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Why You Should Learn To Code (And How To Actually Do It)

Why You Should Learn To Code (And How To Actually Do It)
In the Lost Interview with Steve Jobs, Apple’s co-founder said, “I think everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer because it teaches you how to think.” I like to think of coding as applied math and sciences because it teaches us an iterative approach to solving problems and testing out our ideas. While I don’t consider myself a coder, apart from HMTL/CSS I don’t code in my daily work, I did find that learning the basics of how to code on CodeAcademy has done wonders for improving my problem solving skills. Now that software is eating the world by automating all kinds of routine jobs, the basic knowledge of how lines of code create the digital worlds we explore every day is becoming a fundamental digital literacy. Coding isn’t particularly easy to learn but that’s exactly why it’s so valuable. Watch the video below to discover why coding is the new “superpower” that isn’t being taught in in 90% of schools. Fortunately, it has never been easier to learn how to code.

L'univers d'heroic fantasy du français Grosnez Quel plaisir de plonger dans un univers rempli de trolls, d’elfes, de gobelins, de dragons et autres créatures classiques d’heroic fantasy, revisité à la sauce « Grosnez ». Lorsqu’en plus, l’artiste est français, ça passe par la case Présentation du blog ! Les couleurs chatoyantes, les environnements et les créatures de chacun de ses digital paintings me donnent envie de plonger dans son univers d’heroic fantasy. Sa manière de gérer ses compositions et de guider le regard grâce à la lumière m’a conquis. Chaque illustration pourrait être une scène-clé issue d’un film ! Je ne demande qu’une chose : que sa galerie se remplisse d’autres très belles illustrations… un artiste à suivre de près! Page DeviantArt de Grosnez Voilà un article qui devrait faire plaisir à Bastien. Alors vous doutiez encore du talent qu’on trouve chez nous ? Auteur: Gaétan Weltzer, comme toujours en fait. Partagez l'article et l'amour qui s'en dégage ! 2inPartager0 Articles qui pourraient vous plaire

Object Oriented programming Concepts in C++ C++ and Object Oriented Programming Object Oriented programming is a programming style that is associated with the concept of OBJECTS, having datafields and related member functions. Objects are instances of classes and are used to interact amongst each other to create applications. Instance means, the object of class on which we are currently working. C++ can be said to be as C language with classes. C++ can be said to be as C language with classes. For Example : We consider human body as a class, we do have multiple objects of this class, with variable as color, hair etc. and methods as walking, speaking etc. Now, let us discuss some of the main features of object oriented programming which you will be using in C++. ObjectsClassesAbstractionEncapsulationInheritanceOverloadingException Handling Objects Objects are the basic unit of OOP. Class It is similar to structures in C language. Abstraction Encapsulation It can also be said data binding. Inheritance Polymorphism Overloading

36 Incredibly Amazing And Completely Unexplainable Events From Recorded Human History Found on r/AskReddit. 1. Sea people The identity of the Sea Peoples. Around 1200 BC civilization was progressing rapidly in the Eastern Mediterranean, with the Egyptians, Hittites, Greeks, and Minoans all having advanced cultures. Then suddenly a bunch of Bronze Age vikings appear out of no where and destroy everything, setting back civilization by 1000 years. 2. How about the Great Leap Forward? 3. I wish we knew more about the rise and fall of the Incas. 4. Linguistically, the Great Vowel shift. 5. 2000-year-old computer Antikythera Mechanism. 6. The Voynich manuscript is a pretty interesting one. 7. I submit the 12,000 year old city of Gobekli Tepe – Who built it? 8. The WOW Signal. 9. I don’t know about most amazing, but the Money Pit on Oak Island is pretty amazing.There are some YouTube videos on it, basically a pit that is man made that can’t be dug out. 10. This ancient city (Mohenjo-daro) with a load of skeletons and glazed rock as if a nuke had gone off. 11. Easter Island Heads.

Javascript : 10 plugins que vous devez connaître Pour vous aujourd'hui, 10 ressources javascript pour vous aider dans vos projets. Chosen est un plugin javascript ajoutant de nombreuses fonctionnalités aux selects, tout en les rendant beaucoup plus jolis. Disponible pour jQuery et prototype. TypedJS est un outil de test pour javascript. Fancybox est un très bon plugin de lightbox, peut être le meilleur sur le marché. Turnjs est un clone de l'effet de page tournée de ibook sur ios. Jcrop est un plugin jQuery permettant de cropper une image en JS. Comment faire une timeline simplement en JS? Ce plugin permet de transformer simplement des données json un joli diagramme de Gantt Vos clients trouvent wordpress trop complexe? Codemirror est un éditeur de texte en ligne avec coloration syntaxique.

