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digitalmars.D - The best video to introduce D

reply "Regan Heath" <regan netmail.co.nz> writes:
I have a friend, he has heard of D (from me) a fair bit over the years but  
never had reason to look into it.  He works at a company which has a  
culture of showing tech videos during lunch.  So.. I want the best  
introduction to D video that we have, which will fit in a lunch hour..  
anyone?

R

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May 21 2013
next sibling parent reply "Dicebot" <m.strashun gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 21 May 2013 at 11:23:39 UTC, Regan Heath wrote:

 I have a friend, he has heard of D (from me) a fair bit over 
 the years but never had reason to look into it.  He works at a 
 company which has a culture of showing tech videos during 
 lunch.  So.. I want the best introduction to D video that we 
 have, which will fit in a lunch hour.. anyone?

 R


I remember being converted with a "The Case for D" article. A bit 
outdated, but still good. It gave a nice overview of a target 
vision with no overly specific details. Maybe there have been 
some presentation videos based on it?
May 21 2013
next sibling parent "Regan Heath" <regan netmail.co.nz> writes:
On Tue, 21 May 2013 12:36:31 +0100, Dicebot <m.strashun gmail.com> wrote:


 On Tuesday, 21 May 2013 at 11:23:39 UTC, Regan Heath wrote:

 I have a friend, he has heard of D (from me) a fair bit over the years  
 but never had reason to look into it.  He works at a company which has  
 a culture of showing tech videos during lunch.  So.. I want the best  
 introduction to D video that we have, which will fit in a lunch hour..  
 anyone?

 R


 I remember being converted with a "The Case for D" article. A bit  
 outdated, but still good. It gave a nice overview of a target vision  
 with no overly specific details. Maybe there have been some presentation  
 videos based on it?


This article?
http://www.drdobbs.com/parallel/the-case-for-d/217801225

I found this..
http://software.intel.com/en-us/videos/new-d-programming-language-with-andrei/

.. and this :)
http://leonardo-m.livejournal.com/83309.html

R


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May 21 2013
prev sibling parent reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
On 5/21/13 7:36 AM, Dicebot wrote:

 On Tuesday, 21 May 2013 at 11:23:39 UTC, Regan Heath wrote:

 I have a friend, he has heard of D (from me) a fair bit over the years
 but never had reason to look into it. He works at a company which has
 a culture of showing tech videos during lunch. So.. I want the best
 introduction to D video that we have, which will fit in a lunch hour..
 anyone?

 R


 I remember being converted with a "The Case for D" article. A bit
 outdated, but still good. It gave a nice overview of a target vision
 with no overly specific details. Maybe there have been some presentation
 videos based on it?


How about "Three unexpected..." 
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Lang-NEXT/Lang-NEXT-2012/Three-Unlikely-Successful-Features-of-D

Andrei
May 21 2013
next sibling parent reply "Regan Heath" <regan netmail.co.nz> writes:
On Tue, 21 May 2013 13:56:05 +0100, Andrei Alexandrescu  
<SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> wrote:


 On 5/21/13 7:36 AM, Dicebot wrote:

 On Tuesday, 21 May 2013 at 11:23:39 UTC, Regan Heath wrote:

 I have a friend, he has heard of D (from me) a fair bit over the years
 but never had reason to look into it. He works at a company which has
 a culture of showing tech videos during lunch. So.. I want the best
 introduction to D video that we have, which will fit in a lunch hour..
 anyone?

 R


 I remember being converted with a "The Case for D" article. A bit
 outdated, but still good. It gave a nice overview of a target vision
 with no overly specific details. Maybe there have been some presentation
 videos based on it?


 How about "Three unexpected..."  
 http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Lang-NEXT/Lang-NEXT-2012/Three-Unlikely-Successful-Features-of-D


Yeah, that one is a good one because it's a good length and it talks about  
some nice D specifics in relation to general programming concerns/goals :)

It is currently my top contender.. assuming I only get to pass on 1 video  
and no-one comes back with something I like even more. :p

R

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May 21 2013
parent reply Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw ubuntu.com> writes:
On 21 May 2013 14:09, Regan Heath <regan netmail.co.nz> wrote:

 On Tue, 21 May 2013 13:56:05 +0100, Andrei Alexandrescu
 <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> wrote:


 On 5/21/13 7:36 AM, Dicebot wrote:

 On Tuesday, 21 May 2013 at 11:23:39 UTC, Regan Heath wrote:

 I have a friend, he has heard of D (from me) a fair bit over the years
 but never had reason to look into it. He works at a company which has
 a culture of showing tech videos during lunch. So.. I want the best
 introduction to D video that we have, which will fit in a lunch hour..
 anyone?

