fHave you ever felt like you would like to get better at programming, maybe even get a position involving more programming some day but the fact that you currently don’t really need it at your current position seems to hold you back? This post is for you. Daily practice is key for improvement You need daily practice if you actually want to improve. You already need daily practice just to keep your skills sharp during a time where you don’t need to use them. Also, if you don’t even have programming skills yet, you probably are too tired after work to sit down and work on a private programming project for a meaningful amount of time. But you should. Programming is a skill which takes a long time to learn. That is, if you want to reach a decent skill level. This means that you have to start regular practice long before you actually need that skill or need to
#100DaysofDH
This is a category for quick access to teaching materials which might be relevant to those taking the #100DaysofDH challenge. While the challenge is not only for newbies, the resources here focus more on getting started in the DH but also contain some tutorials which might be relevant to some seasoned DH professionals wanting to get to know new tools or technologies. The website for the challenge is here: https://100daysofdh.github.io/ and most activity happens on the Twitter: https://twitter.com/100DaysofDH . The rules are: 1) Work on your habit for a certain amount of time every day for the next 100 days (for example one hour)
2) Tweet your progress every day with the #100DaysOfX hashtag and the hashtag #100DaysofDH: make yourself accountable so you’ll be less likely to stop mid-way.
3) Encourage/help at least 2 people in the challenge every day (via Twitter): grow your network.
4) Extra rule: Never miss two days in a row (or you likely won’t stick with it).
5) Tip: Set up a ‘mini-habit’ for breaks days, such as doing the challenge for 1 minute.
Simple XML to LaTeX Transformation Tutorial
Today, I wanted to share this super simple XML to LaTeX tutorial. Using XSLT, you are going to transform XML data to LaTeX output which you can then go on to compile into your desired output PDF. There will be no fancy stuff whatsoever in this post, just the basics and what to keep in mind with these transformations. It is the quick intro to XML to LaTeX I did with my students a while ago which was done one day after they had their first contact with XSLT, so it should really be beginner-friendly. I labeled it “Advanced LaTeX” anyway because I think starting to automate things is always a step in the right direction 😉 Edit March 2022: Sadly, with WordPress changes (and source code support never working all that well to begin with), the code formatting of this post is pretty broken. Since it tends to re-break soon after I fix it, here is a similar /
LaTeX Ninja'ing and the Digital Humanities 