Professor Answers Coding Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

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 ►► https://link.chtbl.com/wired-ytc-desc Want more WIRED? Get the magazine ►► https://subscribe.wired.com/subscribe/splits/wired/WIR_YouTube?source=EDT_WIR_YouTube_0_Video_Description_ZZ Follow WIRED: Instagram ►►https://instagram.com/wired Twitter ►►http://www.twitter.com/wired Facebook ►►https://www.facebook.com/wired Tik Tok ►►https://www.tiktok.com/@wired Get more incredible stories on science and tech with our daily newsletter: https://wrd.cm/DailyYT Also, check out the free WIRED channel on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV. ABOUT WIRED WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. Through thought-provoking stories and videos, WIRED explores the future of business, innovation, and culture.