 R



 I remember being converted with a "The Case for D" article. A bit
 outdated, but still good. It gave a nice overview of a target vision
 with no overly specific details. Maybe there have been some presentation
 videos based on it?



 How about "Three unexpected..."
 http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Lang-NEXT/Lang-NEXT-2012/Three-Unlikely-Successful-Features-of-D



 Yeah, that one is a good one because it's a good length and it talks about
 some nice D specifics in relation to general programming concerns/goals :)

 It is currently my top contender.. assuming I only get to pass on 1 video
 and no-one comes back with something I like even more. :p


 R

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You can also tell him that D is not in the 101 worst programming
languages (according to SO).  :o)

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/961942/what-is-the-worst-programming-language-you-ever-worked-with


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May 21 2013
next sibling parent "Idan Arye" <GenericNPC gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 21 May 2013 at 18:58:57 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:

 On 21 May 2013 14:09, Regan Heath <regan netmail.co.nz> wrote:

 On Tue, 21 May 2013 13:56:05 +0100, Andrei Alexandrescu
 <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> wrote:


 On 5/21/13 7:36 AM, Dicebot wrote:

 On Tuesday, 21 May 2013 at 11:23:39 UTC, Regan Heath wrote:

 I have a friend, he has heard of D (from me) a fair bit 
 over the years
 but never had reason to look into it. He works at a company 
 which has
 a culture of showing tech videos during lunch. So.. I want 
 the best
 introduction to D video that we have, which will fit in a 
 lunch hour..
 anyone?

 R



 I remember being converted with a "The Case for D" article. 
 A bit
 outdated, but still good. It gave a nice overview of a 
 target vision
 with no overly specific details. Maybe there have been some 
 presentation
 videos based on it?



 How about "Three unexpected..."
 http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Lang-NEXT/Lang-NEXT-2012/Three-Unlikely-Successful-Features-of-D



 Yeah, that one is a good one because it's a good length and it 
 talks about
 some nice D specifics in relation to general programming 
 concerns/goals :)

 It is currently my top contender.. assuming I only get to pass 
 on 1 video
 and no-one comes back with something I like even more. :p


 R

 --
 Using Opera's revolutionary email client: 
 http://www.opera.com/mail/



 You can also tell him that D is not in the 101 worst programming
 languages (according to SO).  :o)

 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/961942/what-is-the-worst-programming-language-you-ever-worked-with


 --
 Iain Buclaw

 *(p < e ? p++ : p) = (c & 0x0f) + '0';


I would like to quote Bjarne Stoustrup on that matter: "There are 
only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and 
the ones nobody uses".
May 21 2013
prev sibling parent reply "deadalnix" <deadalnix gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 21 May 2013 at 18:58:57 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:

 You can also tell him that D is not in the 101 worst programming
 languages (according to SO).  :o)

 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/961942/what-is-the-worst-programming-language-you-ever-worked-with


You'll note that the first one is PHP (no big surprise) and the 
first reason is Inconsistent function names and argument orders, 
for which we qualify easily.

That being said, the 3 unexpected feature is probably a good one. 
Walter's talk at DConf is a large overview of D as well, but 
probably don't have the same Wow effect.
May 21 2013
parent "Regan Heath" <regan netmail.co.nz> writes:
On Tue, 21 May 2013 22:30:09 +0100, deadalnix <deadalnix gmail.com> wrote:

 That being said, the 3 unexpected feature is probably a good one.  
 Walter's talk at DConf is a large overview of D as well, but probably  
 don't have the same Wow effect.


My thoughts also.  It's a good history/overview but it's not 'wow this is  
cool'.

