Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Supper Club × val.town with Steve Krouse
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Jul 14, 2023 Steve Krouse, founder of The Coding Space and creator of Val.town, dives deep into the world of coding education. He discusses Val.town's innovative platform that blends social coding with in-browser IDE features. Krouse shares insights on methods for inspiring kids to code and the significance of user-friendly tools like Scratch. The conversation also explores the tech stack behind Val.town, serverless architecture, and the evolution of programming methodologies, emphasizing how to make coding accessible and enjoyable for all.
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Twitter Inspiration
- Steve Krouse found inspiration for Val.town's social coding aspect in Twitter's ease of use and composability.
- He wants Vals to become web primitives like tweets, easily shareable and embeddable.
Global Namespace
- The concept of a global namespace, where anyone can reference another's code, originates from the internet itself.
- Val.town leverages this idea, drawing inspiration from Unison's hash-based code identification.
Spreadsheets as Inspiration
- Steve Krouse believes syntax isn't a major barrier to coding, citing spreadsheets as an example.
- He aims for Val.town to feel like a spreadsheet, with isolated errors and live updates, rather than a traditional IDE.
