What is an SDK? (Software Development Kit)

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SDKs serve as the "toolboxes" programmers use to build cool applications. But what does that mean, really?
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[@telotawa]

I exclusively use Notepad for programming

[@DonJohn87_YT]

hardcore

[@wargames43]

notepadd++ best ever kinda gets tedious though with HTML5 PHP and java though lol

[@toxicbutterspread143]

Kye W then your probably a beginner web developer

[@Deses]

Why do you hate yourself?

[@Mike-pq8yu]

Kye W I program in Microsoft Excel.

[@jacktumbleweed]

Someone is coding the Linus' Wise Words app already, for sure.

[@Darkreaper71]

LOL THIS IS GOLD MAN i kinda hope it happens

[@jorgesepulveda8380]

I plant, grow and harvest my own weed...

[@martinlaporte4413]

tu m'as tué ! (means "lol" in a timeless way)

[@sirfantyvr300]

İlhami Aslansoy yes

[@kaloskakos970]

make a techquikie about how games are made. ex When are the graphics put into the game , When are the physics put into the game , When is the scenario itself put into the game , How do they decide what will the graphics,physics,scenario be. etc

[@isabellaereshki]

for something like that they would probably have to have the format modern marvels on history channel has and that level of backing.... which i hope they someday have, because their content and production value already meet or exceed the standards of modern marvels and mythbusters and would be great as a tech show alongside that kind of programming..

[@juschu85]

+Isabella Rhoslyn You can compress any topic to a few minutes. When it's to much compressed it will just not contain all the information to get startet. Just like in any techquicky video. When they can make a techquicky video about SDKs, they can also make a technquicky video about game engines. Basically a "game engine" is just an other word for "SDK for games". +Rem ko Games are a piece of technology.

[@k0n386]

Just search game engine duh

[@juschu85]

So why should they border to make a video about APIs or SDKs? Just search API/SDK duh.

[@seamusfrederick2927]

The idea is there but all in all it would just make for a really drawn out techquickie

[@Frostwyrmer]

Programmer here, nope, I'm not coding Linus' Wise Words app, I'm here to clear some things up: It looks like you mixed up 3 things and sold all of those as "SDK", as, usually, the "SDK" itself is just a small portion of programming. - The SDK is basically just a bundle of libraries that are necessary to build stuff in the programming language of choice. There are languages that don't require an SDK (for example Bash). - The actual program a programmer runs and works in is called an IDE. This is where the whole button moving stuff and Debugging you mentioned is going on. - There are no "Image manipulation SDKs". Those are called libraries. They usually do something specific, while using the groundlayers of the language (given by the SDKs libraries). So don't think you can just download an SDK and become a programmer. You'll definitely need an IDE (which, actually is bundled into the SDK download package, for example the Android SDK which actually is just a modded version of IntelliJ/Eclipse) and you'll definitely want to download and import image-manipulation and Text-menu Libraries.

[@aidenciron8858]

And im waiting on the Linus' Wise Words app

[@tiberone9291]

www.gofundme.com/linuswisewords

[@Derpuwolf]

Tiberone I need this in my life!

[@AnthonyShuker]

i dont think people watching these videos should be going anywhere near SDKs

[@Slenderman63323]

I don't think elitists should be anywhere near the KZbin comments section

[@AnthonyShuker]

ECCENTRIC i don't think butthurt people should be anywhere near the youtube comments section either

[@Slenderman63323]

Anthony Shuker Am I really butthurt for countering you, as you are actively discouraging learners and newcomers to the software scene?

[@AnthonyShuker]

iyh *slow clap*

[@sander.s4604]

oh using "advanced" words to sound smart are we? please would you be so kind to fuck off

[@gabrielvaldez3948]

I love how easy to understand these videos are for someone who wants to start delving deeper into computer engineering. They make it easy to visualize and connect with the subject material. Also love the segways into the sponsor ads lol

[@jsachs]

Suggestion for *Fast as Possible*: "TCP vs UDP" (Since TCP/ip has been done already)

[@PaulGariepy]

I would tell you a joke about UDP, but you probably wouldn't get it......

