Ways to talk about code (to people who don't code) #01: CSS, SQL, JavaScript

English – like all languages – is a code. It was developed over time to convey meaning, ask questions and prompt actions using a variety of symbols, conventions and expressions. Pretty similar to JavaScript then.

But using plain English to explain JS makes as much sense as using CSS to explain a piece of classical music.

Fortunately the coding language of English includes a handy framework called Metaphor™. This blog series, metaphorically speaking, is a guide to utilising Metaphor™ to describe some of the principles and use-cases of the common web development languages to both beginner programmers and people who regard computer code as impenetrable alien gobbledygook…

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