prg105
Processing class (Java), spring 2016. Creative-coding exercises: drawing, animation, and interaction in a visual sketch environment.
Processing · Java · 2016
Student work
Course repositories from 2016 onward, preserved as written. These are the oldest commits in the account and the record of learning the fundamentals in order: procedural code, then object orientation, then the web stack.
The courses, in order
| Term | Course | Subject | Language | Repos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2016 | PRG 105 | Programming fundamentals via Processing | Processing / Java | 1 |
| Spring 2016 | PRG 110 | Programming fundamentals in C++ | C++ | 1 |
| Spring 2016 | WEB 105 | Intro to web development, HTML/CSS and WordPress | HTML | 1 |
| Summer 2016 | WEB 115 | Advanced front-end web development | HTML / CSS | 9 |
| 2016 | PRG 147 | JavaScript, start to jQuery UI | JavaScript | 18 exercises |
| Spring 2018 | CSC 275 | Object-oriented programming and data structures | Java | 15 |
| Spring 2020 | CSC 453 | Server-side web programming | PHP | 2 |
Programming fundamentals — spring 2016
Where the code starts. Two introductory courses run in parallel, one through Processing and one in C++, covering variables, control flow, functions, and the first objects.
prg110
C++ class, spring 2016. Compiled-language fundamentals: types, arrays, functions, and the beginnings of object orientation.
C++ · 2016
Web development sequence — 2016
Three courses building the front end from bare markup upward. This is the stack the current site is still written in, and the first appearance of the WordPress work that later became professional.
web105
Intro to web development — HTML, CSS, and WordPress, spring 2016.
HTML · 2016
web115
Advanced front-end web development — HTML and CSS, summer 2016.
HTML · 2016
Layout and front-end craft
Self-contained exercises where the markup and stylesheet are the whole point.
- semantic Semantic markup exercise — choosing elements for meaning rather than appearance. HTML · 2016
- photoGallery Photo gallery layout. HTML · 2016
- CSSMenu Pure-CSS drop-down menu project. CSS · 2016
- JavaScriptLab JavaScript laboratory work — scripting behaviour onto static pages. JavaScript · 2016
Server side
PHP coursework. Server-side work is the through-line from here to the WordPress multisite development done professionally later.
- PHPLab PHP laboratory exercises. PHP · 2016
- ProductShowcase Product showcase built with PHP. PHP · 2016
PRG 147 — JavaScript, in full
Eighteen assignments are hosted here on the site as working pages, not just source: variables and math, functions, events, forms, dates, string formatting, a hangman game, loops, timers, optimization, validation, the DOM, jQuery, jQuery animations, jQuery HTML/CSS manipulation, and jQuery UI.
18 exercises · browsable and runnable in place
Object orientation & data structures — CSC 275, spring 2018
A full semester of Java across fifteen repositories: weekly labs, graded assignments, a midterm, and a final. This is the largest single block of coursework in the account, and where classes, collections, and inheritance were worked through properly.
Labs
Assignments and exams
Server side, continued — CSC 453, spring 2020
Later coursework returning to the server: PHP and the LAMP stack, taken after the professional WordPress work had already begun.
Where the coursework led
Two threads from this period turn up again later in the account.
From jQuery to React
PRG 147 ends at jQuery UI. The component model that replaced it is where the front-end work sits now — see the personal projects for the React and Next.js material.
From PHP to production
The PHP and WordPress exercises became professional multisite work at the Center for Inquiry, and later the static-export pipeline for WordPress content on GitHub Pages.
Coverage note
This page catalogues the course repositories described so far. The account holds further student work — additional course folders, exercise sets, and practice repositories — that has not been written up here yet, and more of the 2018–2020 coursework exists than is listed above. Nothing here is edited from the original commits.