I just learned about live coding the other day! What a cool intersection. From the wikipedia page:
Live coding, sometimes referred to as on-the-fly programming, just in time programming and conversational programming, makes programming an integral part of the running program.
It is most prominent as a performing arts form and a creativity technique centred upon the writing of source code and the use of interactive programming in an improvised way. Live coding is often used to create sound and image based digital media, as well as light systems, improvised dance and poetry, though is particularly prevalent in computer music usually as improvisation, although it could be combined with algorithmic composition.Typically, the process of writing source code is made visible by projecting the computer screen in the audience space, with ways of visualising the code an area of active research.
Here's a Tedx Talk:
and a GitHub repo with a bunch of resources for anyone who wants to give it a try:
toplap
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awesome-livecoding
All things livecoding
All things live coding 
A curated list of live coding languages and tools
This list was created with the intention of giving a quick-glance over the many possibilities to engage in this practice. For further information, head over to TOPLAP.
Contents
- What is live coding
- Websites
- Community
- Languages
- Libraries and tools
- To Watch
- To Read
- To Dance
- Conferences
- Related lists
- Acknowledgement
- How to Contribute
- Code of Conduct
What is live coding
Quoting Wikipedia
Live coding (sometimes referred to as 'on-the-fly programming', 'just in time programming' and 'conversational programming') is a performing arts form and a creativity technique centred upon the writing of source code and the use of interactive programming in an improvised way.
Websites
- TOPLAP - The home of Live Coding.
- LiveCoding.fr - French-speaking information website on Live Coding
Community
- Directory of local TOPLAP nodes / live coding collectives: https://toplap.org/nodes/
- livecode mailing list - Old school email discussion…
If you're a live coder, please share your videos! I'd love to check them out.
Top comments (9)
I am not a live coder, but I'm going to have to check this out! :D
Sounds really interesting. I have NOT heard about it. Would love to learn more!
I do, @jess! I have a few posts about my practice, including this recent one. I make noise music with code!
Videos:
I also help organize with livecode.nyc, a community group in NYC.
I'll check it out! Thanks Jessica! Jess, I have done some stuff with canvas 2d/web audio api etc. Really want to get more into audio visuals. That's why this post caught my eye! I have some of my audio visual projects (posts about them) on my site if anyone is interested: mariadcampbell.com/projects You will just have to sift through them as there are other kinds of projects there too!
@letsbsocial1 I use Hydra for my audio reactive visuals.
@jessicagarson I'll check it out! Thanks!
These videos are sweet. Great name btw. I wish I was still in Brooklyn!
@jessicagarson I just found out last night that a friend of mine who's moving back to the city does live coding so I told him about livecode.nyc! Perhaps you will cross paths one day :)
Wow, this is interesting!