Intro to coding (Python, Ruby, & JS) resources

… from NICAR 2016; (Part 1 of a 2 part series; Data analysis, science, & wrangling resources)

Screenshot from Are you smarter than a fifth grader? presentation by By Lindsey Rogers Cook and Ashlyn Still.

The Computer Assisted Reporting Conference is held every year for students, editors, and data journalists. Why should you care? Because they have a lot of awesome talks for beginners.

This blog post highlights resources that relate to a better understanding and practice of coding in Python, Ruby, and Javascript / Node. While this list is edited, you can see the whole list, which is curated by Chrys Wu.

Related to programming — non-coding

• Basic programming concepts — Are you smarter than a fifth grader?
• Why HTTPS and not HTTP — NICAR delivering the news over HTTPS

Python

• Testing and Debugging Code in Python
• Python intermediate training
• Getting started with Python, a collection of basic Python examples designed to get a student up and running in the language
• First web app: Python & Flask
• First Django admin (Python)

Ruby

• Intro to Rails
• A sample Sinatra example for use in training at NICAR 2015
• Ruby tipsheet

Javascript + Node

• Automating your work with Node.js
• Beginner Javascript workshop 2: jQuery & the DOM

(If you end up finding value in one of these resources, please give the author a shout on Twitter to let them know.)

This is part 1 of a 2 part series; part 2 was titled Data analysis, science, & wrangling resources.