's one of the awesome things about software. You can have a grand idea for something, actually spew it out into reality, and then actually use it and see lots of other people use it, often for very little cost on your part besides some time and effort. I'm sure many people of long past would be like "shit, you all are so lucky" if they saw what we could do, and I think there's a pretty good chance we'd say the same of our distant future descendants (barring all the standard hypothetical catastrophe caveats).

It's almost like magic, except limited by what software can actually affect. You can't compile "ship.rs" into an actual ship. But in 100 years I think more of the borders between software and hardware/meatware will start to blur.

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Post by semicolonandson » Fri, Sep 04, 2020, 6:09 PM UTC

If you're an experienced programmer whose interests lean towards more timeless technologies (unix, system design, vim, databases, uptime etc.) and/or have an entrepreneurial bent and want to learn how software businesses are run (complete with the marketing side), my channel Semicolon&Sons might be for you: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17mJJnvzAa_e9qQqLIfIeQ

The overall idea is to teach via setting the screencasts in live production code used by a real business for over a decade, rather than via toy examples set in the fad framework of the now. Basically it's a behind-the-scenes tour of a production codebase.

Re: List of YouTube channels for improving web development and programming skills

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Post by adem » Fri, Sep 04, 2020, 6:18 PM UTC

dwoot wrote: post #66

Like someone else had mentioned, the list is comprised of channels geared heavily at web development featuring content for early career developers. There are a ton of channels that dig deeper in more general software and particulars: 1. Algorithms Live! for those that are into competitive programming 2. PapersWeLove for those that are into white papers and the research that underpins some of the systems that we use t…

Another channel I'd add to this list is Vivek Haldar: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpXfS8bu7ILGCuOtsnJMtxQ

He comments on papers of various CS topics.