"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? [more inside]
posted on Aug 5, 2008 - 30 answers
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? [more inside]
posted on May 21, 2008 - 22 answers
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. [more inside]
posted on Apr 23, 2008 - 19 answers
Help me think in terms of programming metaphors. [more inside]
posted on Jan 23, 2008 - 8 answers
In MATLAB, how do you represent moving objects not as points in 3d space but as spheres with a certain radius? [more inside]
posted on Oct 30, 2007 - 6 answers
Does anyone know of a way to create a line graph using html or javascript? [more inside]
posted on Jul 30, 2007 - 6 answers 
How can a 20-year old attend computer camp? [more inside]
posted on Apr 3, 2007 - 3 answers
I need help with creating Icons for Windows applications. [more inside]
posted on Feb 6, 2007 - 9 answers
What tech skills should I pick up to help in my job search after I graduate from college? [more inside]
posted on Jan 3, 2007 - 8 answers
Need a little help with javascript.. [more inside]
posted on Sep 29, 2006 - 8 answers
I want to learn to create simple Windows desktop applications for my own personal use. What programming language should I start learning? [more inside]
posted 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? [more inside]
posted on Jun 16, 2006 - 35 answers
What is the most useful computer/IT topic for an ordinary user to study ? [more inside]
posted on Jun 1, 2006 - 20 answers
Is it possible make a browser window go full screen? Not "fake full screen," but full-on, PowerPoint style full screen mode? [more inside]
posted 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? [more inside]
posted 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. [more inside]
posted on Dec 14, 2005 - 14 answers
Are Tetris clones legal?
posted on Nov 28, 2005 - 4 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. [more inside]
posted on Apr 27, 2005 - 3 answers
I need a free, easy-to-install program to analyze server logs. [more inside]
posted on Apr 4, 2005 - 7 answers
How can I become a unix super-geek?
posted on Feb 10, 2005 - 33 answers
Inspired by this thread on programming languages, I have a question on learning programming if you have no programming experience. (more)
posted on Jan 30, 2005 - 31 answers
I am taking a brain-painful networking class (hint: it's all about the routers, baby!) and the studying is intense. It's hard, but I'm holding my own. I see questions here on AskMe that bring really cool answers from lots of folks, with a lot of repeat answerers, which leads me to ask, How Did You Learn What You Know About Computers/the Internet? Was it in school? Did you apprentice with someone who had m4d sk1lz? Did you teach yourself? Other?
posted on Oct 11, 2004 - 18 answers
Perl, semaphores, linux, problems [mi]
posted on Oct 4, 2004 - 6 answers
IndependentContractorFilter: So I've landed a gig doing some contract programming, except we don't actually have a signed contract yet. Before I sink any more time (existing time being this afternoon) into it, and before I deliver anything, I want one, obviously. Does anyone know of any example programming contracts online I can crib from? All the obvious search words are so over-represented on the Web that my Google results are uselessly noisy.
posted on Aug 9, 2004 - 5 answers
I swore I wasn't gonna collect any more computer languages. Then I read up on HLA and installed it along with FASM, MASM32 and the really nice RadASM IDE -- and got pretty jazzed. Anyone have any experience and thoughts to share?
posted on Aug 6, 2004 - 6 answers
I'm learning JavaScript for a project, and having trouble sussing the DOM addresses of components of a page. I've played with FireFox's DOM Explorer, but while it shows the tree, it doesn't show the element addresses, nor can you print the tree out. Any suggestions?
posted on Jul 8, 2004 - 6 answers
So here's a delightfully geeky programming question for those in the know: I need to build a system, preferably in PHP, with a highly extensible plug-in system. And I don't know where to start, although I figure an OO-orientated approach might help. Any ideas?
posted on Apr 23, 2004 - 6 answers
Inside, I've posted a question about computer programming, regarding organizing class libraries and packages -- and also regarding good programming practices.
posted on Feb 4, 2004 - 7 answers
