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    Build a game to learn how to program dammit! I'm here to help. Getting started instructions enclosed: learn programming

    August 03, 2019

    Build a game to learn how to program dammit! I'm here to help. Getting started instructions enclosed: learn programming

    Build a game to learn how to program dammit! I'm here to help. Getting started instructions enclosed:

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 04:29 PM PDT

    LOWREZ Game Jam 2019 just started. This is a really great way to get into programming because it's specifically about creating simple games that are only 64x64 pixels in dimension. This constraint will keep you from getting too overwhelmed.

    I'm one of the creators of DragonRuby Game Toolkit and am a supporter of this game jam.

    Getting Started

    This zip file includes a sample app/starting point specifically for this jam (64x64 resolution). This is a free, unrestricted license to GTK that you can use for the jam (and for commercial purposes if you want).

    If you don't feel like downloading a zip file, here is a browser-based LOWREZ GTK code environment that has a space shooter sample game you can play around with.

    Steps To Run GTK Locally

    1. Unzip file.
    2. Go to the directory that represents your operating system (Windows, Mac, or Linux).
    3. Run dragonruby.exe to start up the game environment.
    4. Open the file called mygame/app/main.rb in the code editor of your choosing.
    5. Change the code.
    6. Save the file.
    7. Watch the game change.

    How to Publish Your Game:

    1. Done coding your game? Cool!
    2. Fill out mygame/metadata/metadata.txt.
    3. Double click dragonruby-publish.exe.
    4. A folder will appear called "build" that includes Windows, Mac, Linux, and Web versions of your game.
    5. Upload to Itch and profit \o/

    Support Throughout The Event Via Discord

    I've created the LOWREZ DragonRiders Discord for anyone in the jam that is using DragonRuby GTK. Other game engine options can be found on the game jam's home page and community forums.

    Ping me on this thread, on the LOWREZ Discord, or DM me directly amirrajan#2240 if you hit any snags.

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    I'm 20 and I read my first book

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 02:23 AM PDT

    Hello everybody, I just wanted to share my story, and I'll be glad, if anyone is interested.

    From my childhood I never liked reading, in school I use to cheat because I didn't spend any time reading at home. I even found a way of learning by listening and remembering the lectures and practise on labs that resulted in getting good enough grades.

    But after I went to the University to study programming I felt that I lack the skills of writing and reading, and they are very important especially in the IT field.

    So, I decided to read The Pragmaric Programmer by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas (1999) as my first book. It was recommended to me in a programming tutorial for the beginners, that I took during my high school times as a first ever experience of programming. As I remember the tutorer claimed that every programmer should read this book, so all this time I kept in mind that I need to read this book.

    I'm not going to lie, it was hard. First half of the book i read slowly with couple of pauses due to lack of motivation. Maybe It was because of all the factors like not having English as native language, lack of reading experience, etc. Although by that time I had pretty good vocabulary, so I didn't have difficulties understanding the text. And the second half of the book I set the goal to read every day for at least a half of hour, and that made it very easy and in in good sense challenging to finish the book. I read the whole book over the past half a year.

    Reading this book was a valuable experience for me. It covered the most important aspects of software development, giving practical tips for the efficient and wise programming. I wouldn't recommend it to complete beginners though. It is because someone who don't have experience programming wouldn't appreciate all the useful tips and information from this book, it would be simply not relatable. And not using the tips makes no sense reading the book in the first place.

    For the conclusion, I'll say that I'm not going to stop, and I already picked next two books to read. Fundamentals of Computer Programming by Svetlin Nakov, Veselin Kolev & Co. And 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson. I wish this two books will give me a lot of good and applicable knowledge. I encourage everyone to be constantly reading books, because it keeps you thinking and in this way develops your intelleganse. Reading is an essential human skill and more people nowadays forget about it.

    Thank you for the attention. Any kind of feedback will be appreciated.

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    Actually applying what im learning

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 07:17 PM PDT

    So in the last week I've been dedicating most of my free time to learning Python. I've always figured that I'd end up doing computer science in university, so i thought why not start now.

    I've been using codecademy, alongside of some helpful websites/forums to learn Python. I'm 25% complete with the codecademy Computer Science course, without rushing. I've been taking in all of the information given, reading all instructions, and making sure i understand all of the concepts covered before moving on to the next part of the course.

    The thing is, I've been learning the Python language, but the course hasn't touched on where to go to actually... write a program? This might even come off as trolling, but its just me being a complete beginner. What i mean by this is... what software do i get to write a program in Python, and how do i save it and execute it. Im not sure if any of that made sense because of how completely new all of this is to me, but i would appreciate some help.

    From what i could find, i understand that Python is a language used for back-end programming, which is the stuff that a consumer won't see. So... does that mean Python can't be used to make UI... if so, how do you incorporate Python into a UI, to actually make a program that doesn't have to run from a terminal.

