Hack YouTube!
(sort of)
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@alexqin
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Hack YouTube!
(sort of)
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You will learn:
To read and manipulate source code
To transform the appearance of a website
The building blocks of web development
by:
Asking questions
Collaborating
"Hacking" your own page
HACKING
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giving a computer instructions to execute
hacking
programming
coding
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"black hat hacking"
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giving a computer instructions to execute
hacking
programming
coding
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www.youtube.com
Let's read some source code
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instructions for the browser
source code
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browser
a program that allows us to navigate the Internet
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browser
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instructions for the browser
source code
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HyperText Markup Language
HTML
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Transform the YouTube homepage!
- Change the "Trending" title
- Remove a video
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Questions?
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Transform the YouTube video page!
Change the masthead background color
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The masthead
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Cascading Style Sheet
CSS
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CSS
HTML
describes the content
describes the style
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Transform the YouTube video page!
- Go to www.youtube.com
- Pick your favorite (PG) YouTube video
- Change the video title
- Change the page background color
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Questions?
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Pair up & hack the video page
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Change the number of thumbs up/down
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Change the number of views
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Change the Subscribe button background color
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Change the Subscribe button text color
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Change the top comment text
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Delete some comments
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Change the commenter profile images
- Change the Up Next video image
- Pick a new theme for the page (eg. CatTube)
- Make the page not look like YouTube anymore!
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giving a computer instructions to execute
hacking
programming
coding
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gakkoproject.com/newyork
HTML
CSS
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Demo time!
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Sign up to learn more:
- w3schools
- codepen
- codecademy
Beatmaking Fair
with Graham Banfield
@ 5pm
QPL x Gakko // Hack YouTube!
By Alexandra Qin
