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General Discussion

George S-T
George S-T
6,624 Points

How do you open a workspace containing the code from the video?

Hi I'm trying to open the workspace from the video, but whenever I open it, it has no files in it. How can I get the video files?

Thanks.

3 Answers

Jay Padzensky
Jay Padzensky
4,731 Points

Hi George,

Sorry for any confusion caused! All Workspaces should already have pre-generated files in them, should it be required (for example, some Guil's CSS tutorials will already have most/all the HTML pre-loaded so you get to focus on the CSS and design of the site). However, other courses will start with nothing and have you build on to the Workspace in a linear fashion (like Nick's How to Build a Website track). From what video are you launching Workspace? (a link would be helpful!)

George S-T
George S-T
6,624 Points

Thanks for a reply.

Here is one of the videos I wanted the code from earlier: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/python-collections/lists-redux/shopping-list-take-three

Jay Padzensky
Jay Padzensky
4,731 Points

From watching the video, it appears this video utilizes a clean Workspace that requires the user to generate new files for the it. The teacher Kenneth begins by creating a file called "shopping_list_3.py" and writes code from there. I hope this helps!

George S-T
George S-T
6,624 Points

Ah I see.

Can I make a suggestion to make it possible to quickly get the code, so that it is possible to make your own changes and experiment.

In this case, it seems like it should be this way, because with the Python track, you're asked to try and create the application yourself before being shown how to do it. After I have created my own version, Ideally I would want to watch how the teacher creates it quickly and then get the code after the video to play around more. Otherwise, I'm virtually writing the application myself (in a not as clean way) and then having to just copy out his version to make my own changes to it, which seems like a waste of time.

Thanks.

Jay Padzensky
Jay Padzensky
4,731 Points

Good deal, George. Thanks for the suggestion!