What is website-archive?

codingtrain/website-archive — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-06-26

★ 5,743JavaScriptAudience · developerComplexity · 1/5Setup · easy

Mindmap

mindmap
  root((CodingTrain Archive))
    What It Is
      Website archive
      Historical snapshot
      No longer active
    Content
      Tutorial pages
      Community variations
      Video references
    Tech Stack
      JavaScript
      GitHub Pages
    Current Project
      New website
      New repository
      YouTube channel
      Discord community

mindmap root((CodingTrain Archive)) What It Is Website archive Historical snapshot No longer active Content Tutorial pages Community variations Video references Tech Stack JavaScript GitHub Pages Current Project New website New repository YouTube channel Discord community

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Browse the historical source code of the original Coding Train website for reference or to study how a community-driven educational site was structured.

USE CASE 2

Study how community-submitted project variations for individual video tutorials were organized and displayed on the site.

What is it built with?

JavaScript

How does it compare?

	codingtrain/website-archive	2hacc/tvbox	fengyuanchen/compressorjs
Stars	5,743	5,747	5,739
Language	JavaScript	JavaScript	JavaScript
Setup difficulty	easy	easy	easy
Complexity	1/5	1/5	2/5
Audience	developer	general	developer

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

This repo is archived and no longer maintained, contribute to the active Coding Train repository and website instead.

So what is it?

This repository is an archived snapshot of the first version of the Coding Train website. The Coding Train is an educational YouTube channel focused on creative coding, programming, and interactive art, run by Daniel Shiffman. The repository is no longer actively maintained. The Coding Train has moved to a new website and a new GitHub repository. This older version is kept publicly accessible through GitHub Pages for historical reference, but new content, contributions, and bug reports should go to the current site instead. While it was active, the repository held the website source code along with content corresponding to Coding Train video tutorials. Community members could contribute their own variations on projects shown in videos, which would then appear on the relevant video page. The README is brief and mostly points visitors toward the current repository and website, the YouTube channel, a Discord community, and a forum for coding questions. If you are looking for current Coding Train content, tutorials, or community contributions, the README directs you away from this archive and toward the active project.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1

I am looking at the Coding Train website archive. What was the folder structure used for organizing video content and community-submitted project variations?

Prompt 2

Show me how the original Coding Train site associated community contributions with specific video tutorial pages.

Prompt 3

Where is the current active Coding Train website repository so I can contribute a project variation to a recent video?

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