    The conclusion I've come to is that you need to make a full program that would be shared over the internet would require knowing multiple languages, and then understanding how to put them together to make a program.

    Some of what I said may make very little sense, but please correct me on words i misused, concepts i dont understand, etc.

    Thanks so much

    tl;dr - codecademy is teaching me the language of python... not how to actually apply the language into writing a program, or even what writing a program entails... help?

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    I want to build stuff for web, iOS and Android. What language should I learn?

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 03:44 PM PDT

    I read that React Native is a good technology but I don't know if it's the best.

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    Finished my first side project, pushed to GitHub , feedback requested ?

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 07:26 AM PDT

    Hi,

    I just finished my first ever side project, which is a Job Application Tracker GUI app that helps the user keep track of their applications.

    As it is my ever project and something substancial I would like to know your thoughts about it.

    Check it out at :

    GitHub Link

    Thanks

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    Languages if you enjoy powershell

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 05:24 PM PDT

    I used to be a systems engineer and ive been wanting to move deeper into programming for a while. I always loved automating things in PowerShell and scripting in linux bash. One project ive been working on is a simple script to automate the process of deploying multiple wordpress installs on a single server with a reverse proxy for a development environment, so you can simply run the script, put in simple info like the project name and subdomain and a new site is created. I enjoy stuff like this but dont know the next steps down this path to make more robust applications. thanks!

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    Best way to learn Python

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 06:18 PM PDT

    Hey i am a complete newbie at programming ( just learned some basic syntax and loops of python )

    So my questions is that whats the best way to learn python online for free ?

    I have done express course in code.org And watched some youtube tutorials

    Thanks in advance

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    C#, why do I need to use parenthesis for this?

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 06:25 PM PDT

    int intSum = 0; foreach(object BoxedData in thisList) { if(BoxedData is int) { int num = (int)BoxedData; intSum+=num; } } Console.WriteLine(intSum);

    I'm trying to figure out why I need to use parenthesis in the if statement. My understanding of C# is it should be:

    int num = int BoxedData;

    NOT:

    int num = (int)BoxedData;

    When and where should I use these parenthesis and why?? Can someone explain to me why I need to use parenthesis in this situation? I truly wanna understand. Thank you!!

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    As a programmer whom you take as an idol and why?

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 03:58 PM PDT

    for me, it's GeoHot.

    I watched his twitch livestream and I wish i could like him for 11 hours straight!

    what about you?

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    I’m watching a video on how to make a player controller for unity 2d and the person says to use a float. Just want to know why

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 06:42 PM PDT

    He said to put

    public float speed;

    I didn't know what a float was so I googled it and it says a float is pretty much a double but for slower computers. Is this right?

    If so why did the person in the video use float instead of double? All I can think of is that he used it because if you're going to let other people download the game it's best to get in the habit of using float instead of double?

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    Best Java Books in 2019

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 06:01 PM PDT

    Source: https://programmerfriend.com/best-java-books-2019/

    • Introduction to Java Programming and Data Structures
    • Head First Java
    • Think Java
    • Clean Code
    • Pragmatic Programmer
    • Effective Java
    • Refactoring
    • Java Concurrency in Practice
    • Test Driven
    • Head First Design Patterns
    • Release It!
    • Kotlin in Action
    • Spring in Action
    • Spring Boot in Action
    • Cloud Native Java
    • Spring Microservices in Action
    • Learning Spring Boot 2.0

    Looking for input to extend the list a bit. Are you really missing a book there?

    Also feel free to share you experience with the ones already on the list.

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    Quick java question JFrame

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 11:57 PM PDT

    When I create a new JFrame, I set the color to dark gray. When I run the program the whole window is white.

    JFrame window = new JFrame(); window.setBackroundColor(Color.DARK_GREY); window.setVisible(true);

    I am running os x mojave and java 8

    Any input would be appreciated thank you

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    How to solve this problem.

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 08:10 PM PDT

    I have a LinkedList of server weights. Where each server has a weight in integer. I want to get the servers with maximum weights but two weights cannot be adjacent.

    For Example:

    [10,1,1,100] is the weights of server

    So my output will be [10,100]

    [10,20,3] is the weights of server

    So my output will be [20]

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    Fastest sorting algorithm for an array of 20 integers?

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 11:54 PM PDT

    Hey there,

    I have to sort an array of 20 integers in C# to put them in order.
    I'm aware of various sorting algorithms (Bubble sort, quick sort, merge-sort...) but for such a small array I'm not sure which would be the most efficient.
    How would I find out which is the most efficient algorithm to use in this case?

