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Literate Programming for the 21st Century

EmacsConf and Emacs hangouts via YouTube

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Explore literate programming concepts and practices in this 16-minute conference talk from EmacsConf 2024. Learn about the advantages and challenges of literate programming, including code synchronization, evaluation techniques, and navigation methods. Discover practical insights on typing efficiency, code block evaluation, header-based navigation, and function name navigation. Understand the distinction between literate programming prose and traditional code comments, while gaining perspective on modern applications of this programming paradigm. Master techniques for evaluating code within subtrees and from different locations in your programming environment. The presentation includes comprehensive demonstrations and explanations suitable for developers interested in enhancing their programming workflow through literate programming methods.

Syllabus

.000 Introduction
.253 Do I still literate?
.332 Advantages
.720 Disadvantages
.133 Ease of typing
.720 Keep tangled code sync'd
.501 Code evaluation
.960 Has that block been eval'd?
.239 Evaluating code in a subtree
.872 Evaluating code from a distance
.020 Navigating by headers
.794 Navigating by function names
.480 Why literate programming?
.166 LP prose isn't comments
.800 Summary

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