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- What have you been working on recently? [July 27, 2019]
- The Odin Project, FreeCodeCamp, etc. what is the best free “bootcamp” to truly learn skills and have a resulting portfolio?
- Why and how are spreadsheets useful for a programmer, and should I learn to use Excel?
- Review of UCLA extension Full Stack bootcamp
- My Second Real Project!
- I'm 14 and want to pursue a career in programming when I'm older. Does anyone more experienced here have any advice for me?
- Discord for Programming..?
- What makes a good README file?
- Overwhelmed, determined n00b needing advice
- Confused about registers and RAM.
- Should I start some mini projects or try to get some source to relearn programming?
- [C] First time trying to solve Leetcode and am running into AddressSanitizer: DeadlySignal error. Can someone help me figure out what I am doing wrong?
- looking for mentor in San Diego area
- Why does one have to constantly do `chmod` or `chown` when installing packages like Node?
- Uni student, well on the way, but no one else seems to have this problem I'm having with this craft.
- Need help understanding c++ classes
- What is the point of Data Transfer Objects (Dto's)??
- Importance of scripting languages?
- [Python] Trouble with OAuth and Youtube API
- What software is used to develop apps/websites like Mint and Acorn
- I'm too new to read a whole book on organizing code, but want to get started knowing about that. Where to start?
- Giving away two courses on Udemy
- images looks distorted when I make it smaller. How do i fix this?
- is coding for me? how do i know that?
- Guide to building a Space Invader Game using Python | YouTube Playlist
| What have you been working on recently? [July 27, 2019] Posted: 27 Jul 2019 09:10 AM PDT What have you been working on recently? Feel free to share updates on projects you're working on, brag about any major milestones you've hit, grouse about a challenge you've ran into recently... Any sort of "progress report" is fair game! A few requests:
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| Posted: 27 Jul 2019 04:57 PM PDT Hey guys, realized these have been discussed a few times, but wanted a more recent take on it. I have taken some CS courses, in C and C++ (and a little python). And understand basic concepts. I'm having a difficulty actually applying the concepts to an overall project or finding a direction. Web dev/app dev seems to be a great way to build projects that can really display skill sets to eventual employers. I looked at TOP and others and am having difficulty trying to figure out which one is right for me. I'm willing to learn any language, I've seen contention regarding Ruby on Rails vs JS, but I don't know much about the industry, I'm more of a network guy about to graduate with a degree in IT, but I want to develop my coding skills. Let me know what you think, full stack development seems very interesting, to at least understand the overall concept connecting both ends. [link] [comments]  |
| Why and how are spreadsheets useful for a programmer, and should I learn to use Excel? Posted: 27 Jul 2019 04:34 AM PDT I've never had a programming job as I'm still pretty noob and still learning, but it looks like, from what I've read online, a lot of programmers use spreadsheets everyday while working. Why? How do they use them? Should I learn how to use Excel? I only tried them a couple of times for some stupid and trivial things, like creating some tables and stuff like that. My guess is that they are used to store some data or keep track of various progress and achievements in a project, but I really have no clue. Sorry if it's a stupid question but I can't understand why are spreadsheets so popular in programming jobs. [link] [comments]  |
| Review of UCLA extension Full Stack bootcamp Posted: 27 Jul 2019 09:17 PM PDT I just wanted to write a review of the UC bootcamp that I am currently attending and one month away from finishing. The main reason why I'm writing this review is because before I enrolled, I couldn't find any reviews except for the ones listed on UCLA's website so hopefully some random person googling "ucla extension full stack review" will be able to see this. The first thing people should know is that this course isn't really being taught by UCLA, but by a bigger company called Trilogy. Trilogy simply uses UCLA and other UC classrooms to teach their course. When I interviewed for the course, they told me that having UCLA on my resume as a credible school should help get a job- that was a lie. With the nature of the course being a bootcamp, you need to devote quite a lot of time to learning. Personally, I spend about 12 hours a day coding including the 4 hour lectures. The biggest issue that I have with the course is the instructor. He has quite a lot of experience in the subject however, he has zero experience teaching making this course a lot harder than it already was supposed to be. He even struggled to convey the basic ideas of bootstrap to the class. I have a friend who just started learning to code on their own and I was able to explain bootstrap to them in a more structured and easy to follow way than my own instructor. Considering the course cost around $12000, that was a bit of a gamble on my part and I would not recommend others to do. I find myself completely lost in lectures nearly every day and I always wish I could just be at home watching youtube videos that can explain the material more clearly. Another issue that I have is that the course proudly tells students