I'm hoping to find short (2 month-ish to 6 month-ish) full-time, in-person programs that teach practical computer programming skills (Ruby, Python, iOS, PHP, R, Matlab, etc.)
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posted by carolinaherrera
on Mar 4, 2013 -
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What is the quickest way I can obtain programming gigs from odesk/elance/etc?
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posted by RaDeuX
on Sep 23, 2012 -
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I am looking for guidance on migrating an application to the cloud, from both a practical perspective as well as a theoretical perspective for a project.
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posted by conrad101
on Sep 5, 2012 -
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I have done some java but I am still a novice programmer and would need to start from a beginner's level. Could anyone please give recommendations for suitable good books. I will also try the official python tutorial as well, but I don't find online resources on their own to be as good as having a book to supplement helpful online materials.
posted by conrad101
on Jun 27, 2012 -
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Is there an easy way to map numbers to words on a CUSTOM keypad- SORT OF like - but not exactly like - the way you map letters on phone keys to words... i.e. my phone number 638-9675 spells "network."
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posted by dyerfr
on Mar 30, 2011 -
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Updating to Firefox 4 broke my favorite Greasemonkey scripts! Is there any way to fix them?
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posted by Rhaomi
on Mar 23, 2011 -
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I want to turn off my work programming brain and turn on a game design programming brain as a hobby. What books should I read to start down this path?
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posted by ShootTheMoon
on Mar 7, 2011 -
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Programmers: know any good algorithms for picking colors, modifying colors or choosing colors that go well together? This is specifically for code.
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posted by grumblebee
on Feb 4, 2011 -
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How do I keep my sanity with a long overdue academic programming project? Especially with debugging?
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posted by Triton
on Oct 25, 2010 -
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Tumblr question: How can I set my tumblr page up so that people can only get to a post if they have the specific link for that post?
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posted by reenum
on Sep 27, 2010 -
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How do you go about when you look for a part-time entry-level software developer job?
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posted by RaDeuX
on Aug 31, 2010 -
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I'm lacking motivation to code outside of programming classes... I enjoy the classes a lot, but when it comes to coding outside of class, I get stuck on what I want to code or what kind of projects to contribute to.
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posted by RaDeuX
on Aug 19, 2010 -
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My programming tutorials look terrible on YouTube. I wouldn't care except that it's hard to read the code. This isn't just the way YouTube is. I am looking at other people's tutorials, and I can read their code. How do I encode/upload videos so that they look as good as possible?
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posted by grumblebee
on Jul 5, 2010 -
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De-constructing 'code': I am looking for philosophical (from W. Benjamin through to post-structuralism and beyond) examinations of 'code'. That both includes the assumptions contained in the word 'code' and any actual objects or subjects that code is connected to - including, but not limited to: computer programming, cyphers, linguistics, genetics etc.
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posted by 0bvious
on Feb 2, 2010 -
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OS X: I want to batch print all the files in a source-code library. They are actionscript files, which means they are text files that all end in a .as extension. The files are in a complex directory structure (one root folder but files in multiple subfolders), and there are non .as files that I don't want printed. When the files print, I need some kind of separator ( spaces, asterisks, new page...) between each file.
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posted by grumblebee
on Nov 18, 2009 -
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VBA programmers: is there any way to control the formatting of Outlook Contacts Body text?
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posted by IAmBroom
on Feb 2, 2009 -
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How do I load and then sort a really huge (94 MB) text file list of words? Perl runs out of memory trying to load all the lines-- before I have a chance to try to sort it.
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posted by kosmonaut
on Oct 8, 2008 -
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How do I make code LOOK beautiful? Occasionally, I see these snippets of code where everything looks very aligned and orderly, the variables all seem the same length, the functions are all neatly aligned.
My code on the other hand always looks rough and shoddy. What do the people with neat code do to make it look so neat?
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posted by markovich
on Jul 28, 2008 -
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I'm looking for some help with a math equation / algorithm I'm trying to create. I'm a programmer by trade and not very good at math so I'd like some help with this or perhaps a site where I could pay someone to come up with the equation I'm looking for. I considered rentacoder or elance however I'd be concerned if the companies there had the proper math knowledge. A lot of claims get made on those sites that turn out to be false.
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posted by JohnGL
on Jul 3, 2008 -
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Can you help me find a tutorial (or book) on the design and programming of a fantasy sports site? (My google-fu is failing me on this one)
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posted by vega
on Apr 25, 2008 -
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I'm planning on starting a database freelancing business. I understand a lot of people prefer Microsoft Access or FileMaker. With the current evolving trend of applications going on the web and add to that my somewhat good experience with PHP, HTML, Javascript and CSS I'm seeking a cross platform efficient application environment. This is why I believe Access and FileMaker are not an option, I'm also more experienced with high level languages than I am with Access or FileMaker.
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posted by mrbloo
on Mar 13, 2008 -
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I have reason to be concerned that source code I am turning in for programming projects at school might be being burgled for the professor's own purposes. I would like to protect my code some way. I am thinking this is a great place for DRM to actually be useful. Anyone have experience with this? What are my options?
posted by jxpx777
on Sep 30, 2007 -
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Javascript / Prototype problem: I've written a function that inserts new content in a div whenever you click on a link in that same div. It works, but with the added "feature" of scrolling to the top of the page after the new content has been added. I don't want it to do this. How do I stop it? Here's
the page. (Scroll down to see the link.)
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posted by grumblebee
on May 2, 2007 -
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Better to prototype an application and hire someone to port it, or learn C from the ground up and do it myself?
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posted by ndrw
on Jan 26, 2007 -
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How do I wish my programming-geek boyfriend "Happy Birthday" and tell him "I love you" using computing code?
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posted by divabat
on Jan 23, 2007 -
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How do I alter this piece of code to make the pop up window close automatically after exactly 37 seconds?
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posted by wsg
on Jun 23, 2006 -
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Programming/geometry: in a Flash program (you don't need to know Flash to answer this), I'm trying to place rectangular images at random positions on the screen. There are already images on the screen. I need to make sure that the new, randomly-placed images don't obscure the images already there.
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posted by grumblebee
on Sep 29, 2005 -
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I'm doing some research for a paper about the ways in which computer science has been coping with program complexity throughout its short yet interesting history, and I'm worrying I might have overlooked some fundamental developments.
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posted by koenie
on Aug 16, 2005 -
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Inspired by
this blog post about a particularly elegant single line of code, and thinking back to the golden-age brilliance of
Duff's Device, does anyone else have good examples of code beauty? Are there any blogs out there that are essentially a reverse
DailyWTF?
posted by Plutor
on Apr 5, 2005 -
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I want to learn to code. I used to be a good coder - in 6502 assembler and VAX Fortran in 1988. I know nothing of the architecture of modern computers (OOP? kernal? shell? how one set of code on work on Linux and Windows). I guess I should learn C++ - what's a good resource (book I guess) for learning, writing apps compiling etc on my Win XP machine, and finally getting jobs?
posted by Pericles
on Jan 29, 2005 -
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I'm a graphic designer who is looking to advance my actionscript skills in Flash. What is the best way for "non-coders" to learn more advanced coding? [+]
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posted by quadog
on Jan 20, 2005 -
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