Lesson plan
Hand coding
In computing, hand coding means editing the underlying representation of a document or a computer program, when tools that allow working on a higher-level representation also exist. Typically, this means editing the source code, or the textual representation of a document or program, instead of using a WYSIWYG editor that always displays an approximation of the final product. It may mean translating the whole or parts of the source code into machine language manually instead of using a compiler or an automatic translator. Most commonly, it refers to directly writing HTML documents for the web (rather than in a specialized editor), or to writing a program or portion of a program in assembly language (more rarely, raw machine code) rather than in a higher-level language. It can also apply to other markup languages, such as XAML or wikitext.
Article summary
In computing, hand coding means editing the underlying representation of a document or a computer program, when tools that allow working on a higher-level representation also exist. Typically, this means editing the source code, or the textual representation of a document or program, instead of using a WYSIWYG editor that always displays an approximation of the final product. It may mean translating the whole or parts of the source code into machine language manually instead of using a compiler or an automatic translator. Most commonly, it refers to directly writing HTML documents for the web (rather than in a specialized editor), or to writing a program or portion of a program in assembly language (more rarely, raw machine code) rather than in a higher-level language. It can also apply to other markup languages, such as XAML or wikitext.
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Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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