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Getting Started with Coding
The document discusses the importance of coding in various fields, highlighting resources and themes for learning how to code. It emphasizes that coding is not just about using a content management system, but rather about understanding programming logic and its applications. Additionally, it provides practical tips for self-learning, including setting realistic goals and utilizing online resources.
Getting Started with Coding
- 1. Bohyun Kim (@bohyunkim) AssociateDirector, LibraryApplications and Knowledge Systems University of Maryland, Baltimore HS/HSL http://bohyunkim.net/blog Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/bohyunkim/getting-started-with-coding NN/LM SEA Webinar | Feb. 18, 2015 | #seacode
- 2. LearningHow toCode isPopularNow! http://www.codecademy.com/
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- 12. DiverseGroupsofPeopleLearningHowto Code • Kids • Journalists •Real-estate investors • Academics in digital humanities (literature, history, classical studies/philology) • Scientists • Politicians • Librarians
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- 21. 4ThemesforToday 1) Why learnhow to code? 2) What does coding, scripting, programming exactly mean? 3) What is it like to teach oneself how to code? 4) Tips and resources
- 22. (1)WhyLearnHow toCode? • Dressup or dynamic webpages • Website redesign • LibGuide customization • How to use CMS • Mobile-friendly/responsive library website • Customize/Add features to library systems • Example:GVSU Library Lab (https://gvsulib.github.io/) • Data processing in batch; automation
- 23. WhatYouCan Do withCoding •Write plug-ins • LibX, Zotero, etc. • Full-blown programs • http://showoffyourapps.challengepost.com/ • http://librarylab.law.harvard.edu/projects.html • http://www.nypl.org/collections/labs • http://code.library.arizona.edu/gots/ • Relevance to librarianship • Understand better the information systems and everyday software • Improve communication and collaboration with IT
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- 28. It’sCalleda Languagefora Reason •Syntax: It has its own quirks. • Core concepts: • Variable • Constant • Array • Loop • Function • Object • Class • A programming language CANNOT be learned in a day or a month. • Practice: It takes a lot of time to master. • Very cool to see mastery in action.
- 29. Funky andforeign-looking • var a= ["do", "re", "mi", "fa"]; var len = a.length; for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) { console.log(a[i]);} • $a = array("do", "re", "mi", "fa"); for ($i=0; $i<count($a); $i++){ echo $a[$i]."<br/>";} • $a = array("do", "re", "mi", "fa"); foreach ($a as $i=>$note){ echo $note."<br/>";} • a = ['do', 're', 'mi', 'fa'] for i in a: print i • JavaScript • PHP • PHP • Python
- 30. Techinical≠Programming • XML • Bootstrap •PHP • API • R • HTML5 • JavaScript • Python • ColdFusion • Node • MashUp • RoR • CSS • .NET • Regex • XPATH • JavaScript • Drupal • VB • Django • XSLT • RDF • Ruby • SPARQL • CakePHP • MySQL • Apache
- 31. (2)WhatIs Programming? • Whatdo you and others mean when they say “coding,” “scripting,” or “programming”? • Programming is NOT knowing how to use a CMS (Wordpress, Drupal) or a certain computer software like Dreamweaver (except IDEs). • Programming is NOT the same as editing HTML, CSS, XML. (http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/prog.html ) • Programming is knowing and writing the logic for a computer to execute in a programming language that a computer understands. • N.B. Markup language vs. Programming language
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- 34. • JavaScript • PHP •PHP • Python Programming Language • var a = ["do", "re", "mi", "fa"]; var len = a.length; for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) { console.log(a[i]);} • $a = array("do", "re", "mi", "fa"); for ($i=0; $i<count($a); $i++){ echo $a[$i]."<br/>";} • $a = array("do", "re", "mi", "fa"); foreach ($a as $i=>$note){ echo $note."<br/>";} • a = ['do', 're', 'mi', 'fa'] for i in a: print i