that 83% of the students enrolled find a better career and the remaining students are waiting for a specific job. - that was a lie. I asked some of my TA's how many people were able to find a job in the last class and my TA told me roughly 3-4 people out of the 20 in the previous class got a job immediately. I know I'm not the only person who sees these issues because I've talked to just about everyone in my class and they all share frustrations. The only few people who are doing ok in the class are the 5 people who have years of experience in coding. The only person who is really helping me learn the material is the TA/ my tutor and she is being overworked and doing far more than what she is required to do. There are times where she teaches the class and you can feel the relief in the air because most of us get more from her teaching for 30 minutes over our instructor's lessons. She did just finish the course herself, however she had a different instructor who was much better. They also made claims that they will help coach us to find a job- that was also a lie. As mentioned before, most of us spend a lot of time studying and doing homework. We don't have time to spare doing the optional assignments from the career services. The career counseling only sends mass emails to us with generic "keep going!" messages. I set up an appointment to talk with a career counselor and for the most part it's just someone looking at my resume and telling me what to add/ change. I suppose I did learn quite a lot in the last two months but overall, I wish I went with a better bootcamp. The 4 hour class is a waste of time and I spend 6 hours outside of class trying to make sense of what the instructor was trying to explain to us while also juggling assignments that can take hours to complete. I'm still struggling with javascript which we started learning about a month ago and I'm completely lost with the current material (servers). I would not recommend this course to newcomers, but if you have experience in coding, this might be a good way for you to jumpstart your career for nearly half the price of other bootcamps. The 5 people who have experience in this stuff will likely be the 5 people who get hired after the course is over. In short- there was a lot of claims that the UCLA made that simply were not met and I gambled with $12,000 and feel like I lost. I would recommend going to a more established bootcamp if you are a newcomer to coding. I will update this review once the course is over. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 27 Jul 2019 12:10 PM PDT So I've been learning programming for a good while now. took java 101 in college over the spring and I've been teaching myself HTML, CSS, JS in my spare time and after doing a couple online courses I decided to make a little project from scratch with out looking up any tutorials. I think I did a good job tbh. It's not completely finished and I have a lot I want to add but it's very time consuming and I just wanted to get some feedback on things I've done so far. So here it is [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 27 Jul 2019 05:44 PM PDT The title says it all. I've been learning programming for a while now, I have a pretty solid foundation in C and Python and I've done a few small projects. I wanna know some ways to get better [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 27 Jul 2019 07:43 PM PDT I'm looking for a really active Discord programming community. If you know of one, please drop an invite in the comments. Thanks in advance! :D [link] [comments]  |
| What makes a good README file? Posted: 27 Jul 2019 04:18 PM PDT For people who are interested in having others use the software they make, what are some important factors that go into creating a README file? For example how to install, dependencies, examples, etc. Would be interested to know! [link] [comments]  |
| Overwhelmed, determined n00b needing advice Posted: 27 Jul 2019 06:22 PM PDT So my situation is...hectic. I'm almost 35 and have a useless liberal arts degree that has counted for nothing in the past 12 years. I have primarily done labor and some counseling. I have always loved computers from the get go however, and have used them since I was only 5 years old and can type 100 WPM and adjust quickly to learning new applications etc I have a family and also struggle with functioning. I basically HAVE to get about 8 hours of sleep or, lets just say it wont lead to good things if I don't. There are some mental health challenges to overcome. And having a family (a wife, 2 kids and 2 cats) means money has to happen and mouths have to be fed. I am considering school or maybe just continue what I've been doing which is learning from free resources such as books and Messer's online videos. Or cheap stuff like Udemy. I am feeling very scattered doing this. Also I'm currently unemployed. Have interviewed for jobs a bit. I'm hella broke and even have my bank account in the negative, pending a transfer on its way, I'll have about $100 in my account next week. I am starting to like the idea of flat iron school or a similar bootcamp type setting, I live about an hour south of Seattle so I could potentially attend in person, but maybe would have to move. Being in debt as much as I am and struggling like this for years, I'm kinda used to doing crazy stuff, so I'll consider anything and everything to get this done. However I will say that extreme schedules involving studying and working full time for example, would be out of the question. This should be realistically kept to about 50 hours a week or so between work/studying or I may be setting myself up for failure. However I know flatiron or other boot camps are very immersive and can involve 80 hour weekly study sessions. From what I hear this could be the fastest way to get this done. I am open to this if somehow the money problem could be taken care of while I'm doing it. Thanks for any advice and for reading. Edit - I didnt talk much about what I actually want to do. Programming is a consideration, but I find myself fascinated by several avenues of IT such as Linux, web development/PHP, DBM etc and am currently not even really that picky about it. It all is fun and interesting to me. [link] [comments]  |
