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    If this awesome grandma could learn to code at the age 81 of course you could do it too! learn programming

    If this awesome grandma could learn to code at the age 81 of course you could do it too! learn programming


    If this awesome grandma could learn to code at the age 81 of course you could do it too!

    Posted: 21 Sep 2020 03:32 AM PDT

    I've been struggling learning to code for months, I was so close to finally throw everything out and just find another skill to pursue, but I found this awesome video about this awesome grandma

    https://youtu.be/UFYJ2DE9wlM

    And after I watched that video, you know what? I don't want to give up now, hell, I won't give up ever, if a 81 years old grandma could do it, then what makes me unable to do it too?

    And for you fellow struggler like me, we can do it! Just push a little bit more, no skill is ever easy, but if we keep pushing ourselves and keep practicing, I bet that the end will be the sweetest fruit we'll ever tasted.

    "Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press On! has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race." - Calvin Coolidge

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    I heard back from a job after less than 4 hours, but I’m not sure how to answer their question. Help needed.

    Posted: 21 Sep 2020 07:11 PM PDT

    Yeah so I applied to a job and heard back almost immediately. They've asked me if I could send my education or relevant certifications. The thing is, I don't have any. I went to university for computer science for 3 years but after being in a car accident and being unable to afford my medical bills and tuition, I dropped out.

    Is that worth mentioning? How would I even phrase that "Hello Mr. Recruiter! You see I would love to send you my degree but I dropped out after being smooshed between two trucks, developing epilepsy as a result, and having thousands of dollars in medical bills I couldn't justify the extra $10k out of pocket for uni!" Hahhaha.

    I have no previous experience and I just started sending out applications today so I think maybe it's a good thing they want more info? But I am 1. unsure of what I should say and 2. how I should say it.....

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    Aight, so based on feedback from my channel, people want to learn how to code games in JavaScript, but without all of the JavaScript ecosystem bs. Here's a straight to the point, 2 hour course I made on how to get started coding your own games with vanilla JavaScript and canvas.

    Posted: 21 Sep 2020 11:55 AM PDT

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI9idPTT0c4

    Initially when I was making this game / tutorial, I was using webpack to load my assets. It wasn't until I got to loading in music and sound effects that webpack was starting to crap out on me and I was getting frustrated. I said fuck it, axed webpack and just decided to do the entire thing from scratch.

    I truly believe that this is one of the best game dev intros you can get—it utilizes vanilla js, and shows you how complex game concepts (enemy generation, collision detection, shooting projectiles) work from the inside out.

    Feel like shit with my last post only being related to another tutorial vid I did, but really think this will help some people out in a big way with how easy everything is presented.

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    Should I start with Linux? If yes, how?

    Posted: 21 Sep 2020 10:51 PM PDT

    Hi there, I'm about to get myself a new computer. My old computer was released when Windows 7 was the latest Windows version and it's running slower and slower every month. So I was thinking about changing to Linux, but I have absolutely no experience with Linux. So I wanted to know if I get a Linux. How do I start and get good with Linux? And which model would you recommend? Thanks in advance for any help:)

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    What's the most effective way of consuming follow along tutorials?

    Posted: 21 Sep 2020 01:36 PM PDT

    We all have to go though some 10+ hours courses to grasp the concept of new language, framework or other tools. I used to replicate exact thing the tutor does till the end of the video. And, also would make a note of everything. But lately, I have come up with a new way of consuming tutorials. Now, I don't replicate what the tutor does but make the summary of the entire concept. I then move to another tutorial and do the same. After making notes from at least two tutorials. I then create my own project utilizing all the things I learned and by adding my new things rather than copying the course.

    I think following exact steps of the video takes way longer and is usually not worth it. It's not the same for beginners though, it is better to follow every step when starting out with your first language. I would love to hear how other people go through long courses and also would want some suggestions and shortcuts.

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    How to build my own programming language?

    Posted: 21 Sep 2020 11:05 PM PDT

    I want to know what should I Learn to make a programming language of my own and where to start.I am reading programming books as much as I can and solving problems, expanding my knowledge.But I don't know where to start to or how to build my own programming language.If you have the answer please post it!!

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    Quality or Quantity?

    Posted: 21 Sep 2020 10:08 PM PDT

    I am practicing web development in my college and I am wondering whether should do several quick small projects or one well developed big project. So if I should do projects like calculator,calender etc. or a bigger one.

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    Would you recommend to take a course even if its a little old or should I avoid it?

    Posted: 21 Sep 2020 09:43 PM PDT

    I have zero knowledge in programming and I want to start learning. I found that with my university email I have access to some coursera courses for free and I found this one from Johns Hopkins University and it has very positive reviews, but when I started it I saw that its from 2015. Is it still worth it to take it or should I just look for a newer one?

    edit: grammar

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    Should I create a seperate collection for Oauth2.0 users?