[@dkracingfan2503]

@@PaulGariepy Tell me the joke Plz

[@PaulGariepy]

@@dkracingfan2503 UDP packets do not require the recipient to acknowledge that each packet has been received aka lost packets are common but acceptable. Streams like video or games where a few lost packets are normal and can be compensated for are generally udp.

[@MrAndersonAFK]

UDP is like a honey badger. Honey badger don't give a sh*t

[@i_am_scray]

I think that Linus addressed UDP in “TCP/IP” video. Not sure - I suggest you rewatch that :)

[@josiahmendes]

As a budding computer enthusiast, this was super handy. If only school teachers were like that 😂. Thanks Linus! Keep up the great content!

[@Housestationlive]

@1:06 >> i loved the way you slided to the right ^^ better than michael jackson ^^

[@Deses]

Restful services AFAP, please.

[@hkoizumi3134]

I remember developing my own SDK in a form of various subroutines within TI Graphing calculator back in the 90s. I wonder if those are still floating around...

[@Cyber_Akuma]

TI Calculators? Yeah, they're still around, XKCD even joked about how they still seem to remain unchanged to this day.

[@Sodapop1317]

is there an sdk to interface with deez nuts?

[@aceflamez00]

It's called the netflix and chill CDK (Child Development Kit)

[@witherdx417]

no one will find this comment

[@mastersirus1985]

I just finished coding and uploading to the Appstore Linus' Wise Words app...but now I'm getting sued by some company Linus Media Group? idk? Any thoughts?

[@miksuko]

You didn't make an app like that in under a day...

[@vffa]

m1ksu / Random Gaming Videos No Shit!

[@roman.sattler]

Someone mixed SDK and library when writing this script.

[@radu6772]

What is the difference? That's the question I wanted answered

[@roman.sattler]

@@radu6772 The term library usually refers to third-party code referenced, called and executed from within your application. The examples given between 2:57 - 3:15 are all examples of libraries. SDKs, on the other hand, are what enable software development in the first place. They often include libraries but what really makes them SDKs are the tools necessary to develop code for a specific platform like compilers, debuggers, runtimes, often package managers and sometimes even code editors or drivers for the hardware you're developing for.

[@radu6772]

@@roman.sattler thanks for the explanation :)

[@Puya008]

Exactly, an SDK contains the tools needed to actually make BUILD for a platform of your choice, like a package manager or compiler, this SDK must be offered by the hardware vendor/manufacturer. In this video they confused software libraries and SDK, and even IDE's with SDK when he talked about WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) application user interface development. This is a poorly researched video. @@roman.sattler

[@Puya008]

​@@roman.sattler Yes, they confused libraries and SDK. A SDK primary role is to allow a developer to build for a specific platform giving the necessary tools, and the SDK must be provided by the hardware vendor/manufacturer. This is a poorly researched video.

[@JackLe1127]

Real men write code from scratch!

[@Octillerysnacker]

scratch.mit.edu

[@woestewouter96]

REAL men write code in binary! Or APL...

[@CallumCarmicheal]

Im more a of a asm guy as for reverse engineering is more fun :)

[@CallumCarmicheal]

***** Its fun to mess around with, especially when circumventing some encryption or security system.

[@seamusfrederick2927]

Don't mean to be politically correct, but let's not forget that men aren't the only beings in the universe that code. Women do too. Just saying.

[@berenmowrer740]

That app WILL BE MADE BY SOMEONE SOMEWHERE

[@tiberone9291]

www.gofundme.com/linuswisewords

[@isabellaereshki]

surprised lg microsoft intel corsair cooler master or one of their other regular sponsors hasnt already came up with an app like that for them, lol.. i mean this channel does a lot of free product awarness for the industry in general and alot of stuff for sponsors, and an app useful to linus and his community would be a much better thank you to them then a linus figurine in front of 3 tiny ultrawide monitors... lol..

