diff --git a/content/pages/about/index.json b/content/pages/about/index.json index e2f6d3ca8..05c64c41b 100644 --- a/content/pages/about/index.json +++ b/content/pages/about/index.json @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ { "title": "Hi! I’m Dan!", - "description": "Thank you for visiting the Coding Train website! I love teaching and sharing code, and try my absolute best to do so in a fun and approachable way. I teach at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and serve on the Board of Directors of The Processing Foundation. I started making videos in 2012 and launched the Coding Train YouTube channel in 2015.\n While I love to code it isn’t the only part of life and it doesn’t need to be for you either! I love to play music (which I do badly), solve rubik’s cubes (slowly), and go running with Gloria Pickle. ", + "description": "Thank you for visiting the Coding Train website! I love teaching and sharing code, and try my absolute best to do so in a fun and approachable way. I teach at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and serve on the Board of Directors of The Processing Foundation. I started making videos in 2012 and launched the Coding Train YouTube channel in 2015.\n While I love to code, it isn’t the only part of life and it doesn’t need to be for you either! I love to play music (which I do badly), solve Rubik’s cubes (slowly), and go running with Gloria Pickle. ", "covers": ["dan_and_gloria.jpg", "greta_and_eevee.jpg"], - "coversDescription": "Now that you met Gloria, I think my cats Greta and Eevee are feeling a little left out.", + "coversDescription": "Now that you’ve met Gloria, I think my cats Greta and Eevee are feeling a little left out.", "personalSocials": [ { "title": "Dan's socials", @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ } ], "secondaryTitle": "About The Coding Train", - "secondaryDescription": "The Coding Train is a community welcoming beginner programmers and code-curious individuals to try their hand at expressing themselves with code. Started by Dan Shiffman in 2015, YouTube channel provides online educational content as sequenced and one-off video tutorials, and live streaming events.", + "secondaryDescription": "The Coding Train is a community welcoming beginner programmers and code-curious individuals to try their hand at expressing themselves with code. Started by Dan Shiffman in 2015, the YouTube channel provides online educational content as sequenced and one-off video tutorials, and live streaming events.", "siteSocials": [ { "title": "Coding Train's socials", diff --git a/content/pages/faqs/code-editor.json b/content/pages/faqs/code-editor.json index f80c2259f..aec843d2e 100644 --- a/content/pages/faqs/code-editor.json +++ b/content/pages/faqs/code-editor.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "question": "What programming software and/or code editor do you use?", "answer": { - "text": "In almost all of my videos, you’ll find me using the official p5.js web editor or Visual Studio Code for JavaScript and The Processing Development environment for Processing (Java)! I walk through all of the details in the [Workflow Side Track](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6Zu_uqEA6NqhLzKLACwU74X). This was made in 2018 and needs some refreshing! If you are reading this message and would like to see this happen, send a reminder to [suggestionbox@thecodingtrain.com](mailto:suggestionbox@thecodingtrain.com)!", + "text": "In almost all of my videos, you’ll find me using the official p5.js web editor or Visual Studio Code for JavaScript and The Processing Development environment for Processing (Java)! I walk through all of the details in the [Workflow Side Track](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6Zu_uqEA6NqhLzKLACwU74X). This was made in 2018 and needs some refreshing! If you are reading this message and would like to see this happen, send a reminder to [suggestionbox@thecodingtrain.com](mailto:suggestionbox@thecodingtrain.com)!", "list": [ "[p5 Web Editor](https://editor.p5js.org/)", "[Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/)", diff --git a/content/pages/faqs/found-mistake.json b/content/pages/faqs/found-mistake.json index 2df2e532f..44f1f102c 100644 --- a/content/pages/faqs/found-mistake.json +++ b/content/pages/faqs/found-mistake.json @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ { "question": "I found a mistake in a video or code example, how do I let you know?", "answer": { - "text": "For general thoughts or feedback about a video, you can use the comments on YouTube itself! If you want to engage in more discussion around a video, the Coding Train Discord is the best place. For bugs and mistakes in the source code, please [open a github issue](https://github.com/CodingTrain/website/issues/new)." + "text": "For general thoughts or feedback about a video, you can use the comments on YouTube itself! If you want to engage in more discussion around a video, the Coding Train Discord is the best place. For bugs and mistakes in the source code, please [open a GitHub issue](https://github.com/CodingTrain/thecodingtrain.com/issues/new)." } } diff --git a/content/pages/faqs/how-support.json b/content/pages/faqs/how-support.json index 3bdfea3c1..27b82ef3b 100644 --- a/content/pages/faqs/how-support.json +++ b/content/pages/faqs/how-support.json @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ { "question": "How can I support The Coding Train?", "answer": { - "text": "Just watching a video or visiting this website is support for the Coding Train! Thank you for being here!\n Financial support of the Coding Train goes towards hardware and software costs as well as production services (design, video editing, website maintenance, social media) for The Coding Train. Available platforms are YouTube Membership, Patreon, Twitch Subscriptions, and GitHub sponsorship.\n You can also support The Coding Train by recommending it to your friends and colleagues, please share on social media and tag @thecodingtrain (Twitter) @the.coding.train (Instagram)." + "text": "Just watching a video or visiting this website is support for the Coding Train! Thank you for being here!\n Financial support of the Coding Train goes towards hardware and software costs as well as production services (design, video editing, website maintenance, social media) for The Coding Train. Available platforms are YouTube Membership, Patreon, Twitch Subscriptions, and GitHub sponsorship.\n You can also support The Coding Train by recommending it to your friends and colleagues, please share on social media and tag @thecodingtrain (Twitter) and @the.coding.train (Instagram)." } } diff --git a/content/pages/faqs/track.json b/content/pages/faqs/track.json index 3d4afe9b5..8f0fc270e 100644 --- a/content/pages/faqs/track.json +++ b/content/pages/faqs/track.json @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ { "question": "Tracks", "answer": { - "text": "To simplify and streamline your learning experience, pick a Track to begin your ride on The Coding Train. “Main Tracks” are sequenced video tutorials that you can follow like a course syllabus." + "text": "To simplify and streamline your learning experience, pick a Track to begin your ride on The Coding Train. “Main Tracks” are sequenced video tutorials that you can follow like a course syllabus." } } diff --git a/content/pages/guides/getting-started.md b/content/pages/guides/getting-started.md index 484895f26..2a7e3647d 100644 --- a/content/pages/guides/getting-started.md +++ b/content/pages/guides/getting-started.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: 'Getting Started Guide' -description: 'Guide with simple tips to get started into coding!' +description: 'Guide with simple tips to get started with coding!' date: '2023-11-03' --- @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ If you’re new to coding, getting started can feel overwhelming, hopefully this ## Start Learning and Coding! -There are two main tracks you can follow for total and complete beginners. +There are two main tracks for complete beginners. ### Creative Coding for Beginners - Full Course! @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ When you have some code you want to share or publish online outside of the web e To learn more, take a ride on the [“Git and GitHub for Poets” track](/tracks/git-and-github-for-poets). This series is a primer on version control and the difference between git software and the GitHub website. -The videos in cover terminology like branch, fork, merge, pull, push, and remote. There’s even [a friendly “playground repository”](https://github.com/CodingTrain/Rainbow-Poem) for you to make your first pull request! +The videos cover terminology like branch, fork, merge, pull, push, and remote. There’s even [a friendly “playground repository”](https://github.com/CodingTrain/Rainbow-Poem) for you to make your first pull request!