Code Words

{{Short description|Online computer programming publication}}

{{about|the computer programming publication|other uses|code word (disambiguation)}}

Code Words is an online publication about computer programming produced by the Recurse Center retreat community. It began publishing in December 2014, and has a quarterly schedule.

The journal features original work by participants at the center, including visiting “residents” and alumni. It is intended to “share the joyful approach to programming and learning that typifies” the community, and to be “accessible and useful to both new and seasoned programmers.”{{cite web

|url= https://www.recurse.com/blog/61-introducing-code-words

|title= Introducing Code Words

|author= Rachel Vincent

|publisher= Recurse Center

|work= Blog

|date= December 5, 2014

|accessdate= November 28, 2016

}}

Topics commonly treated include the inner workings of programming tools such as Git;{{cite web

|url= https://codewords.recurse.com/issues/two/git-from-the-inside-out

|title= Git from the inside out

|author= Mary Rose Cook

|publisher= Recurse Center

|work= Code Words

|date= March 2015

|accessdate= November 28, 2016

}}{{cite web

|url= https://codewords.recurse.com/issues/three/unpacking-git-packfiles

|title= Unpacking Git packfiles

|author= Aditya Mukerjee

|publisher= Recurse Center

|work= Code Words

|date= June 2015

|accessdate= November 28, 2016

}} Computer Science concepts such as propositional logic,{{cite web

|url= https://codewords.recurse.com/issues/four/the-language-of-choice

|title= The language of choice

|author= Darius Bacon

|publisher= Recurse Center

|work= Code Words

|date= September 2015

|accessdate= November 28, 2016

}} data types,{{cite web

|url= https://codewords.recurse.com/issues/three/algebra-and-calculus-of-algebraic-data-types

|title= The algebra (and calculus!) of algebraic data types

|author= Joel Burget

|publisher= Recurse Center

|work= Code Words

|date= June 2015

|accessdate= November 28, 2016

}} and random forests;{{cite web

|url= https://codewords.recurse.com/issues/seven/a-tour-of-random-forests

|title= A tour of random forests

|author= Nathan Epstein

|publisher= Recurse Center

|work= Code Words

|date= October 2016

|accessdate= November 28, 2016

}} and treatments of diverse problems encountered in actual programming.

The supervising editor is Rachel Honor Vincent, with individual articles co-edited by members of the community. Contributions are licensed under the Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.