How To Get Started Live Coding

I've been live coding for over a year on Twitch. I know a ton of you want to get into it. Here you go.

Use this video to go from "I have no idea what twitch is" to "all I have to do is click this button and I'll be streaming!".

READ THE PINNED COMMENT FOR THINGS I FORGOT.

This video covers pretty much everything I think you should be aware of before your FIRST stream. There's a lot more you can/could do, and as you advance in your streaming career you'll find them out, but this video will absolutely give you enough for your first few months.

You can do this. Don't doubt yourself. Don't be afraid. I know it's so incredibly difficult to press the start streaming button. Some days it's still hard for me. But what lies on the other side of that button could be one of the best decisions you've ever made.

"It'd be crazy not to do something just because you're scared" - Ludwig Ahgren

Links:

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:14 Common Questions
01:01 Basic OBS Setup
01:43 Twitch over YouTube
02:13 Camera Setup
02:50 Your Mic is Fine
03:16 Two Main OBS Scenes
07:46 You Need A Chatbot
09:51 A Chat Overlay
12:31 Make your mic better
13:26 Setting up basic alerts
15:39 Using Twitch Analytics
17:02 Literally Every Twitch Setting
23:56 Music Without Copyright
24:54 How to Not Leak API Keys
27:13 Running a stream that doesn't suck
29:21 PLEASE ZOOM IN YOUR CODE
29:58 Do you need mods?
30:41 Staying focused on stream
31:54 Hotkeys are easy and amazing
32:49 How money will work on twitch
33:44 Setting up a tip page
34:49 Why you might not want to be an affiliate
35:40 THE MOST IMPORTANT THING

[RoxCodes]

THINGS I FORGOT:

* SET THE CATEGORY ON YOUR STREAM TO "SOFTWARE AND GAME DEVELOPMENT". Without a category it's almost impossible to be found.

* When it comes to titling your stream, try to keep your title under 32 characters (at least the clickbait part) - this is roughly the length twitch cuts if off at in the preview, so it helps get you more viewers.

* Make sure to copy the Alerts source into all of your scenes, and keep it on the top !

* If you use Krisp, you have to swap your microphone to the Krisp Microphone in OBS, and make sure to actually turn on Noise Cancellation in Krisp lmao

[teej_dv]

Also you get to practice humility a lot.

[xAquaWolf]

Amazing bro you def inspired me to start streaming, i'm more drawn to streaming on YouTube but a lot of these tips are agnostic of the platform.

Thank you Rox, continue to rock on bro

[opti]

37 minutes and 43 seconds of amazing content! Wish I had this for the few streams I did. If anyone mentions that they want to start live coding I'll send them here! Great job Rox!

[NatanStreppel]

Thanks for the detailed instructions. Very useful video indeed. It has everything I needed.

[fitzsimonsdev]

Absolutely got a lot out of this video. I've streamed a few times and would like to get into it properly.Thanks for this.

[danielhemmati]

I like this part of internet.
thanks for sharing

[sir_codesalot]

Thank you!! I really needed to hear that last part 😁

[edandersen]

Watching this chap has made my life immeasurably better. Actually inspired. Let's

[ItaloGomesV]

Thank you for the video. I appreciate so much.

[jessiesfrosties]

Brilliant, long yet concise, and oh so helpful.

Thank you.

[batuhankrbb]

Thank you so much! I'll start streaming in 1-2 days :)

[ericandrade]

You put a lot of hearth on this. I’m really great full ! I wish you all the best🙏

[terramueras]

Awesome video. Hope I'll remember this once I decide to start my streaming career :)

[timurhankocabas]

Man this is precious. Thanks for your hard work on this video. It’s so inspiring and I felt your support when you encouraged people to start streaming. It means a lot. Keep up good work. I hope you get the best all the time 🎉

[average_dev_asa]

This was super helpful. Hoping to have my first stream next week!

[stephfh]

Adding to the background music: If you have background music, definitely side-chain it to the microphone, so you don't have to shout over your music and people can understand you more clearly!
Generally to sound input, best mic peaks in the yellow area, when you talk a few sentences in your normal pace, so it's neither overdrive nor too silent.

[soulninjadev]

yoo as someone who's just starting out, this is so useful 🙇‍♂️

[dpuplava]

Thanks for some great information on how to get started

[arindamdasgoogledeveloper]

Cool man. Very informative. I will attend your livestream