About Happy coding

What is Happy Coding?

Happy Coding is not a company. I’m just one guy doing this for fun in my free time.

Happy Coding evolved from various coding projects and has grown into a collection of tutorials, examples, and blog posts that I’ve been writing since 2016.

But more than that, I’m hoping to build a community of people who want to talk about code, learning, equity, and creativity. If that sounds like you, come say hello world on the Happy Coding Forum!

Who are you?

Hi! My name is Kevin Workman. By day I work at Google. I started in Google Maps, helped run Software Product Sprint in my “20%” time, and currently work as the Curriculum Lead of an internal training program called Google Developer Academy. In my “spare time” I also teach as an adjunct professor at Millersville University.

Contact

If you have a question, or if you just want to chat, please don’t hesitate to reach out!

The best way to reach me is by posting on forum.HappyCoding.io.

Joining the forum is also the best way to stay up to date on Happy Coding, since the forum sends digest emails when I post new tutorials, examples, and blog entries.

This entire site is hosted on GitHub, so you can also submit issues there.

What makes Happy Coding different than other tutorial sites?

People learn in different ways, and I don’t think education is a zero-sum game. Learning isn’t an either/or type of thing. So I don’t think this site is an alternative to other tutorial sites. I think you should take bits and pieces from all over the place and see what you like best.

I love what people like Daniel Shiffman and sites like OpenProcessing, Khan Academy, and Codecademy are doing. I’m a big fan of all of the above.

But I’m designing this site for people who learn like I learn. I’m building the type of site that I wish existed when I was learning how to code. Hopefully you also find it interesting.

Stats

If you’re interested in site stats, check out the Happy Coding Stats Page.