Code for the Web

Updated October 2, 2025

The articles listed here talk about the code that goes into crafting the contents and format for a page to display in a web browser, including the page you are encountering right now.

October 2, 2025 Automate html Links with Emacs Lisp
A LISP function is described for automatically producing and inserting navigational links from header tags, such as<h2>, in an html file for a web page.

September 30, 2025 Use The Right Tool
Do not pound nails with a dish-rag, nor wash dishes with a hammer...

September 5, 2025 Old Code Wins Again
Old tools can still work well, if you know how to use them. Recently I used sed, a built-in UNIX/Linux command-line tool, to reformat the html code for a web page.

August 23, 2025 The Documentation Challenge
Describing code presents a Goldilocks problem: how much description is just right...

August 13, 2025 Code Is Pass-Fail
To run a program is to test the code. It passes the test, or else...

August 4, 2025 Code for Writing
Code is the new ink. Setting aside pen and pencil, code has become the way...

April 16, 2025
A Work of My Hands
How shall the work of my hands be bought and...

March 28, 2025
Make Every Possible Mistake
To really learn anything, you must take the time to make every possible mistake...

March 27, 2025
html Is Code
The very page appearing here results from code, called...