[@Blackwhite-on4fq]

I have no clue what his talking about!😂

[@MiguelY22]

This guy looks and sounds just like linus from linustechtips

[@razerloche9533]

......

[@seamusfrederick2927]

You must be new here no doubt

[@shotgun3628]

@@seamusfrederick2927 i do believe he is shit posting

[@justgabevr]

if you wanted we could really program that app! :) i am a big fan and would love to, just let us know!

[@GoodBoyDanny]

Techquickies is running out of ideas quickly...

[@ausbird]

"Linus's Wise Words of the Day" i died

[@Hevletica]

Daniel this video is useful indeed

[@shanealvarez527]

programming is a large topic, and is important even if its not hardware. I've been hoping they'd cover it more.

[@Slenderman63323]

he's an expert in HARDware, not SOFTware ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@woopygoman]

Can you please make a video on qemu kvm? Aka gpu passthrough to run windows games on linux mint at pretty much native performance.

[@sachk00]

Not just mint, gpu passthrought is actually best supported on arch.

[@DragonTamerCos]

My name is Cosmo, and you are saying Cozmo, Coszmo, and it's very distracting.

[@drstein42]

Nice video but, a library is not necessarily an sdk, for example, node.js is not a javascript sdk. sdk should always have the minimum amount of libraries, and anything else should be build upon these basic libraries. Imagine the java dk size if it contained all possible libraries.

[@shanealvarez527]

C# is great. wish more companies would use it. also, SDKs for platforms are usually for used for creating visuals of all kinds and interfacing with hardware in a standard way.

[@Slenderman63323]

#C lel

[@puffnpluky76]

Shane Alvarez C sharp? I prefer d flat

[@isabellaereshki]

is C# the same as C++, or is it different? i remember my autocad teacher telling us one time when i was in high school that most programs were written in one of the C programming languages sometimes C but usually C+ or C++ and i forget if it was him or someone else but somewhere along the line i learned that some people were lazy and wrote C++ as C# when abbreviating the name of the language. i've never heard of what Linus said "C sharp" before.. normally in scientific or musical notation "C sharp" would generally be written as C' or C with an accent mark over the letter... not C and the number/pound sign notation/symbol.

[@shanealvarez527]

Isabella Rhoslyn so there are a bunch of C-style languages, including C, C++, Java, C# (c-sharp), objective-C, and so forth. Each is distinct in style, code libraries, and so on, but all have a similar format. C and layer C++ have had a strong presence in older programs after it grew in popularity and dominated larger projects. Now it is still used in large projects but more code is written in the newer and smarter languages. C# is one of those, which up until recently was exclusively for Microsoft programs but is now used wherever we want. Also, many people still like C++ for its performance characteristics, but others (like me) favor the langues like C# for being more programmer friendly, even at a slight loss of speed (less of an issues these days, but I can't explain that in depth here)

[@isabellaereshki]

Shane Alvarez thank you very much. programming languages make no sense to me ive never been given a primer or any framework or basis point or reference for understanding them and how they work. Visual Basic scripting tool in Excel & Access only makes any sense to me when i have a work book in front of me to help me figure out what to do, without one as a reference i'm lost. you may as well put greek, latin, egyptian hieroglyphics, or mayan, or cuneiform text in front of me as any of the programming languages.. i've heard them talked about but don't really know anything about them in any detail. in general i was taught in school that computers run on binary simple on and off 0s and 1s i had never even heard of the concept of programming languages i dont think til i was in 10th grade or so. i was a M.I.S. major at first in college because i enjoyed studying both business and computer courses and that major blends both, but for my bachelor's degree i had to just go with Management as my focus instead of M.I.S., because the M.I.S. curriculum jumped from things like Fundamentals of Networking and similar introductory courses and concepts, and doing things like learning Microsoft Office 2003 and how to make macros with the help of a work book... to full on programming of the kind to make a program like Excel they said with no book to work from.. I'm a visual learner and logic/steps based learner, i need to see it and follow along with it to grasp it sometimes and cant just go from step 1 to what feels like step 1001 or a million and one with nothing in between to help get you there mentally. thank you for the explanation... i didn't even know java/javascript was a programming language, only thing i knew was it is a coffee mug thing/application that pcs make me constantly update way too often and that without it being updated often enough websites and flash videos often stop working... in highschool the only thing i rmember being mentioned about java was that it was a tool for developers and i think it was from sun microsystems originally, they basically said a normal end-user/consumer doesn't need to know anything about it or interact with it at all. so as far as i knew it was just a tool or app not a language. and yes i can see that, greater ease of use and greater accuracy/less errors is worth a slight speed reduction.

