[[!meta title="Using Org-mode to teach programming"]] [[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2021 Daniel German"]] [[!inline pages="internal(2021/info/teach-nav)" raw="yes"]] # Using Org-mode to teach programming Daniel German [[!taglink CategoryOrgMode]] [[!inline pages="internal(2021/info/teach-schedule)" raw="yes"]] In this presentation I will explain how to use org-mode effectively to prepare teaching materials, and how to present them. For the last 5 years I have been using org-mode to teach programming in different languages: C++, SQL, Ruby, Python, SML and Scheme. Org-mode has three key advantages: 1. it supports most programming languages with a common interface, 2. it is an interactive medium for delivering teaching materials; and 3. it is an always-up-to-date format that does not need to be exported in order to be published. I explain how I use org-mode in my courses and how I combine org-mode notes other tools such as github org-mode to get always up-to-date teaching materials that one can use for both teaching and studying (see for an example). Finally, I will discuss some important aspects to consider when using org-mode for this purpose. # Discussion IRC: - how do you keep the discipline of working on your notes? that's probably my biggest problem - I like "Try that with PowerPoint!" as a new org-babel slogan - we just need krita and inkscape modes - i remember doing similar in Smalltalk using a presentation tool with in it but with a full on graphical display of the Smalltalk environment not just text based. - I liked the trick with annotating the code in xournal -- what is the elisp glue for that? Do you have a package for that? BBB: - Can you talk about how the students re0act to this org-mode approach? - What level are your students typically? what is the subject matter? - Why GitHub? GitHub is nonfree. - Perhaps because gitlab is also there and that there is achoice? - GitHub requires reCAPTCHA to signup and similar things that are free exist (various GitLab and Gitea servers, Savannah, sourcehut). - GitLab.com is just as bad (and unlike GitHub, you can't sign in without nonfree JS), but GitLab CE is fine. - Do you think org-mode+git could be used for students' assignments? From [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmi9AAaqegY&feature=em-comments): - this is by far one of the most motivating talk about Org. I feel sorry about all my teaching colleagues that still use WYSIWYG presentation tools. my life, as a trainer, literally changed with Org, even without literate programming. - Great presentation. New to Emacs and starting to find many uses for it. One thing which theme you are using # Outline 20 minutes: - Introduction - Quick demonstration - Workflow - Some Important considerations - Emacs configuration and how to get started I have create a git repository with examples and config files that is ready to use: [[!inline pages="internal(2021/captions/teach)" raw="yes"]] [[!inline pages="internal(2021/info/teach-nav)" raw="yes"]]