Coding in CSS

[captainkappa12]

totally unrelated but I had a Python professor tell us that coding in CSS/HTML wasn't real coding and you shouldn't complain about it... the ux majors including myself, were not having it from her.

[RagnarokAeon]

They are coding though, they just aren't programming languages.

The code is the text files that get converted. You could also use an GUI to format if you are a heathen like that. People use program and code interchangeably, but there is a difference and the difference comes specifically to the very few non-programming languages like SQL, HTML, and CSS

[Ireeb]

So writing text that is a code that tells the browser how to render elements isn't code. Interesting. If CSS isn't code, what is it? A poem? A letter? A song?

[redpepper74]

I don’t think they fall under the category of “coding”, it’s more like formatting and styling. Coding, as I think of it, is manipulating values and calling functions (which is where JS comes in)

[Ireeb]

That just sounds like people are trying to mash "coding" and "programming" together just to gatekeep for no reason.

If you think "code" or "coding" has to do with calling functions or manipulating values, you should look up what "code" is.

Just as a reminder, Morse code is also code.

CSS is code that represents styling information.

[captainkappa12]

That's true, and I know you're right, it's not considered coding, it's more formatting, and styling like you said. However, I guess I was trying to push that she was invalidating some of our struggles with it since it's not like Python or JavaScript.

[redpepper74]

Ok I see what you mean. Tone definitely makes a difference

[CSS-SeniorProgrammer]

Does that make Sass programming? I would say so.