[@haydnperry990]

I got triggered when he suggested C# for Windows. Bad for portability to OS X/Linux, especially in a world where MS is steadily losing market share.

[@zwilk18]

lol give John and Dennis a raise

[@NOvationMusicBeats]

Thought I was the only one that noticed. 🤣

[@noorazahir9525]

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[@noelthomasbejoy3089]

So apis are used by the uber app to interface with uber while sdks are used for building the app in itself?

[@IndiCoder]

I want that hoodie.

[@vsatishkumar4900]

He dosent use it anymore

[@keshavsakthi546]

I thought he said weed and I was like. weed bread ???

[@Collymillad]

I like your videos, but seriously dude, I'm not 10 years old.

[@ethanarrowood7454]

Yay! I love videos about programming stuff :) Can you do some videos on the complete history of programming? Starting from basic (and whatever came before that) to the evolution of OOP with C and then Java? And then maybe finish it off with the newest data science languages like R, Python, and server languages like Go and Node JS!

[@debojyotiganguly5629]

C is not an OOP C++ is when C was created there was no concept of Classes or namespaces

[@seamusfrederick2927]

So did Linus graduate with an honours in Computer Science? Just for the sake of curiosity.

[@PrimiusLovin]

I've been giving a look at the SDK for a gaming console, the gigabytes of info that it contains, and it's beyond me how on earth they come up with all this coding stuff and the sheer amount of people that must be involved in it!

[@pavlovic69]

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[@shanemckinney9922]

a video on IDEs and compilers would be cool

[@lincolnsand5127]

I don't think he has the experience to talk about compilers in depth

[@jagmeet44]

CHICKEN STRIPPPS

[@henrypham904]

Strange techquickie video, since none of you guys are actually programmers.

[@VicodinElmo]

Henry Pham I think Luke has some university education in programming? I could be wrong.

[@hiddenTNT]

i could be remembering this wrong but i think luke is the one who made the forum

[@seamusfrederick2927]

Well it doesn't exactly take a rocket scientist to understand what an SDK is

[@myrtasz1036]

For non-programmers: 2:00 is exactly what we mean when we say debugging.

[@PentoolistaTV]

I was sent here by my professor.

[@Deses]

Design patterns AFAP

[@stanisawszczypua9076]

Next episode about RAD (rapid application development)?

[@Darkreaper71]

Thats just one of many development models... maybe he could do a video on software development models as a whole instead.

[@shanealvarez527]

Stanisław Szczypuła eh, Agile is dominating right now, it'd be better to cover that, but there is better areas in programming to cover than something so far up the software dev ladder

[@trexbss2396]

Lol, givejonanddennisaraise.docx : 1:31

[@sid670]

Do a finfet as fast as possible

[@Puya008]

This is a poorly researched video with multiple erroneous statements. Who wrote the script confused software libraries and SDK, and even IDE's with SDK when he talked about WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) application user interface development, where you can move around the graphical elements. A SDK contains the tools needed to actually make a BUILD for a platform of your choice, tools like a package manager or compiler, this SDK must be offered by the hardware vendor/manufacturer. It may also contains some libraries but what makes a SDK stand apart is the fact that is offers the necessary tools to build for a specific platform, not just to aid a specific function in a software like a library (like image manipulation).

[@jerryx2000]

next video, gay vs transgender pleaseeeeeeeee.

