Thanks so much everyone for the suggestion! I will create a list in the
Code4Lib wiki and share the link here once done. Fascinating to read all the
suggestions. Tx again!
~Bohyun
-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter
Murray
FOSS4Lib.org is relatively young in the broader scheme of things, and it isn't
really geared towards developers /per se/. The target audience for FOSS4Lib is
libraries making decisions about adopting open source software, whether run
themselves or through a service provider. That said, there
Nth-ing Stack Overflow.
Also, the O'Reilly Head First books.
On 11/1/2012 9:16 PM, Bill Janssen wrote:
Bohyun Kim k...@fiu.edu wrote:
Hi all code4lib-bers,
As coders and coding librarians, what is ONE tool and/or resource that you
recommend to newbie coders in a library (and why)? I
+1 to web-hosting as it gives the ability install one's own software on
one's domain (which feels great) *and* easy access to shell.
And when web-hosting feels like too much of a barrier to access, sites like
jsfiddle where you can immediately start adding *and* sharing code is key.
IMHO the
On Nov 2, 2012, at 2:09 PM, Mita Williams wrote:
+1 to web-hosting as it gives the ability install one's own software on
one's domain (which feels great) *and* easy access to shell.
And when web-hosting feels like too much of a barrier to access, sites like
jsfiddle where you can
That reminds me of how I got started with Drupal. I was so scared of
botching up an install on a server that I ran XAMPP and ran my first
Drupal install on a USB key!
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Joe Hourcle
onei...@grace.nascom.nasa.govwrote:
On Nov 2, 2012, at 2:09 PM, Mita Williams
We do a lot of our development within virtual machines.
So VirtualBox is a great free solution in that area
www.virtualbox.org
and then to make new VM setup and deployment easier we use Vagrant
http://vagrantup.com/
-Joseph
--
Joseph Rhoads
Digital Repository Manager
Brown University Library
On
Kernighan and Ritchie's The C Programming Language. A keeper for life, and
surprisingly readable and directed to the newbie. Also The Pragmatic
Programmer by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas.
-Original Message-
From: Bohyun Kim k...@fiu.edu
Sent: Nov 1, 2012 3:24 PM
To:
On Fri, Nov 02, 2012 at 03:43:12PM -0500, Peter Schlumpf wrote:
Kernighan and Ritchie's The C Programming Language. A keeper for life, and
surprisingly readable and directed to the newbie. Also The Pragmatic
Programmer by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas.
I recall listening to a talk by the
Hi all code4lib-bers,
As coders and coding librarians, what is ONE tool and/or resource that you
recommend to newbie coders in a library (and why)? I promise I will create and
circulate the list and make it into a Code4Lib wiki page for collective wisdom.
=)
Thanks in advance!
Bohyun
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On 1 November 2012, Michael J. Giarlo wrote:
Not to be glib, but: code4lib.
+1
Bill
--
William Denton
Toronto, Canada
http://www.miskatonic.org/
http://journal.code4lib.org
On 11/1/2012 4:24 PM, Bohyun Kim wrote:
Hi all code4lib-bers,
As coders and coding librarians, what is ONE tool and/or resource that you
recommend to newbie coders in a library (and why)? I promise I will create and
circulate the list and make it into a Code4Lib
StackExchange (by extension, StackOverflow and the Libraries
StackExchange site).
gliblessly,
Mark A. Matienzo m...@matienzo.org
Digital Archivist, Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library
Technical Architect, ArchivesSpace
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Jonathan Rochkind
Do you all really want a C4L wiki page that lists c4l and c4l journal on top of
recommended resources?
I bet you do, but let's try some diversity, shall we?
~Bohyun
-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
Jonathan Rochkind
Sent:
lynda.com
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Bohyun Kim k...@fiu.edu wrote:
Do you all really want a C4L wiki page that lists c4l and c4l journal on
top of recommended resources?
I bet you do, but let's try some diversity, shall we?
~Bohyun
-Original Message-
From: Code for
It's hard for me to list just one because, ehm, I get over-geeky about this
stuff. Coders need an excellent text-editor - and the best one IMHO is
Sublime Text 2 (www.sublimetext.com). Oh, okay, I can't resist - I'm going
to cheat and list a second:
everyone needs to stop writing just CSS and
Google is more useful than any reference book to find answers to
programming problems.
