Rapid prototyping with teenagers

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Builds a fully functional social networking site in three days with 15 high school kids, many brand new to coding, as part of NCSS. Starts with an in-memory dictionary prototype then moves to persistent storage with Tornado + SQLite; advanced students implement a Django-like template engine and secure password hashing. Emphasises minimal APIs, daily demo checkpoints, whiteboard bug lists and one all-nighter; version control and merge conflicts prove surprisingly painful but most teams ship a working prototype by demo time.

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1. 0:00Introduction to NCSS
2. 1:22Camp structure and schedule
3. 2:51Project design and motivation
4. 5:03Tornado and web architecture
5. 7:01Database implementation
6. 10:01Extension and customization
7. 13:29Project management for students
8. 16:17Monitoring and evaluation
9. 18:20Project examples and summary
10. 20:16Program recruitment and plug
11. 20:53Q&A session

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