| Confused about registers and RAM. Posted: 27 Jul 2019 07:18 PM PDT I bought a Turing Tumble today and got to the section where you build a 16-bit register. I was showing it to my wife and how it could count in binary, and she asked me a seemingly simple question: Can you increase the size of the registry? "Well, yes." I replied. "All you need to do is add one more bit of storage space and we go from a 16-bit registry to a 32-bit registry." If you only need to add a single bit to double the storage space, why does it cost so much money to go from 128GB of RAM to 256GB of RAM when buying a computer? I couldn't really answer her question. Why does it it cost so much money when it seems all you are doing is adding a single bit? i.e. if I have 4 bits of storage: | a | b | c | d | I can store up to 16 different combinations. All I would ned to do is add a single bit to double that to 32, right? i.e. | a | b | c | d | e | Could anyone ELI5 what concept I am missing here? [link] [comments]  |
| Should I start some mini projects or try to get some source to relearn programming? Posted: 27 Jul 2019 02:54 PM PDT This year I got my degree in programming, but for some reason I don't feel confident in my skills. I can create web page or game on unity and other stuffs with a lot of help from the internet. Right now I am struggling to get the job, mainly because my theory knowledge sucks and I am thinking. Should I try to grab some book or online tutorial/course and try to learn programing over or just start some projects of my own and polish my skills? Edit: Also here's my github if you are interested in what I have done so far https://github.com/deividasflaved [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 27 Jul 2019 08:00 PM PDT I am still pretty new to coding in C (and in general) but wanted to give some easy Leetcode problems a shot. I am doing 1108. Defanging an IP Address and I my code so far looks like this (note that I am not explicitly solving the problem but I want to print stuff out to make sure I am doing things right). Running this code gives me this error . Anyone know why? [link] [comments]  |
| looking for mentor in San Diego area Posted: 27 Jul 2019 11:02 PM PDT Hey everyone, I'm early 20s guy and studying a ton on my own. My evenings/weekends are pretty booked but I'm hoping to spend my mornings hanging out with/doing free work for someone who can further my knowledge of coding. Currently pretty solid with HTML/CSS and have gotten pretty far with JavaScript as well (no React or Node yet though... getting there!) Anyway I don't mean to annoy or offend anyone here. Just trying to make my current situation/interest known. I'm open to spending 2-3 hours each day with a small company or maybe even learn from someone doing freelance work, as long as I can help out a bit and learn as I go. Thank you! [link] [comments]  |
| Why does one have to constantly do `chmod` or `chown` when installing packages like Node? Posted: 27 Jul 2019 08:26 PM PDT I've been struggling to even just getting STARTED on following tutorials online just because I cannot install packages like Node and npm. It was keep telling me Permission Denied errors which none of my tutorials are facing. Hence the question becomes, Why does this happen to me constantly? Through hours of googling I found people saying "Oh you just run this command and change the permission, owner blah blah" and yes I got some working but some are still not working. If I know WHY this is happening, I feel like I can get a better understanding of what is going on. For example, right now I am getting errors like
I found answers here which seems to make it work, but this is constantly hapenning whenever I am installing something and I just don't know why. Can someone please help? Thank you..! [link] [comments]  |
| Uni student, well on the way, but no one else seems to have this problem I'm having with this craft. Posted: 27 Jul 2019 10:33 PM PDT I can't stay on track. Do you do really well when tackling a challenge that doesn't capture your interests? I wish I could, especially at Uni. If I have that interest, I blitz it. Thing is, I struggle to keep this up at uni. I end up being unable to keep track of deadlines, assignments, course work, etc. E.g. I spent a week digging through a research OS almost to the complete exclusion of everything else. I only half finished 2 of my assignments because of that. I need to do work for front-end dev, but here I am, playing around with WASM, full stack, etc. On the other hand, when I'm inspired, I rock it. D's HD's. No problem. How do you do it? How do you keep up your interest at uni? If it's at all relevant, ADHD is in play. [link] [comments]  |
