Code Transformation: From XML to Stylized HTML

Abstract

The fourth of the six Digital Humanities assignments, Code Transformation, is presented in this chapter, beginning with a brief introduction to digital editing and archiving as a computational method of great interest to humanities programmers. The assignment description (written in a form and with a point-of-view suitable to be copied and pasted into materials given directly to students), required support files and resources, skills utilized in the assignment (which include additional algorithm development, designing and implementing branching statements, and using code to write code output), assignment management techniques and issues (mostly involved with helping students learn how to use an iterative workflow to attack a difficult problem), atomic code for the assignment (a small transformation of a classic novel exercise), expected output from student submitted work in this assignment, and variations for a number of student skill levels are provided.