I am for the premise that at least rudimentary programming knowledge is essential to being a humanities student. To me, it provides insight into world-building and creation unlike anything else. Furthermore, online representations of humanities knowledge (e.g. ebooks and exhibits), which are becoming more commonplace, demand programming knowledge to make them functional and appealing.
Quote: “Computers should not be black boxes but rather understood as engines for creating powerful and persuasive models of the world around us. The world around us (and inside us) is something we in the humanities have been interested in for a very long time.” -Kirschenbaum
For this lab, I did the HTML and CSS tutorials on htmldog. Prior to this assignment, I have had a couple years of coding experience. In high school I took classes in python and Java, and I am currently taking a second Java course. However, this is my first time touching HTML or CSS. These languages are very cool, in that I can actively see my results on web page, rather than being stuck in a coding software like I was with previous languages.
Some sample code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Isaac's first web page</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css"
</head>
<body>
<h1>My first web page</h1>
<p style="color: red">Made with <a href="https://www.htmldog.com">HTML Dog</a></p>
<img src="https://www.htmldog.com/badge1.gif"
width="120" height="90" alt="HTML Dog">
<h2>What is this, you ask?</h2>
<p>This is my first web page, put together using HTML and CSS</p>
<p>How exciting is this?</p>
<p><em>so</em> exciting!</p>