| Need help understanding c++ classes Posted: 27 Jul 2019 02:38 PM PDT I've been doing really good in c++ up until i got to the classes part. I understand everything before then and I understand what classes are but i just cant get a hold on how to use them. Do any of you have any good resources for me? anything that's easy and straight to the point would be great. [link] [comments]  |
| What is the point of Data Transfer Objects (Dto's)?? Posted: 27 Jul 2019 02:35 PM PDT Hi all, Just doing a udemy course on MVC, came across Dto's and I understand how it works. I just dont get the business logic? whats the point of them? can someone please give me a moron's explanation? Yes I have googled it, I still don't understand their important as people just tend to focus on the techy parts and not on the actual usage! Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Importance of scripting languages? Posted: 27 Jul 2019 07:36 PM PDT I'm in the middle of a IS degree and I really enjoy all the programming I'm learning, I've taken c# classes and SQL, as well as some Python. But I'm kind of unsure what the importance of scripting languages is. I've seen the head architect at my work go HAM with bash scripts, but I have no idea what he's doing and why it has to be done in a scripting language. Can you guys help me out with the importance of scripting languages in programming? [link] [comments]  |
| [Python] Trouble with OAuth and Youtube API Posted: 27 Jul 2019 04:17 PM PDT My basic project is to build a python script that I trigger every day with a cron job on a raspberry pi look for new uploads from channels I've subscribed to and automatically add the new uploads to one of my playlists. Where I'm struggling is what type of authentication to use. I know I need to use OAuth 2.0 because I want to modify a playlist which is user specific info but the type of OAuth seems to be giving me trouble. I've been following the Youtube API documentation which is actually pretty decent and this is the operation I'm suck on: Inserting playlist item. My problem is I set up my OAuth credentials to be based on an "Installed application" according to a few youtube videos I watched and reading the options on the documentation, however this requires a user to "authorize" the application every time it makes a request. Since I'm going to be running this automatically on a raspberry pi, I don't want to have to visit Google to authorize the access to my youtube account every time. I'm looking for like a one time authorization type thing which my application can then store and send whenever it makes a request. The different types of auth Google allows can be found here. I'm thinking I may need to use the Server-side web apps one however I'm not sure what the redirect URI business is! On the one hand, I'm SUPER pumped because I've figured out how to iterate through my subscriptions to find all their ID's (so that this is dynamic instead of static), find their Upload playlist id, look at the uploads and determine which ones are new! But then I'm bummed because I'm just lost on this OAuth stuff... Any help is greatly appreciated! [link] [comments]  |
| What software is used to develop apps/websites like Mint and Acorn Posted: 27 Jul 2019 05:10 PM PDT What type of programming is used to display information easily in a web/app format? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 27 Jul 2019 03:56 PM PDT So I know mostly the basic about classes, and want to start some small projects to apply stuff, but can't come up with ways to face the problem. For example, I want to make a card game, but I don't know what should be in the Card class, what's ok for one Card object to do to another, how to move them around efficiently, how to choose sorting/shuffling algorithms, etc... What can I start reading so that I have a vague idea of how to shape the overall 'thing'? [link] [comments]  |
| Giving away two courses on Udemy Posted: 27 Jul 2019 12:34 PM PDT I have two coupons for the following courses:
I got these coupons as part of bundle and have no use for them, so they're completely legal. Free to a good home, one coupon to a person. First come, first served. Reply if interested with your preference, and I'll PM the coupon to whoever gets here first. Edit: OK, they're gone. [link] [comments]  |
| images looks distorted when I make it smaller. How do i fix this? Posted: 27 Jul 2019 11:44 PM PDT So I full size image, and I want to make it like header background image, but when I resize it it looks all wonky and distorted. [link] [comments]  |
| is coding for me? how do i know that? Posted: 27 Jul 2019 11:28 PM PDT i have read the quick start and no, i dont have any problems that i want to tackle via making a program. the best i can do is remake a simple program from scratch that im familiar with. so i am 21 yr old from a commerce background and I am very unsatisfied with the career path i selected. I want to explore the coding universe to see if its for me. I am only familiar with basic script editing that is needed from time to time in video games and small programs related to that (like archie steam farm). I am very late in the game and just want to know if its really for me. what language should i start with? what should i do? any help is greatly appreciated [link] [comments]  |
| Guide to building a Space Invader Game using Python | YouTube Playlist Posted: 27 Jul 2019 02:57 AM PDT I have started uploading this building with python series on Python Game Development. Have already uploaded 12 videos on creating a Space Invader game and will be uploading more ( 18 more to be exact ). YouTube Playlist - Building a Space Invader Game using Python [link] [comments]  |
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