[@isabellaereshki]

in order to do that they would first have to have a video about sexual orientation vs gender... neither of which belong on this channel since it is a technology channel. assuming you really don't know the difference and aren't just trolling.... Sexual Orientation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_orientation Gender: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender Gay: (the word/term as used in the English Language) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay Gay: (in the context in which you used the term) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality Context: (in case you are unaware of that term by chance) Context (language use), the relevant constraints of the communicative situation that influence language use, language variation, and discourse summary Transgender: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender and again if you were looking for any of that in video format, you're on the wrong type of youtube channel. go see if Dr. Ruth or Dr. Laura have a youtube channel. and in case you weren't just lost and seeking information from the wrong tree.... Troll: (in the context of how the word/term is used to refer to certain reviled people on the internet) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll

[@jerryx2000]

Isabella Rhoslyn please stfu

[@phoearwenien4355]

What is the difference between Xampp and JDK? One is called package and another is called SDK, but it's the same for me :( And is PHP a SDK? We can't code without installing PHP. How should I call it?

[@yogtheterrible]

I wonder if that bit about Linus' Wise Words app is permission enough to legally make the app without any more consent or having to share profits. Would take an afternoon to make...well, maybe a bit more to collect the "wise" words.

[@SyahmiAbdulMajid]

That Movies about tiny soldier toy figure , the developer made mistake they put evil chip into good toy soldier, and put the good one into evil looking soldier there is war between the two, the battle harm human life, i don't mind i like to keep bunch of them place them into my future castle mension, I is wondering anyone doing that research making tiny soldier toy animated AI capable. would be fun to know about them.

[@cirusMEDIA]

@2:14 Anki is not offering an SDK ...its an *API* !!! ...someone did not do their homework. #FakeNews

[@Crimsonspike11]

just skip over game SDK's that allow people with knowledge of an editor the ability to create mods and custom game assets THATS ALL G FAM

[@samvanderas8450]

like your videos and your presentation!

[@antoniomota414]

I love videos about programming stuff. It help me understand the importance of SDK, tanks

[@MikeCrips]

i have windows software development kit on my pc can i delete it cause it uses much storage

[@elperasmanzaneras]

WHAT THE HELL!!!!! "Delicious raisin toast" Im unsubscribing just for that insult to man kind!

[@gianniskoulouras887]

There actually exists an app called Linus's wise words of the day and has the same picture😂😂, although its really, really bad

[@mjbvids]

It depends Linus, would those wise words come at least 5-10 mins late every day , like the WAN show ?

[@gazoline7093]

We do have to plant, grow and farm wheat to get toast how do you think it gets on the supermarket shelf. It is just done for you by farmers.

[@BrownieX001]

LMG I am not happy about the ad in the middle of the video. Totally unnecessary and takes away from the content.

[@cauchy9246]

plant, grow and harvest your own weed?

[@mussemulugetadejene9458]

I'm asking if there is a software that ahelp of eye glass and hearing aids can see and lissen sound of Jesus and devils or a video camera software that both appeared

[@bitscruff354]

where do we get a repository for linus's "wise words"? Not lieing, that app can be developed within a day

[@spakeschannel]

The great thing to start is C++, Java is really creepy for newbies. Still C# is ok...

[@94Jyraya]

C#? :D Win32 is becoming the past :P :D XAML and UWP is the future :D

[@bryan0x05]

linus your last name is like a name everyone 1 in 5 mothers most name their child.....and yet your such unque and fun person

[@CrackedDylMil]

Eclipse > Intellij Fight me

[@CutiePi]

CrackedDylMil jet lag on my brains

[@TrapperAaron]

U gunna need grape vines, chickens, yeast, a salt mine, a cane plantation, and at least a dutch oven to make that toast there by.

[@JonnySelProductions]

Linus! A Topic for you! Can you PLEASE make a comparison once and for all about what the big differences are between DLP and LCD Projectors!? I am really stuck as to which type of projector has the least amount of input lag as possible (for gaming of course). Can you please settle this? Thank you so much for your consideration. PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE THIS!

