whatiscode

This repository holds the source code and content for an interactive article published by Bloomberg called "What Is Code?" It's essentially a digital magazine piece designed to explain programming concepts to people who aren't software developers.

The article itself is a long-form, richly formatted piece of writing that lives in an HTML file. Rather than being a plain text document, it's built as a web page with interactive elements, styled layouts, and custom JavaScript to make the reading experience more engaging. Think of it like an animated, clickable educational article rather than a static PDF.

The repo contains several pieces: the main article text (which Bloomberg shares under a Creative Commons license so people can read and share it), the JavaScript code that makes interactive parts work (which Bloomberg shares more openly under Apache license), and various third-party JavaScript libraries that handle things like animations or layout on the web page. Each piece has its own licensing rules depending on who owns it.

This would be useful for anyone building educational or explanatory web content. If you're a journalist or communicator who wants to teach a complex topic online, you could look at how this project structures long-form articles as interactive web pages rather than traditional blog posts or PDFs. It's a good example of how to combine readable writing with technical interactivity to keep an audience engaged while learning something new. The repository is essentially showing "here's how we made our explainer article work" so others can learn from or adapt the approach.