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A PUZZLE
this is a rough draft of a short story A software developer and part time hacker, DARIUS, is returning to his high-rise apartment, after going for a run. As he jogs up the stairs, he is concentrating hard on solving a Rubik's cube in each hand. As he reaches the third or fourth …
Course 1 from Code.org
Course 1 from Code.org Some typing at level 16 (Literally you type: "hello world"…
function hierarchies
what examples of "well known functions" are there I can survey? Some Sql Server documentation[ has these categories: - Configuration Functions - *Return information about the current configuration.* - (N examples of "Configuration Functions", and more details here...) - Conversi…
Google Doodle: Kids Coding
Try it Live: Google Doodle: Kids Coding Ages? 4 and up Can you speed it up? No Can you see where it is up to when it's running? Yes Can you pause it? No Can you move it one step at a time? No Can you undo a change you've just made? Yes Can you skip levels if they're …
Hopscotch
Ages? Can you speed it up? Can you see where it is up to when it's running? Can you pause it? Can you move it one step at a time? Can you undo a change you've just made? Can you skip levels if they're boring? Notes: See also - How to become a programmer - Google Doodle: K…
Mantronic
When you have a manual process that you wish to automate, you often cannot go straight from Manual to Automated (or *electronic* ) in 1 (One) Great Leap. Instead, you need to move, steadily from: - 1 - Messy and manual - 2 - Neat and manual - 3 - **Mantronic** - 4 - Automated I…
Write Once Debug Everywhere
There are often systems that promise to work seamlessly across platforms. History shows this to be a big promise, seldom achieved. Java had a great slogan that encapsulated the promise: Write Once, Run Everywhere. Developers quickly corrupted this into the more pithy and truth…