[@praack4563]

did jon and dennis get the raise? just want to know if using the windows sdk like that would work for me too.....

[@KeithDevaughnII]

I just wanted to say that Cozmo thing looks dumb.

[@lordrot20]

If there was a Linus wise word app, 3 out of 10 wise words would include potato!!

[@oliverbrunncarstens4215]

This was very helpful and entertaining. Thank you very much !

[@SonGoku-dm4gr]

just notice that the lighting became better and maybe better color grading.. am I the only one?

[@675-l9j]

the fact that linus is not in the middle of the frame is bugging me

[@KomarovPavel-if8ud]

Turned out "Linus sex tips" got much more popular than "Linus wise words"

[@maxa3221]

Is it safe to say API's are for harnessing 'external' software connections and SDK's are for utilizing internal capabilities?

[@florianhumblot]

I'm pretty sure you've confused SDK with libraries, or at least, in your description. A SDK is a collection of libraries used for different purposes, while the libraries themselves are used to do the tasks you described, and usually, they aren't part of the SDK. But yeah, cool vid for people wondering what the hell developers use :)

[@tohothewriter8002]

I'd like to know more about the various key switches available on the market, other than Cherry MX for obvious reasons... I would like to know how cheap can an individual key switch be and still is reliable for everday usage.

[@majkcan]

Denuvo game encryption video would be cool...just my idea

[@macaronivirus5913]

that robot is so cute, omg

[@sirajussalekin9239]

It was fun to see linus talking anything other than hardware. BTW, "give jon and denis a raise.docx" :v

[@vaireamana5331]

Thank you !

[@HollowIST13]

Please Explain Burn-In Headphones, is it works ? or just placebo effecr ?

[@alfredpianoman2543]

"Delicious" and "Raisin Toast" don't belong in the same sentence.

[@arkdarkgaia]

Damn, maybe it's just me, but this video felt very, very slow... I miss the old style. Great content though.

[@itsginn]

I would buy the Linus' Wise Words app

[@sunnydj484]

thanks bro

[@RazonOnline]

It's actually called "Anki Narcissa" now. FYI.

[@niels623]

Could you do a video about Mozilla Servo and what it tries to do better than Chrome, Firefox and Edge?

[@DrewTNaylor]

Wouldn't VB.Net be better for a beginner developer on Windows? After all, it's easier and there's no need to remember when to use semicolons or other punctuation that C# frequently uses.

[@lolcorporation7308]

Drew Naylor I think Java would be easier after all you can program for most platforms plus pure VB is not popular anymore

[@shanealvarez527]

Drew Naylor agreed with above on VB not being cool anymore lol C# is much more forgiving and easier to learn if you use Visual Studio Community edition

[@DrewTNaylor]

Shane Alvarez C# might be a better language to learn nowadays, but at least VB.Net is easier to read. At the end of the day, they both get compiled to IL, so it doesn't really matter what someone uses.

[@AnFunctionArray]

Linus you are one big piece of software and I'm so proud of your development.

[@72fja]

Raisins? Really dude? That's like admitting you're the spawn of Satan.

[@robertsarralde8307]

Thank you for the great explanation.

[@jare3959]

But can Anki see why kids love cinnamon toast crunch?

[@alenbatagelj8035]

dont wave with ur hands as if u were a running and crashing program

[@jsachs]

I would do the APP, but since _hybrid apps_ (native APIs + html5) haven't been mention in the video it would be a bit ironic. Not not mention the $100 uSd yearly apple fee to become a developer.

[@shanealvarez527]

José Sachs ewww Cordova apps. Furthermore, ewwww Apple developer costs. both make me sad XD

[@mosulknight7671]

what is dedicated graphics and shared graphics?

[@toddmeuth2962]

Thanks Linus the vids are always entertaining... But this vid left out one of the cheep and FREE programming resources with a platform like the Arduino!