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It's not that the official docs are…",{"value":57,"source":47,"evidence":58},"Developers learning Backbone.js",[59,60],{"id":50,"by":51,"text":52},{"id":61,"by":62,"text":63},"3131311","jashkenas","The Backbone.js homepage assumes that you're somewhat familiar with building JavaScript-heavy web applications ... I can see how it would be lacking if you're coming at it fresh.…",{"value":65,"source":7,"evidence":66},"Enjoys watching and pairing with live coding, wants to share that experience",[67,70],{"id":68,"by":11,"text":69},"3131720","Great compliment! That is the exact type of experience I'm hoping to bring with both these screencasts as well as CastingCode.tv. I know I really enjoy sitting down and pairing…",{"id":71,"by":11,"text":72},"3132683","Yep, I've known about the file size issue when including live video, but it's something that I'm willing to continue experimenting with. 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Solid colors of a screen capture can easily compress to under 200 MB for 60 minutes of video, but live action (even with only small movements) can…",{"value":113,"source":47,"evidence":114},"Backbone docs are already good and source is readable",[115,119],{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"3133124","pjmurray","I'd be interested to see what value this adds compared to the documentation and existing (free) blog posts on it's use. IMHO Backbone's docs are super friendly and if you're…",{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},"3131515","mshafrir","The Backbone source code is concise and well documented. If you feel like you've hit a wall, it might be worth your while to read through it. Check it out at…",[124,133],{"value":125,"source":47,"evidence":126},"Official tutorial or curated list of tutorials",[127,128,132],{"id":61,"by":62,"text":63},{"id":129,"by":130,"text":131},"3131676","ez77","Yes, please! Any form of official tutorial would be welcome. And indeed, if you could \"endorse\" high-quality tutorials by linking to them it would be great.",{"id":54,"by":51,"text":55},{"value":134,"source":47,"evidence":135},"Option to toggle live video on and off",[136,140],{"id":137,"by":138,"text":139},"3135262","randall","What about making an actual screencasting site where someone can turn the live video on and off in JS?",{"id":141,"by":11,"text":142},"3131325","Haha, I know. I have an ugly mug for sure. :) That's always been kind of my style for screencasting in general. I think it gives it a nice personal feel. But would you rather…",[144],{"value":145,"source":47,"evidence":146},"Is this a different video from the earlier screencast?",[147],{"id":148,"by":149,"text":150},"3131245","niyazpk","Hi Joey, I remember watching a screencast by you on the same topic (linked from HN) a few weeks ago. 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