On Nov 1, 2012 4:25 PM, Bohyun Kim k...@fiu.edu wrote:
Hi all code4lib-bers,
As coders and coding librarians, what is ONE tool and/or resource that you
recommend to newbie coders in a library (and why)? I
Also the most useless.
-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ethan
Gruber
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 2:03 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie
coders in
Huh. Michael, I'd love to know more about why I should care about SASS.
I kinda like writing CSS.
I see why LESS http://lesscss.org/ makes sense, but help me under stand why
SASS does?
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Ethan Gruber ewg4x...@gmail.com wrote:
Google is more useful than any
foss4lib is a good resource that I'm sure many use, but isn't (as far as I
can tell) linked anywhere on the current code4lib site. How would this
differentiate itself from that?
Kam
On Nov 1, 2012 5:00 PM, Bohyun Kim k...@fiu.edu wrote:
Do you all really want a C4L wiki page that lists c4l and
I can already feel the collective rolling of eyes for this, but what about
Twitter? It's not a guide or manual, but start following and engaging
talented developers and library geeks on Twitter and you'll soon have more
help than you know what to do with. Plus, no Zoia ;)
-Dan
On 11/1/12 2:00
On Nov 1, 2012, at 5:02 PM, Ethan Gruber wrote:
Google is more useful than any reference book to find answers to
programming problems.
Too bad they got rid of codesearch.
On Nov 1, 2012, at 5:06 PM, Nate Hill wrote:
Huh. Michael, I'd love to know more about why I should care about SASS.
Version control.
My own strong preference is for git (either managed locally or through
github.com), but really, just pick a version control solution and use it.
If you value your work at all, it should be in version control. Smart use
of version control can make finding and fixing problems in
Apologies, everyone (and especially Bohyun). You may still want to consider
pointing people to foss4lib as a useful resource, but amend it with the
following statement:
Free and open source tools may not be the best tools. You might not even
NEED software to handle whatever problem you have.
On Nov 1, 2012, at 6:56 PM, Kam Woods wrote:
Apologies, everyone (and especially Bohyun). You may still want to consider
pointing people to foss4lib as a useful resource, but amend it with the
following statement:
Free and open source tools may not be the best tools. You might not even
I won't expand on Michael's excellent summary of using SASS, but he did
leave out one crucial bit -- it comes in two formats, which causes some
confusion. The format that Michael was describing is the second one, SCSS,
which is basically CSS with some fancy nesting patterns that you can't do
And here's my coding tool, which is supported by most of the common code
editors via plugins: Zen Coding, http://code.google.com/p/zen-coding/
The idea is that it lets you use CSS-like selectors as tags that can be
expanded into full HTML snippets. I'll just use the example from the
project page
This is my goto resource — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker's
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Tom Keays tomke...@gmail.com wrote:
And here's my coding tool, which is supported by most of the common code
editors via plugins: Zen Coding, http://code.google.com/p/zen-coding/
The idea is that
Link juice for search engines!
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Bohyun Kim k...@fiu.edu wrote:
Do you all really want a C4L wiki page that lists c4l and c4l journal on
top of recommended resources?
I bet you do, but let's try some diversity, shall we?
~Bohyun
-Original Message-
The number one tool I think a newbie coder should get is a cheapie online
webhosting account - like a $10 a month one - and multiple URLs. Multiple
URLs will make them point a URL at a nameserver at least once ideally, and
to understand that the two are separate and what you can do with domains
My 2 cents worth ... and one for each cent:
* Komodo Edit
* www.w3.org/International
On 2 November 2012 07:24, Bohyun Kim k...@fiu.edu wrote:
Hi all code4lib-bers,
As coders and coding librarians, what is ONE tool and/or resource that you
recommend to newbie coders in a library (and
I'm taking tool to mean a piece of hardware. I'd recommend some old laptop
with your favorite linux distro less desktop.
Why? Well the main thing is that it puts them into a position where they're not
learning to be a google copy/paste coder given the lack of the desktop, mouse
and
Bohyun Kim k...@fiu.edu wrote:
Hi all code4lib-bers,
As coders and coding librarians, what is ONE tool and/or resource that you
recommend to newbie coders in a library (and why)? I promise I will create
and circulate the list and make it into a Code4Lib wiki page for collective
wisdom.
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