Welcome to the introduction and demo for our course! In this episode, we're giving you a sneak peek at the video and screen sharing app we'll be building together.
We start off with a walkthrough — you'll see how the app lets users pick either their webcam or their screen to record. After recording, there's an automatic video preview, and you can add a title and description before saving the video. Once saved, you can easily share it with others using a generated link. Super handy!
We also check out the process of logging in, capturing video/audio, previewing results, and saving videos, which involves things like encoding for browser compatibility (so videos play everywhere!). There's a quick demo on how you can delete videos or share links, and a look at the screen capture feature, which works slightly differently depending on your browser. You even get a taste of the 'infinite mirror' effect that comes up when you try to record the same window — always fun!
By the end of the video, you'll know exactly what we'll be building from scratch: a simple, shareable app for recording and sharing webcam or screen videos. We'll lay our foundations and then dive right in to start coding. Let's get started!