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Jess Lee
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Does anyone here participate in live coding?

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:

GitHub logo toplap / awesome-livecoding

All things livecoding

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All things live coding Awesome

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.

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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

If you're a live coder, please share your videos! I'd love to check them out.

Top comments (3)

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Best Codes

I am not a live coder, but I'm going to have to check this out! :D

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Maria Campbell

Sounds really interesting. I have NOT heard about it. Would love to learn more!

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Michael Tharrington

Wow, this is interesting!