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Programming for Kids

One thing I noticed in 2014 was an overall push to “learn to code”. Today computers are everywhere and we are only getting more reliant on them every day. It makes sense that more people and kids in particular are being exposed to programming. Here are some resources that I have found very easy to set up if you want to teach your kids about programming. Since I mainly use Windows this will be mainly a Windows centric post.  Also because this is a list of resources for kids I am…

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Added by Douglas Ching on January 4, 2015 at 1:05pm — 7 Comments

10 of My Debugging Tricks

Being able to solve problems and fix bugs is probably high on the list of things that make a programmer a good programmer.   These days programming is assisted with many tools and techniques.  Stepping through code using advanced IDEs and debuggers find many issues before they become issues.  Intellisense, code completion and syntax highlighting also reduce bugs before they can become bugs.  Exception handling and error logging help a lot when issues occur in programs.  Testing…

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Added by Douglas Ching on November 9, 2014 at 12:06am — 4 Comments

A pretty neat programming interview question

Added by Leo D on March 24, 2014 at 10:03pm — 1 Comment

Don’t Repeat Yourself (DRY)

Here is the Wikipedia definition of DRY:

In software engineering, Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY) is a principle of software development aimed at reducing repetition of information of all kinds, especially useful in multi-tier architectures. The DRY principle is stated as "Every piece of knowledge must have a single, unambiguous, authoritative representation within a system." The principle has been formulated by Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas in their book The Pragmatic Programmer. They…

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Added by Soichiro Yagami on August 19, 2012 at 9:37pm — No Comments

Employing the Pomodoro Technique as a Computer Programmer

Productivity and concentration are two very important words to someone who writes code for a living.  There is a wide variety of tools, methodologies, tricks and “hacks” out there that claim to help one improve in these areas.  One such technique that I've adopted over the past couple of months is known as the “Pomodoro”.



The Pomodoro Technique was developed by Francesco Cirillo in the 1980's and is easily summed up in a few simple rules.  It encourages you to accomplish more in a…

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Added by Chris Sass on February 24, 2012 at 2:05pm — 3 Comments

Weekend programming challenge #2 - Mathogen in AS3 on Facebook

Thanks to everyone on TechHui for all the positive feedback for my Tetris clone, Gemtris. Today I decided to take on another self-imposed programming challenge this weekend. I'm giving myself 2 days to complete an AS3 port of my iPhone game Mathogen (… Continue

Added by David Neely on June 10, 2010 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

Lessons learned creating a Tetris clone...





Action Script 3.0 is easy to prototype with. There's instant feedback because it's so easy to build and iterate. I'm planning to create on a picture match game next. I want to create 2 more games over the next two months. This weekend I set about creating a Tetris clone called Gemtris (view code) to showcase my talents and possibly… Continue

Added by David Neely on June 8, 2010 at 8:00am — 11 Comments

Wondering where my Wozniak is...

Since posting my iPhone developer talk on the Mathogen website I've been getting tons of requests to assist in iPhone development. Most interested in working with Sundance filmmaker to create game for movie tie in. Thinking about getting into consulting after talking to Bruce Kim at the first iPhone developer meetup. Still most interested in working on my own projects.



Reading game development blogs,… Continue

Added by David Neely on December 16, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

What Was Your First Programming Language?

Following up on last week's " What was your first computer?" question (the

VIC-20 was a clear winner), this week's question is "What was your first programming language?" Thinking back, I initially thought it was Level Basic… Continue

Added by Daniel Leuck on July 14, 2008 at 2:00pm — 38 Comments

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