Random programming talk | I have no Structs on my List

#7

http://heeris.id.au/2014/if-programming-languages-were-harry-potter-characters/

#8
#9

The “Invent with Python” Blog | No, Seriously, Why Should I Learn to Code?

Topics covered in this book include:

  • Basic Python Programming
  • Text Matching with Regular Expressions
  • File Handling
  • Debugging
  • Web Scraping with the Requests, BeautifulSoup, and Selenium Modules
  • Reading PDF and Word Documents
  • Interacting with Excel Spreadsheets
  • Parsing CSV and JSON Files
  • Scheduling Tasks
  • Sending Emails and SMS Texts
  • Image Manipulation with the Pillow Module
  • Controlling the Keyboard and Mouse through GUI Automation

http://automatetheboringstuff.com/

#10

http://www.pagerduty.com/blog/the-discovery-of-apache-zookeepers-poison-packet/

Well worth the read.

#11

9 Anti-Patterns Every Programmer Should Be Aware Of

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#13

What’s your favorite JavaScript framework chapel? I did some basic AngularJS a couple of years ago. It seems like that’s still the best choice if I wanted to do a app-like front end.

#14

The bunny theory of code

#15

I’m not a fan of the more magical frameworks like angular and ember (Discourse is made with ember).

I prefer modular and composeable libraries. Backbone is nice for composing but not modular. Ampersand is like Backbone, but modular so I like it. I also like Reacts rendering and the ideas behind flux, but not 100% sold on React as is. Better than most though.

#16

I built a tiny prototype website yesterday. Eventually I would like to replace it with a fancy single-page application. Using one of the popular frameworks should be easier than trying to make something from scratch.

#17
#18

Goodbye, SourceForge!

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#20

hey dudes sorry to bother you guys but i’m thinking of actually learning web dev, i looked around and just started with CodeCademy, but i was wondering if you guys had any suggestions

i don’t know if i can afford actual professional courses so i’d like to start by learning by myself for now and see how far i can get, and i’d rather learn stuff from scratch rather than use squarespace and the sort because i’m really hoping to get a job doing this someday and i want to be the very best

#21

Learning by doing is the best way when it comes to development. The holy trinity of web development is HTML, CSS and JavaScript. If you want to do something more advanced you could also use languages like Python or Ruby.

Do you have a project in mind? It’s much easier to get work done if you have a problem you want to solve.

#22

Not defined as of yet. I’m leaning towards creating a photography portfolio as my first project. I’ve seen enough of those to have a good idea of how they should work, but i don’t really know if they would be a hard thing to do or not. Something like Clarissa Bonet or Yukiao.

But i still don’t really know what tools to use to write and run code in my computer. I learned all that stuff in school but it’s long gone by now.

#23

What operating system do you use?

A good start would be to make a basic HTML document in a text editor. You can view the result in your web browser.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1>My First Heading</h1>

<p>My first paragraph.</p>

</body>
</html>
#24

Windows 7… i forgot i could just use the note pad. I used to have a html file for archiving avatars and sources… it’s all coming back! I should do that again.

#25

Install Notepad++ instead. It’s free and it will make your life easier.

#26

Oooh, thanks!