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Ask HN: Inspiring female programming blogs?

12 points by cpursley ↗ HN
My wife has expressed an interest in learning to program and has been studying basic html/css.

What are some blogs of women who have/are learning to code that I can point her towards?

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ninja_to_be
While not a blog, Girl Develop It [1] is an active community that encourages female developers and provides them with numerous opportunities to learn the craft via classes and community support. A number of chapters exist in various cities throughout the US and there are high chances of it being present in your city as well.

[1] https://www.girldevelopit.com/

jonjacky
Mary Rose Cook: http://maryrosecook.com/blog/archive

Julia Evans: http://jvns.ca/blog/archives/ also http://jvns.ca/projects/

Most of their articles are about technical topics beyond the beginner level, but each has some articles about learning and teaching in their archives.

Tara Mahoney: https://medium.com/the-chronicles-learning-web-development-a...

By a web designer self-taught in HTML/CSS, learning Ruby/Rails at a coding bootcamp.

tptacek
Strong second for Evans blog. I love that blog.
drakonka
Probably not as interesting as the others here but I have a blog where I write about my snail simulation (and in the past other hobby projects). Not all posts contain code but many do, especially in the 'dev' category:

http://liza.io/category/dev/

Maybe she should start a blog, too! I love following other dev blogs and I found that writing down what you've learned in a day or thoughts in general really helps to solidify the learning in my head, so blogging helps in that way.

eecks
Can women not be inspired by or learn from men?
[dead] saywahat
Male chauvanist pig!!! How dare you! I'm offended, outraged, and flabbergasted by your statement!
dylanjermiah
I do not know understand, what relation does the gender of the teacher have to their ability to teach? Or is it an example that it can be done?
NeutronBoy
Role models/mentors are important.
dylanjermiah
I still don't understand how gender plays into this, I have no data to support my presumptions. But I would think that it might make an effect but not a significant one.
brudgers
There exists a vast array of academic literature, philosophic theory, and rampant opinion on the role of role models; structural delegitimization of the experience of those economically, socially, or politically disadvantaged; and the diverse ways in which humans learn from experience. Searching for and availing yourself of those resources would probably be the most advantageous way to address any substantial curiosity you might possess on the topic.

Then again, it stands to be somewhat more work than what can be proffered with the caveat "I have no data to support my presumptions".

NeutronBoy
Really? You don't see any advantage in having someone to ask for advice who has likely gone through similar situations that you'll find yourself in?
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[dead] paperrr1
apparently only females can inspire other females....
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tptacek
The Ask-er asked a very straightforward question. Can we not derail it with a giant thread about the validity of a "help me generate a list of" question? "I don't know" is a perfectly acceptable answer, if you're stuck.
detrino
This isn't a compile-a-list-for-me site, it's fair game to question whether restricting yourself to female only blogs is the best course of action here.
Avalaxy
Just any programming blog. I don't see why it matters if the author is a female, you won't even notice that by looking at the code. Unless you're implying code written by a female looks different?
eecks
Exactly, we're being downvoted for stupid reasons.
carise
People have mentioned some great blogs! Another one that came to my mind is Jennifer Dewalt, who built 180 websites in 180 days to teach herself coding: http://jenniferdewalt.com/
CindyPtn
I've been looking for other blogs by other women out of curiosity, even if gender is not really important for a programming blog.

I occasionally blog too, you can check out at http://blog.cindypotvin.com/