Alex Sanchez
Front End Developer for the Tampa Bay Times
//Coding like a journalist
Let's talk about the internet.
#dataraptors
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Hi, I'm Alex.
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I went to school here
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I now work here
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I am a front-end web developer
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$(document).ready(function() {
alert('Sup, bros!');
});<html>
<body>
<h1>Hello, world!</h1>
</body>
</html>We'll talk about what that means a little later.
I do other things too
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When someone asks what i do
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STRANGER: So, uh, what do you do?
ME: I'm a front-end web developer.
STRANGER:
ME: I make web graphics and presentations that help tell stories on a digital platform.
STRANGER:
ME: ...I make the internet...?
STRANGER: OHHHHH, okay!
How my day starts
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That was kind of fast
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Here are the programs I'm using
Terminal
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a.k.a your best friend
Sublime Text
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a.k.a where the magic happens
Chrome
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a.k.a where the magic appears
Sweet, but what about
the journalism
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You're right. Let's get down to business.
Stories consist of 2 things
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Words
Assets
- Data
- photos
- video
- audio
- geo data
- etc.
&
How do they come together?
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Let's talk philosophy
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Code is best when it is
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Reusable
Open
Self-sustaining
// rely on the community of developers who
// have asked the questions you've asked and
// have found the answers
That's all folks!
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PLACES YOU CAN FIND ME
github.com/lexithium
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asanchez@tampabay.com
Coding like a journalist | JEA/NSPA Convention
By Alex Sanchez
Coding like a journalist | JEA/NSPA Convention
What the heck is coding anyway? And how does it apply to something as old school as journalism?