    Posted: 21 Sep 2020 11:44 PM PDT

    I m making an educational website and I have 2 ways of authentication. One is via our own login system and other is Google OAuth2.0. I am not sure if should create another collection or use the same one which was for our login system. Thank you for your advise in advance

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    [Asking for Advice] After Automate Boring Stuff With Python course, what should I learn next?

    Posted: 21 Sep 2020 11:29 PM PDT

    If you've started on Python like me, what was the next step you took. Or regardless what would you recommend if you didnt? Sending best wishes to everyone on this subreddit

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    Best way to create a small desktop app for both Windows and Mac?

    Posted: 21 Sep 2020 10:48 PM PDT

    I can't make up my mind about what platform/language to use for it.

    I need to program a small desktop app, that would take me only a few hours in Visual Studio with C#, but the problem is that I also need it to run on Mac (I have 0 experience on Mac)

    How should I approach this?

    I've read something about Monodevelop and Xojo, but I don't really know.

    Is there a way to do it in Visual Studio for Windows, or should I try one of those 2?

    Thanks in advance.

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    Automate Data Update

    Posted: 21 Sep 2020 10:37 PM PDT

    Hi, I just started my internship recently and one of the task that I need to do is to write a program that will automatically update an excel sheet with new data (using the website's API) and store it in ms access which is linked to an SQL database. So far, all my code does is extract data from the API and store it in a json object. Now for the next step, I'm thinking of using pandas to read the json data and export to excel. Once I have it on excel, I'm planning on importing pyodbc to start a connection and insert these datas to a table. Am I on the right track or is there a better way of doing this ? Any suggestion would be be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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    How to perform a mysql join query to get matching values b/w 2 tables and then filter values that not exists in third table?

    Posted: 21 Sep 2020 10:16 PM PDT

    I have the question posted here in SO. Sorry if posting direct links is not allowed here. Need help on this issue.

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    Are any of these statements True?

    Posted: 21 Sep 2020 09:46 PM PDT

    This is an excerpt from a codding boot camp that I am taking and I'm trying to discern if it is actually worth the 13,000 that I am paying or if its just full of shit.

    I could use some opinions of people that actually work as web developers and a realistic picture of the most marketable languages and skill sets to know

    Thanks in advance to anyone that replies to this post

    What You DO Need to Succeed

    • A professional narrative** that showcases your strengths, skills, and passions.

    • An ability to showcase your previous skills** and how they add to your value as a technology professional.

    • A friendly demeanor**—people hire people they like!

    • An ability to talk about technology**, using technical language.

    • Practice, practice, practice**. The more interviews and networking events you attend, the more prepared you'll be for your next opportunity.

    What You Do NOT Need to Succeed

    • Code that looks "perfect."** Remember, no one's code is perfect! As long as it works as expected, you're golden!
    • Many companies will let you learn on the job, and they will appreciate the unique perspective and set of skills that you bring to the table.
    • Every skill listed in the job description.** Job descriptions can be misleading, especially if they are written by someone who is not familiar with technology (as they often are). Apply even if you're unsure whether you fit every requirement in the description. Use your cover letter to showcase your strengths, like your ability to learn quickly. (Your boot camp experience is a great example
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    Wrong Output

    Posted: 21 Sep 2020 08:58 PM PDT

    I was trying to find the index/indices of an element in array, but it is only showing the first index. I am not allowed use any other commands aside from the basics. I need help on how the other indices would show.

    example showing output:

    Enter array length: 7

    The array elements: 1 6 9 6 8 6 2

    Enter an element found in array: 6

    The index/ces of 6 is: 1

    expected output:

    Enter array length: 7

    The array elements: 1 6 9 6 8 6 2

    Enter an element found in array: 6

    The index/ces of 6 is: 1 3 5

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    Payment <> Create Order flow/sequencing

    Posted: 21 Sep 2020 08:48 PM PDT

    I'm planning a project that includes (attempting to, lol) sell something, and I'm trying to figure out the best course of action that minimises losses on my end and friction for the user re payment + production.

    Is it better to start production only after payment succeeds, or start production, wait for payment to succeed and if it fails, then cancel.

    "Production" here is another API call, and I can cancel it up to 3 minutes after I've placed it.

    Essentially, I could

    1. wait for the payment to confirm --> place the order (and on the low offchance that the order fails, I refund the user. This, imo, is not great for the user.)
    2. place the order, attempt the payment, and then if it fails, cancel the order (and hope the preceding took <3 min. This is slightly better UX since if the order placement fails for any reason, their card never gets charged+refunded.)

