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UC Berkeley Computer Science Professor Sarah Chasins joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about coding. How did programmers code the first ever code? What remnants of the early World Wide Web still exist online? Can someone still learn programming if they hate math? How do new programming languages get made? Why is debugging harder than writing code? How can computer scientists contribute to CRISPR? Professor Chasins answers these questions any many more on this episode of WIRED Tech Support: Coding Support.
0:00 Coding Support
0:16 Remnants of the early web
1:04 y so hard
1:21 Can I still learn programming if I hate math?
2:09 The first computer viruses
2:39 How did programmers code the first ever code?
4:10 The difference between programming languages
5:21 What would you say…you do here
5:58 Python
6:27 C + +
6:45 Beloved Rust
7:52 JavaScript: GOATED?
8:16 How programming languages get made
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10:47 Why is debugging harder than writing code?
11:44 Syntax
12:08 Backend, frontend or full-stack?
12:27 How can computer scientists contribute to CRISPR?
13:32 How hard would it be to build my own game engine from scratch?
14:49 ChatGPT
17:31 Is it worth learning to code with AI advancing so fast?
19:10 What is the best way of using Al while coding?
20:19 “Vibe coding”
21:19 Live coding demonstration
28:22 How do I read code?
29:22 How do computers “understand” code?
Director: Justin Wolfson
Director of Photography: AJ Young
Editor: Richard Trammell
Expert: Sarah Chasins
Line Producer: Jamie Rasmussen
Associate Producer: Brandon White; Paul Guylas
Production Manager: Jonathan Rinkerman
Casting Producer: Nick Sawyer
Camera Operator: Nick Massey
Sound Mixer: Gloria "Glo" Hernandez
Production Assistant: Fernando Barajas
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Stella Shortino
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araujo
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward
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UC Berkeley Computer Science Professor Sarah Chasins joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about coding. How did programmers code the first ever code? What remnants of the early World Wide Web still exist online? Can someone still learn programming if they hate math? How do new programming languages get made? Why is debugging harder than writing code? How can computer scientists contribute to CRISPR? Professor Chasins answers these questions any many more on this episode of WIRED Tech Support: Coding Support.
0:00 Coding Support
0:16 Remnants of the early web
1:04 y so hard
1:21 Can I still learn programming if I hate math?
2:09 The first computer viruses
2:39 How did programmers code the first ever code?
4:10 The difference between programming languages
5:21 What would you say…you do here
5:58 Python
6:27 C + +
6:45 Beloved Rust
7:52 JavaScript: GOATED?
8:16 How programming languages get made
9:12 01101000 01100001 01101000 01100001 00100000 01101110 01100101 01110010 01100100
10:47 Why is debugging harder than writing code?
11:44 Syntax
12:08 Backend, frontend or full-stack?
12:27 How can computer scientists contribute to CRISPR?
13:32 How hard would it be to build my own game engine from scratch?
14:49 ChatGPT
17:31 Is it worth learning to code with AI advancing so fast?
19:10 What is the best way of using Al while coding?
20:19 “Vibe coding”
21:19 Live coding demonstration
28:22 How do I read code?
29:22 How do computers “understand” code?
Director: Justin Wolfson
Director of Photography: AJ Young
Editor: Richard Trammell
Expert: Sarah Chasins
Line Producer: Jamie Rasmussen
Associate Producer: Brandon White; Paul Guylas
Production Manager: Jonathan Rinkerman
Casting Producer: Nick Sawyer
Camera Operator: Nick Massey
Sound Mixer: Gloria "Glo" Hernandez
Production Assistant: Fernando Barajas
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Stella Shortino
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araujo
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward
Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► http://wrd.cm/15fP7B7
Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► link.chtbl.com/wired-ytc-desc
Want more WIRED? Get the magazine ►► subscribe.wired.com/subscribe/splits/wired/WIR_YouTube?source=EDT_WIR_YouTube_0_Video_Description_ZZ
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WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. Through thought-provoking stories and videos, WIRED explores the future of business, innovation, and culture.
