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 -
5 answers
When an interviewer asks an interviewee for a programming job to design an object-orientated elevator control system, what are they looking for in a good answer?
posted by Artw
on Jan 30, 2013 -
8 answers
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 -
9 answers
Is there a way to write a script that makes something happen
outside of MS Word as a result of an event that occurs
within Word?
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posted by lollusc
on Jan 23, 2012 -
6 answers
I'm good at programming computers. But I don't want to be a software developer. What can I do for a career and what should I be doing now to make it possible?
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posted by vogon_poet
on Jul 25, 2011 -
19 answers
Help me increase my technology/computer knowledge and resourcefulness so I may help others in my community get the most out of digital tools. Or: How do I apply the DIY/empowering/hackerly approach to computing in a way that benefits others?
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posted by elephantsvanish
on May 7, 2011 -
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I'm ready for a career change and I've always wanted to work in IT. What would you recommend?
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 16, 2010 -
12 answers
How do I make a PHP script run only once if certain conditions are met, without involving the users?
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posted by Electrius
on Oct 27, 2010 -
10 answers
Help me find a modifiable source file for creating a Madlibs-type game in Flash.
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posted by kmtiszen
on Jul 16, 2010 -
1 answer
I know next-to-nothing about computers. Or programming. I want to learn Python!
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posted by hepta
on Jun 20, 2010 -
29 answers
I work for a nonprofit organization and am moving to the IT department. I can choose my title, but I don't know what title accurately describes my work. Looking for suggestions!
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posted by thedotorg
on Jun 13, 2010 -
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Are there any computer games that teach programming to teenagers? My nephew just turned 13, and he's a budding techie/robotics whiz. I'd like to get him interested in programming, but he'll probably be interested only if there is some game involved. Any ideas?
posted by adverb
on May 30, 2010 -
18 answers
Looking for some resources for explaining a programming career to middle school kids.
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posted by tantivy
on Mar 17, 2010 -
8 answers
ADODB Gurus: Many to many relation, how can I simulate this using AdoDB for PHP?
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posted by gaby
on Feb 11, 2010 -
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How can I change my type of thought?
I am a computer programmer... career and hobby.
Just because I can look at a problem and conjure a procedural solution, it doesn't mean I can create a great website. I wanna be a web guy. Hope me.
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posted by Drasher
on Feb 10, 2010 -
36 answers
What kind of small toys or devices click when you rotate them forwards and backwards? Seeking mechanism or design...
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posted by pallen123
on Nov 21, 2009 -
13 answers
I am a soon-to-be high school senior interested in Java programming. I bought the Core Java Volume 1 book authored by Sun engineers. I believe I have unzipped, or decompressed, however it's said, the Library Source Code and Documentation using the command line. However, when I look at the folders using the GUI, the folder says it's still zipped. I'm a complete newbie at this who just recently learned about the existence of the command and read a little about how to use it on the internet. Can somebody help me?
posted by bookman117
on Aug 14, 2009 -
23 answers
Looking for a publicly available graph (vertices and edges) representation of San Francisco's streets. Also called a road network I believe.
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posted by christy
on Jun 22, 2009 -
6 answers
Stuck trying to install
Geant4 on my laptop. I get "Error 2", and warnings that multiple libraries are not in the expected locations (ordinary libraries like stdio.h). Are there any experienced installers out there who can kibbutz with me on this?
posted by IAmBroom
on Jun 8, 2009 -
4 answers
I have always been horrible at math, but somehow a great programmer. I have found that writing a computer program that demonstrates a certain mathematical concept enables me to better understand the concept. I'm a psych major and I brought this up once in the research lab I've been working in. My prof said he recalls that someone did research and/or created a system in which a student writes a computer program that is pertinent to a certain mathematical concept and upon completion is given the regular math problem (as it would appear in a math class). This enables the student to better understand the math problem, solve, and learn math. Has anyone heard of this or anything similar? A learning system such as this would be a blessing to my education.
Thanks.
posted by fightoplankton
on Apr 13, 2009 -
15 answers
Foreword: No ruby background aside from basic tutorials.
Here's the deal. I've tired the Agile Web Dev (2nd edition) book for rails, very out of date. I need to learn something. I want to learn ruby on Rails. I've gone through the Rails guide on creating a rails blog (
http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started_with_rails.html).
So, rather then buy it now (3rd edition of book as beta) or just wait, I want to get on the fast track to learn rails 2.2 (soon to be release 2.3) .
Basically I'm looking for a online resource super cheap or free that provides quality information relating to rails and ruby.
Help and suggestions welcome
posted by BoldStepDesign
on Feb 3, 2009 -
6 answers
I have a very repetitive task that I think might be a good candidate for scripting, but I'm not sure what "scripting" even involves except getting a lot of things done automatically. So how do I get started getting this thing done?
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posted by Willie0248
on Oct 29, 2008 -
8 answers
Anyone have experience moving from PHP to Spring/JSP? What approach made the change easiest for you?
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posted by secret.osha
on Oct 20, 2008 -
1 answer
"If you wait to teach them until college, it's almost always too late; adult brains generally can't form the deep structures necessary to learn real programming, only rote copy-paste code monkeying." [
article] Uhh... seriously?
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posted by Tubes
on Aug 5, 2008 -
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Best book for a beginner to learn C? I've never learned a programming language, but I'm hoping to learn C over the summer. My friend, a computer science student, is going to teach me as he learns it. We would like a textbook or reference book or work book of some kind. What would be a good choice?
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posted by asparagrass
on May 21, 2008 -
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I have a bachelor's in architecture but after a few years of work experience I have begun to feel that it may not be my bag. At work I find myself spending more time tweaking my computer and finding new tricks than actually drafting.
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posted by mockdeep
on Apr 23, 2008 -
19 answers
In MATLAB, how do you represent moving objects not as points in 3d space but as spheres with a certain radius?
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posted by kaozity
on Oct 30, 2007 -
6 answers
I want to learn to create simple Windows desktop applications for my own personal use. What programming language should I start learning?
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posted by LeeJay
on Jul 21, 2006 -
21 answers
What language/environment would be a good choice now for a 6-year old math whizz to learn the basics of programming?
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posted by unSane
on Jun 16, 2006 -
35 answers
Is it possible make a browser window go full screen? Not "fake full screen," but full-on, PowerPoint style full screen mode?
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posted by josh.ev9
on May 30, 2006 -
16 answers
When compiling gcc-3.4.4 on OS X 10.4.5 I get an error about an undefined symbol,
_fprintf$LDBLStub. How do I make this go away?
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posted by mto
on Mar 4, 2006 -
7 answers
I'm interested in learning how to program, I'm really interested in some of the cool new Web 2.0 apps that I have seen popping up recently and I would like to get under the hood and start trying some things out, mostly as just a hobby.
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posted by mhaw
on Dec 14, 2005 -
14 answers
I’ve been assigned to evaluate the feasibility of using
Lucene for our website, a large, high-use government site with rapidly-changing data.
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posted by MrMoonPie
on Apr 27, 2005 -
3 answers