    I don't anticipate production orders failing really, more of a "just in case". Payment failures I imagine are semi-common enough to try and keep that situation simply handled, so I'm leaning towards #1. Thoughts?

    also, if anyone knows anything about having to charge sales tax in the us for such a project, lmk. saw it in the stripe docs and realised i never even thought about that soooo

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    How do I make a condition for "if n is 10 to the power of 1,2,3,4,..." in Python?

    Posted: 21 Sep 2020 08:33 PM PDT

    I'm playing around with log(10) but I can't get it right.

    I'm basically asking:

    if n is 10, 100, 1000, 10000, ...., print xyz.

    I made the mistake of thinking if n%10 == 0 at first. But now I can't get it right with the .log(10) function either.

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    How do I add Facebook comments to my React blog? Can anyone recommend me a good guide?

    Posted: 21 Sep 2020 08:31 PM PDT

    So I've been building a blog with PERN (Postgres instead of Mongo) and adding Disqus comments to my Blog Post component took all of 10-15 minutes with this guide:

    https://janosh.dev/blog/disqus-comments

    I'm building this blog for one of my first clients and also want to offer the option to have Facebook comments. I can't find a guide or package that can help me do this... when I google things like "add facebook comments to react blog", I keep finding resources that talk about creating a Facebook comments system from scratch. Can anyone recommend me a good guide?

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    How do Widgets Work?

    Posted: 21 Sep 2020 08:26 PM PDT

    If I wanted to create a widget that lets people interact with a section of my website, how exactly does it work? Does it just create an iframe for a specific html page? Or can I let the widget interact with a POST button on my website and return the generated link?

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    How to master data structures and algorithms?

    Posted: 21 Sep 2020 08:24 PM PDT

    I am a beginner Python programmer and I would like to master data structures and algorithms. I am having difficulty finding good resources to learn from. Should I learn them in general or learn them in Python's perspective? Which courses should I do and which books to read? How to learn algorithms for competitive programming? How can I improve my coding abilities and logical reasoning? There are a lot more questions but these are the most important ones for me. Even though I have researched a lot about them on Google, I couldn't find a clear cut answer so I want my Reddit family to help me.

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    Why do people recommend starting with C?

    Posted: 21 Sep 2020 09:48 AM PDT

    I started programming by learning C through a Reddit course and I'm not even sure why people recommend it. It's such a long and annoying process to accomplish basics things and there's a million ways to shoot yourself in the foot.

    Just seems overwhelming for someone to be trying to understand what the point of a preprocessor directive is meanwhile also thinking about passing by reference vs pass by value.

    I guess the benefit is that you appreciate all the features of modern languages handling garbage collection and being dynamically typed. And it's not C++ where there's dozens of keywords to remember, the CPP coding standard is over 1000 pages long and even Bjarne Stroustrup admits being so-so at mastering it.

    Besides when it comes to performance does it even matter? With modern processors and with things like Cython don't you have "good enough" performance?

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    [PYTHON] Attempting to learn functions in Python, can't seem to figure out how to make this program a reality

    Posted: 21 Sep 2020 07:47 AM PDT

    I'm making a beginner program that takes user inputs, and have challenged myself to learn functions to make this easier to recode in the future. I have an idea, but am not entirely sure how I can make it happen. The code below is essentially just an input field that takes a certain command from the user, if the command is not recognized then it gives an error. What I'm asking here is basically just how do I make this work? I know the code is wrong, I'm just not sure where to start. Any help would be highly appreciated!

     command_input = input("\nWhat would you like to do?: ") def commands(command_input): if command_input == "quit": print("Quitting program", end=""), for i in range(3): time.sleep(0.7) print(".", end="") print("Bye!", end="") stillShopping = False else: print("Command not recognized, please try again!") break 

    One thing worth mentioning is that this function is defined outside of a while loop (stillShopping = True)

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    Is there any point sitting down and learning HTML?

    Posted: 21 Sep 2020 08:09 PM PDT

    I don't mean in the sense that HTML isn't useful, obviously it's useful in web development, what I mean is whenever I try learning it I feel like I'm just being thrown a bunch of tags and forced to memorize them. It feels pointless cause it would be faster to search them up as I need them. Atleast other languages, like JavaScript and CSS even if you need to memorize them, there's a concept behind a lot of it that makes it more tangible. Am I wrong here?

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    Using third party websites to release paid apps -security risk?

    Posted: 21 Sep 2020 07:48 PM PDT

    Question,

    I am using thunkable to release a paid apps. I have NO coding experience (like really low coding experience). Someone told me its not a good idea to use third party websites to make apps and release it because of a security risk.

    What do you guys think?

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