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There are quite a few algorithm lectures on the web, but what I'm looking for is a video tutorial where I can watch somebody coding on screen, going from a blank document to an algorithm that solves a problem. Language doesn't really matter. There are lots of video tutorials like this about a certain language, but is there one that teaches an algorithm?

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Conway's Game of Life coded in one line of APL is pretty good. The video starts from a blank screen and builds the code up live in the interpreter. Although it's a specific problem, the steps in involved in the construction are very instructive. I thought it was an amazing demo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=a9xAKttWgP4&fmt=18

ire_and_curses
this is one is pretty good, is there more like it ? preferably in mainstream language like java ,C# or python
matz
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I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for, but this may help.

John
Why the down votes? I thought the OP wanted to watch somebody think?
Jeremy
I think there was not only a wish to see someoen think but also to see the process of turning "Thinking" into "working code".
Vatine
I was trying to get across that seeing someone think doesn't really help someone learn to think.
John
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I would highly recommend the Introduction to Algorithms video lecture series by Charles Leiserson, the L of the standard Algorithms textbook, CLRS. He works out several fundamental algorithms in pseudocode.

Jacob