Coding in Quarantine B: Sandboxes and Design

Discover how vs why in coding and why asking the right questions matters. Explore meta coding, markdown basics, and tool-driven approaches to speed up the development cycle during quarantine.

Dive into why over how with hands-on Scheme exercises, building a five-by-five grid of red outlined tiles, extracting reusable functions, and embracing iterative thinking.

Explore design and why behind coding education during quarantine, focusing on value for diverse audiences, metta cognition, and practical problem solving to teach effectively.

Explore the design process and ideation, focusing on audience and value, brainstorming structures, and feedback to improve work. Practice coding with a hands-on data exercise using zip codes and lists.

Explore solving problems with code through a design process to create faster video production pipelines. Open source tools like Shotcut and automated coding speed up video editing and workflows.

Explore testing and iteration in coding by speeding and slowing video clips, and integrating code into your creative workflow, with hands-on exercises mapping file interactions in a GitHub demo.

Shows decision making like a coder by weighing left and right paths, outlining design cycles, and planning a connectivity strategy to address the Cove at 19.

Explore cost–value analysis in coding decisions, weighing copy-paste, constants, and functions against technical debt while identifying the problem and delivering value.