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- 36. IsCoding Programming? • Thedistinction between these two can be murky. • Usually the term, ‘coding,’ is used to include the knowledge of a programming knowledge beyond that of a markup language. • http://blogs.jbllanda.com/markup-language-versus-programming- language/ • Here, I will use both terms – coding & programming – interchangeably. • See the difference between scripting. vs. programming: • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripting_language • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17253545/scripting-language-vs- programming-language
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- 42. “Building a FacultyPublications Database” at LITA Forum 2014 http://www.slideshare.net/bohyunkim/building-a-faculty-publications-database
- 46. example1._florida.html “Quick & EasyDataVisualization with GoogleVisualization API + Google Chart Libraries” – Code4Lib 2014 Conference, http://www.slideshare.net/bohyunkim/quick-easy-data-visualization-with-google-visualization-api-google-chart-libraries
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- 49. example2_chartdraw.html Adapted from:Traci L.Ruthkoski, GoogleVisualization API Essentials, Packt, 2013. https://github.com/bohyunkim/examples
- 50. ExampleCode • “Query aGoogle Spreadsheet like a Database with Google Visualization API Query Language” http://www.bohyunkim.net/blog/archives/2831 (Source code: https://github.com/bohyunkim/examples ) • “Playing with JavaScript and JQuery – the Ebook link HTML string generator and the EZproxy bookmarklet generator” http://acrl.ala.org/techconnect/?p=3098 • http://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/bohyunkim/exam ples/blob/master/link.html • http://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/bohyunkim/exam ples/blob/master/ezproxy_bookmarklet_generator.html • Source code: https://github.com/bohyunkim/examples/blob/master/link.html
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- 55. MyThoughtsonCoding • Not everyone,every child, or every librarian needs to learn how to code. • Learning how to code does not have to result in you becoming an expert or full-time coder. • Identify your goal in learning how to code. • Understanding how computer code works will help you navigate everyday information landscape. • You will understand better how software and systems are built, function, and maintained.
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- 62. LotsofResources • Many resourcesonline – discussions, tutorials, books… • W3SchoolsTutorials • Tuts+ • MOOC • Codecademy / CodeYear • Lynda.com;Treehouse; Code School • Pick One and ACTUALLY DOING IT • Code4Lib listserv/IRC/journal/conference • LibTechWomen (http://libtechwomen.org/) • Library CodeYear Interest Group – ALA (LITA/ALCTS)
- 63. It IsHard… • Syntaxwill throw you off. • More time will be spent on debugging than code writing. • A slow learning curve. • Not enough time to dedicate to intensive learning. • Not always a clear connection with your library work. • Life intervenes. • Coding is more BORING than exciting.
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- 66. Tips • Don’t bediscouraged or frustrated. You are teaching yourself a language. • Be persistent and realistic. • Set small goals that solve real-life problems. • Form or join a study group & find like-minded folks! • Comment your code and document since you will forget what you have learned and made.
- 67. MoreResources • See theresources section in my previous presentation at the 2012 Charleston conference, “Geek out:Adding Coding Skills toYour Professional Repertoire” - Slides athttp://www.slideshare.net/bohyunkim/geek-out-adding- coding-skills-to-your-professional-repertoire • Bohyun Kim and Kathryn Harnish, “Geek out:Adding Coding Skills toYour Professional Repertoire,” inAccentuate the Positive: Charleston Conference Proceedings 2012, edited by Beth R. Bernhardt, Leah H. Hinds, and Katina P.Strauch, Purdue University Press, 2013. (Available as open access: http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/charleston/2012/Tech/8/)
- 68. Imagecredits • https://www.flickr.com/photos/skene/3874882162 (Title slide;CC License) • https://www.flickr.com/photos/jdhancock/7082879485 (Slide 27;CC License) • https://www.flickr.com/photos/swolfe/13056042503/ (Slide 61;CC License) • https://www.flickr.com/photos/edwaado/6129247 (Slide 64;CC License)
- 69. Questions? Twitter @bohyunkim (#seacode) Website/Bloghttp://bohyunkim.net Slides: http://slideshare.net/bohyunkim Github: https://github.com/bohyunkim/examples