R

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May 22 2013
prev sibling parent reply "Dicebot" <m.strashun gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 21 May 2013 at 12:56:06 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 How about "Three unexpected..." 
 http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Lang-NEXT/Lang-NEXT-2012/Three-Unlikely-Successful-Features-of-D

 Andrei


This is very good on its own but somewhat lacking as a general 
overview of the language. In a sense that it highlights three 
super cool features and says nothing about how revolutionary 
language overall is :)
May 22 2013
parent "Regan Heath" <regan netmail.co.nz> writes:
On Wed, 22 May 2013 09:30:22 +0100, Dicebot <m.strashun gmail.com> wrote:


 On Tuesday, 21 May 2013 at 12:56:06 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 How about "Three unexpected..."  
 http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Lang-NEXT/Lang-NEXT-2012/Three-Unlikely-Successful-Features-of-D

 Andrei


 This is very good on its own but somewhat lacking as a general overview  
 of the language. In a sense that it highlights three super cool features  
 and says nothing about how revolutionary language overall is :)


True.  I am hoping it will 'hook' peoples interest, after which they'll  
either go looking for more information on their own, or ask for more - in  
which case I can provide other more general videos and information etc.

R

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May 22 2013
prev sibling parent reply "w0rp" <devw0rp gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 21 May 2013 at 11:23:39 UTC, Regan Heath wrote:

 I have a friend, he has heard of D (from me) a fair bit over 
 the years but never had reason to look into it.  He works at a 
 company which has a culture of showing tech videos during 
 lunch.  So.. I want the best introduction to D video that we 
 have, which will fit in a lunch hour.. anyone?

 R


Walter's talk on component programming is one of the best, I 
think, for showing how the language features can come together in 
a nice way. That's a pretty good motivator for getting someone 
into the language. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cX1f41Fnkc

In my attempts to describe D to colleagues and friends, I have 
made an observation. I think there's not a single killer feature 
of D that makes it great, but it's rather like how a lot of very 
small and interesting features come together. Slices and every 
detail about how they work I think is a nice selling point.
May 21 2013
parent reply "Regan Heath" <regan netmail.co.nz> writes:
On Tue, 21 May 2013 23:05:36 +0100, w0rp <devw0rp gmail.com> wrote:


 On Tuesday, 21 May 2013 at 11:23:39 UTC, Regan Heath wrote:

 I have a friend, he has heard of D (from me) a fair bit over the years  
 but never had reason to look into it.  He works at a company which has  
 a culture of showing tech videos during lunch.  So.. I want the best  
 introduction to D video that we have, which will fit in a lunch hour..  
 anyone?

 R


 Walter's talk on component programming is one of the best, I think, for  
 showing how the language features can come together in a nice way.  
 That's a pretty good motivator for getting someone into the language.  
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cX1f41Fnkc


I like the content of this video, but the inaudible questions interrupting  
the flow are driving me up the wall.

If I had time I would edit it and cut them all.

R

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May 22 2013
parent reply "Joakim" <joakim airpost.net> writes:
I'm partial to the Google tech talk Andrei gave almost three 
years ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlVpPstLPEc

I thought Andrei did a great job with his presentation in that 
talk.

For an article, Walter's Dr. Dobbs piece on component programming 
is a great intro to language, showing the real-world problems 
that the language creator tries to solve and how he thinks and 
goes about it:

http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/component-programming-in-d/240008321

I have sent both links to others in the past, to introduce them 
to the D programming language.
May 22 2013
parent reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
On 5/22/13 11:07 AM, Joakim wrote:

 I'm partial to the Google tech talk Andrei gave almost three years ago:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlVpPstLPEc


That reminds me we should have a "Media" link on the homepage linking to 
all media available about D, including of course DConf 2013.


Andrei
May 22 2013
next sibling parent "Regan Heath" <regan netmail.co.nz> writes:
On Wed, 22 May 2013 16:18:39 +0100, Andrei Alexandrescu  
<SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> wrote:


 On 5/22/13 11:07 AM, Joakim wrote:

 I'm partial to the Google tech talk Andrei gave almost three years ago:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlVpPstLPEc


 That reminds me we should have a "Media" link on the homepage linking to  
 all media available about D, including of course DConf 2013.


Definitely, I went there first and didn't find anything so posted this  
thread :)

R

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May 22 2013
prev sibling parent "Jesse Phillips" <Jesse.K.Phillips+D gmail.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 22 May 2013 at 15:18:38 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 On 5/22/13 11:07 AM, Joakim wrote:

 I'm partial to the Google tech talk Andrei gave almost three 
 years ago:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlVpPstLPEc


 That reminds me we should have a "Media" link on the homepage 
 linking to all media available about D, including of course 
 DConf 2013.


 Andrei


Currently homed here:
http://wiki.dlang.org/Videos
May 22 2013