1. Living it up with a Live Programming Language
Jordan Cazamias
Fall 2014

2. Static -> Dynamic -> Live
How do programmers test their changes to the code?
Static Programming: Code, compile, run, repeat
Dynamic Programming: Streamlined run process
Some allow hot swapping: code can be updated w/o restarting
Live language: Instant feedback while editing

3. SmallTalk: A live programming language
Dynamically Typed
Based on data-flow programming model
Good for live languages because all computational dependencies are explicitly encoded
Object Oriented to allow programs to scale
Errors are reported quietly: “The show must go on!”

4. Live Coding Example