Sebastian Thomas seb-thomas

## Why 'code' is important
I've just been catching up on the news of @Lottiedexter 's appearance on News Night.
Source: http://politicalscrapbook.net/2014/02/tory-boss-of-government-coding-education-initiative-cant-code-lottie-dexter/

Say what you will about her lack of ability to code, my greatest concern with her appearance is her definition of why it's important for children to learn to code.

Dexter answers that in the future the children of today will be able to code their own e-cards (I think) and websites to create their own online businesses. Fine. But that is by far not all.

Even as recently as ten years ago it wasn't a prerequisite for most business employess to know how to use a word processor, now it's vital. You don't have to know how to code a word processor, but clearly things have moved very quickly and an intimate knowledge of these tools will only become more important.
These tools help us deal with large amounts of information, more efficiently (we hope). Code isn't just limited to building websites, though they

## index.haml
<!-- Flick the box within the page and it returns, give it a hard flick off the top of the page and it will stay there. Gives the user more tactile feeling. 'Top of page' depends on size of page! :) -->

.pep

## D3.js Arc tween to inner and outer radius.
var width = 960,
    height = 500,
    τ = 2 * Math.PI; // http://tauday.com/tau-manifesto

// An arc function with no values bound except the startAngle.
var arc = d3.svg.arc()
    .startAngle(0);

// Create the SVG container, and apply a transform such that the origin is the
// center of the canvas. This way, we don't need to position arcs individually.

## gulp jade, client side, name functions
gulp.task('strings', function() {
    gulp.src('media/jade/*.jade')
        .pipe(tap(function (file,t) {
            var filename = path.basename(file.path);

            return gulp.src(file.path)
                .pipe(jade({
                    client: true,
                    name: filename
                }))

## twig loop whitepace
{% set value = 'no spaces' -%}
var qqq = [{
    {%- for block in officeLocations.officeLocations -%}
        "lat": {{- block.lat -}},"lng": {{- block.lng -}}
        {%- if not loop.last -%} },{ {%- endif -%}
    {%- endfor -%}
}];

## _entry.html
    <div class="module casestudy-awards">
        <div class="container">
            {% for block in entry.awards %}
                <div class="row">
                    <div class="col-sm-12">
                        <h3 class="module-title">
                            {%- if block.moduleTitle | length -%}
                                {{- block.moduleTitle -}}
                            {%- else %}Awards won{% endif -%}
                        </h3>

## gist:2036534
<?php
$post = $wp_query->post;
if ( in_category('features') ) {
include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/single-features.php');
} else {
include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/single-single.php');
}
?>

## styles.less
/*style sheet for global styles and layout blocks*/

//Vars
//Colours
@text-gray: #808080;
@border-red: #ec1b34;
@border-gray: #dedede;


//Mixins

## master.html
{% load cms_tags sekizai_tags menu_tags %}
<!doctype html>
<!-- stripped and modified basis fo the paul irish html5 boilerplate (in particular:
https://raw.github.com/paulirish/html5-boilerplate/master/index.html) -->
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>{{ request.current_page.get_title }}</title>
    <meta name="description" content="">
    <meta name="author" content="">

## Path Gen
//Code to generate a path object from an array, using coords in px relational to current xy

function do_with_args(func, args1, args2){
    args = jQuery.merge(args1, args2);
    console.log(func, args)
    return func.apply(null, args);
}


var OPERATIONS = {
	I've just been catching up on the news of @Lottiedexter 's appearance on News Night.
	Source: http://politicalscrapbook.net/2014/02/tory-boss-of-government-coding-education-initiative-cant-code-lottie-dexter/

	Say what you will about her lack of ability to code, my greatest concern with her appearance is her definition of why it's important for children to learn to code.

	Dexter answers that in the future the children of today will be able to code their own e-cards (I think) and websites to create their own online businesses. Fine. But that is by far not all.

	Even as recently as ten years ago it wasn't a prerequisite for most business employess to know how to use a word processor, now it's vital. You don't have to know how to code a word processor, but clearly things have moved very quickly and an intimate knowledge of these tools will only become more important.
	These tools help us deal with large amounts of information, more efficiently (we hope). Code isn't just limited to building websites, though they
	<!-- Flick the box within the page and it returns, give it a hard flick off the top of the page and it will stay there. Gives the user more tactile feeling. 'Top of page' depends on size of page! :) -->

	.pep
	var width = 960,
	height = 500,
	τ = 2 * Math.PI; // http://tauday.com/tau-manifesto

	// An arc function with no values bound except the startAngle.
	var arc = d3.svg.arc()
	.startAngle(0);

	// Create the SVG container, and apply a transform such that the origin is the
	// center of the canvas. This way, we don't need to position arcs individually.
	gulp.task('strings', function() {
	gulp.src('media/jade/*.jade')
	.pipe(tap(function (file,t) {
	var filename = path.basename(file.path);

	return gulp.src(file.path)
	.pipe(jade({
	client: true,
	name: filename
	}))
	{% set value = 'no spaces' -%}
	var qqq = [{
	{%- for block in officeLocations.officeLocations -%}
	"lat": {{- block.lat -}},"lng": {{- block.lng -}}
	{%- if not loop.last -%} },{ {%- endif -%}
	{%- endfor -%}
	}];
	<div class="module casestudy-awards">
	<div class="container">
	{% for block in entry.awards %}
	<div class="row">
	<div class="col-sm-12">
	<h3 class="module-title">
	{%- if block.moduleTitle \| length -%}
	{{- block.moduleTitle -}}
	{%- else %}Awards won{% endif -%}
	</h3>
	<?php
	$post = $wp_query->post;
	if ( in_category('features') ) {
	include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/single-features.php');
	} else {
	include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/single-single.php');
	}
	?>
	/style sheet for global styles and layout blocks/

	//Vars
	//Colours
	@text-gray: #808080;
	@border-red: #ec1b34;
	@border-gray: #dedede;


	//Mixins
	{% load cms_tags sekizai_tags menu_tags %}
	<!doctype html>
	<!-- stripped and modified basis fo the paul irish html5 boilerplate (in particular:
	https://raw.github.com/paulirish/html5-boilerplate/master/index.html) -->
	<head>
	<meta charset="utf-8">
	<title>{{ request.current_page.get_title }}</title>
	<meta name="description" content="">
	<meta name="author" content="">
	//Code to generate a path object from an array, using coords in px relational to current xy

	function do_with_args(func, args1, args2){
	args = jQuery.merge(args1, args2);
	console.log(func, args)
	return func.apply(null, args);
	}


	var OPERATIONS = {