    Thanks :)

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    C file handling doubt

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 11:46 PM PDT

    The text file is :

    Vaibhav

    Snehil

    Amitanshu

    Divyansh

    Maduriya

    Ritwik

    Sahani

    ​

    The code is:

    #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> struct about { char me[10], fr1[10], fr2[10],fr3[10],fr4[10], fr5[10],fr6[10]; }; int main() { FILE * fp; fp = fopen("rough.txt", "r"); struct about myself; fgets(myself.me, 10, fp); fgets(myself.fr1, 10, fp); fgets(myself.fr2, 10, fp); fgets(myself.fr3, 10, fp); fgets(myself.fr4, 10, fp); fgets(myself.fr5, 10, fp); fgets(myself.fr6, 10, fp); fclose(fp); printf("%s %s %s %s %s %s %s", myself.me, myself.fr1, myself.fr2, myself.fr3, myself.fr4, myself.fr5, myself.fr6); return 0; }

    The output is:

    Vaibhav

    Snehil

    Amitanshu

    Divyansh

    Maduriya

    Ritwik

    DOUBT#1 : After the word 'Vaibhav', all other words are shifted to the right by 1 space. Why so?

    DOUBT#2: Why is the word 'Sahani' not printed?

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    I need to learn Scala for a new job...recommendations?

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 03:52 PM PDT

    Hi all,

    Just got a new job (yay) that was originally a senior front-end role. After some back and forth with the company, it was expanded to include a back-end project that largely uses Scala (which will be my first project).

    They've been really helpful in that they're setting up a lab to help me pick up Scala but it won't be ready for another week. I'd like to use my free time now to learn what I can.

    Any recommended reading, online courses, learning tools would be much appreciated! Also, any language quirks or common pitfalls I should be aware of going into this? Thanks.

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    Can anyone help? Trying to install a python script

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 11:24 PM PDT

    The script is to make a wordcloud from a reddit sub

    I am using Windows

    I have installed Python and Pip

    Python is added to path

    Python and pip both work when called from command line

    I have installed wordcloud using pip

    ​

    (from the readme), I got stuck at:

    Clone this repository to a directory of your choosing. Then create a virtual environment in which to install/run the third-party python libraries. This project requires python 3.x to be installed on the user's machine.

    ```

    virtualenv env1

    source env1/Scripts/activate

    ​

    I have tried entering these in the command line. They produce no result. Can anyone help?

    ​

    URL to github of the script and readme

    https://github.com/smith-gj/Reddit-PyCloud

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    Can these 2 SQL queries be condensed?

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 07:26 PM PDT

    ​

    // 2 step approach $val = select max(visitorId) from visits insert into visits(visitorId, url) values ($val + 1, google.com)

    It's worth noting above that visitId, NOT visitorId, is the primary key. It's not listed since it autoincrements. I don't have visitorId in a visitors table because it would be a single column table thus redundant.

    A one step approach might look something like below. I don't know the actual SQL, though, any corrections are appreciated

    // 1 step approach insert into visits(visitorId, url) values ((select max(visitorId) from visits), google.com)
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    Hybrid app

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 07:24 PM PDT

    What are the cons and pros of hybrid app and should I use it for my graduation project?. is it close to native ?

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    How to get better at online coding?

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 10:42 PM PDT

    So I am actually pretty comfortable with coding in various languages but for some reason I fail to perform in online coding competition and any exam which has an online compiler. While I can do those offline in codeblocks or some other IDE. Is there certain libraries that do or do not work in online compilers?

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    Can I get some advice?

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 10:37 PM PDT

    I am not new to the programming field as i have experience in many different languages. Two big ones are java and JavaScript.

    Recently though i have been wanting to make some 2d games that I have ideas for, but I am not sure how to start. The only thing I have done so far is to install Unity.

    Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

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    Is this a good programming textbook?

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 10:27 PM PDT

    My friend bought me "How to Design Programs: An Introduction to Programming and Computing, 2nd Edition" by Matthias Felleisen, Robert Bruce Findler, Matthew Flatt, and Shriram Krishnamurthi.

    It was released in 2000 which seems outdated but it goes over the "design process, presenting program design guidelines that show...how to analyze a problem statement, how to formulate concise goals,...make[ing] up examples,...outlin[ing] of solutions,...finish[ing] the program, and how to test it."

    Is this a good textbook to read or should I invest in another?

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    Where can i find projects to practice frontend?

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 10:13 PM PDT

    Hi everyone i was wondering if there was any website with a catalog or something of that kind where i can find examples of frontend projects to try to copy from scratch.

    So far i think i get html, css and javascript but it was mostly following tutorials and i wanna try to do my own projects but i cant really think of anything to do. I'd like to start practicing with landing pages and stuff like that but as i said i cant really think of anything.

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    Which is More Beneficial to Learn First - Web Dev or Data Science?

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 09:59 PM PDT

    I graduated from high school before the summer and now I'm thinking of getting into an area of software development. Both data science and web development look fun to me. Which one would be best for me to start out with? I want to focus at one thing at a time.

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