Category: Coding

  • What’s your motivation in learning to code?

    Programming is normally taught in a very abstract way. Teachers and books all tell you the proper syntax of variables, loops, expressions, conditionals, etc. but without context. The examples in teaching code are very simplified but it’s often difficult for students to put that into practice. The best way to learn to code is by […]

  • Publishing a static site with GitHub Pages

    Web sites with only a few pages that rarely need updating are prime candidates for publishing as static sites with GitHub Pages. (This post was specifically written for my DCI 110: Web Programming for Non-programmers class.) Definitions Static site: The contents of a site are stored in HTML files on a server. Static site generator: […]