Throughout the process of learning of coding, I can say its been the weirdest experience of knowing what to write and at the same time wondering how it all comes together. The last time I have used any time of coding was many years ago in the 9th grade and it seems my brain has forgotten all about it unfortunately. This class has been the first time in a while where I had to coding and it’s been a journey. The experience so far has me questioned everything including my coding, my design, and how I would like to represent it to the public, but I believe coding in some ways should be essential for humanities students to learn code. Not only is it insightful and gain on hand experience of how it is done, but also reflect when looking at others work.
I’ve found throughout the process of doing these workshops its been frustrating, but also fun. Knowing that there are different languages of code that can be useful for design or for practical use. The part that can be frustrating is not knowing if it will show on my actual website page or something doesn’t look right and then having to go back on the lining of my coding. On the other-hand, there is a moment to reflect that I am actually building a website for myself and sharing it with others of this experience.
I believe coding can be a great tool for humanities students. Programs like WordPress that does some of work for us, but we are still able to learn how and where we can put our designs. As well, in this class I’ve noticed that it is a very interactive platform, where we can talk about out websites and coding to better perform or when we have questions.
From Kirschenbaum, he mentions,”Code work blends functional computer code with creative composition.” Which I believe this is true. Even if I am an IT major or those who work mainly with coding, having some knowledge of coding can be beneficial for myself. “Programming is about choices and constraints, and about how you choose to model some select slice of the world around you in the formal environment of a computer. This idea of modeling is vital, and what I think was missing from those early undergraduate courses I took.” It is an invitation to express yourself in a different language.
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