The most popular 20 TED Talks, as of now UPDATED: To see all these talks at one click, check out our updated Playlist: The 20 Most Popular Talks of All Time. As 2013 draws to a close, TED is deeply humbled to have posted 1600+ talks, each representing an idea worth spreading. So which ideas have had the most widespread impact? Some fascinating things to notice on this list, if you’d like to compare and contrast it to the most popular talks in 2012, and to the list we shared back in 2011: Amy Cuddy, Susan Cain, David Blaine and Pamela Meyer are all newcomers to the list, with Cuddy’s talk storming to spot #5 thanks to you sharing it. But what really makes this list so incredible is the fact that it spans so many areas of interest, from education to happiness, statistics to creativity, tech demos to illusions.

The 5 Craziest Ways Famous Actors Got into Character Some people might think that acting is the easiest job in the world: You get millions of dollars just to read lines that someone else wrote, and at the end of the day you get to relax in a swimming pool filled with cocaine. And that might be true, if you're a really shitty actor. But if you want to get good at it? Well, you have to be a little crazy. Actually, probably more than a little ... #5. For the casual moviegoer, Tom Cruise's versatility as an actor ranges from cocky, attractive action hero in Mission: Impossible to cocky, attractive action hero in Top Gun, while some also remember him in his standout role as a cocky, attractive action hero in Minority Report. When he was cast as Vincent in Collateral, the only real villain of his career to date, he was determined to get it right. And all of them were on Oprah's couch. The Preparation: Ha, no. To help prepare himself for that anonymous killer mindset, Cruise decided to pull an Assassin's Creed and learn how to blend in. #4. #3.

Daily Geek Show | L'actualité geek 2.0 ! Des gadgets farfelus, des technologies hallucinantes, les découvertes de la science et un aperçu de notre futur. CS50x: Introduction to Computer Science CS50x is Harvard College's introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science and the art of programming for majors and non-majors alike, with or without prior programming experience. An entry-level course taught by David J. Malan, CS50x teaches students how to think algorithmically and solve problems efficiently. Topics include abstraction, algorithms, data structures, encapsulation, resource management, security, software engineering, and web development. Students who earn a satisfactory score on 9 problem sets (i.e., programming assignments) and a final project will receive a certificate from HarvardX. Simply Audit this Course Can't commit to all of the lectures, assignments, and tests? Try for a Certificate Participate in all of the course's activities and abide by the edX Honor Code. Earn a Verified Certificate of Achievement ($90 USD) Looking to test your mettle? Earn Harvard Credit ($2050 USD)

Game programming for beginners In these series of tutorials I will explain new java concepts of an intermediate level (threads, AWT, Swing, etc.) and basic concepts for game programming (game loop, FPS, sprite, etc). My idea is that these tutorials are useful both for those who want to program games, as for those who, with a basic or intermediate level in java, want to learn and improve java programming concepts in an entertaining way. Games in Java Until very recently, professional games have been developed in C or C++. I hope, with this series of tutorials, I can motivate you to step into the world of java programming and in particular into game programming. The game: Mini Tennis In this series of tutorials we will developed from scratch a version of one of the most famous games. This game is not meant to be the next most sold game but just a platform from which to teach and maybe inspire someone to be the next most succesful developer in the world ;) Index

Christopher Columbus was awful (but this other guy was not) Sources: All of the information in this essay came from A People's History of the United States, by Howard Zinn, and Lies My Teacher Told Me, by James W. Loewen, both of which uses primary sources such as eyewitness accounts, journal entries, and letters from Christopher Columbus himself. A very important note about Bartolomé de las Casas and the African slave trade This issue keeps coming up and, despite my footnotes, I keep seeing commentary about it so I'm going to address it here. I soon repented and judged myself guilty of ignorance. I know that the discovery of the New World means a lot of different things to a lot of different cultures. But please, oh please do not call it Columbus Day. Less than a year after the publication of this comic, Columbus Day was renamed to Indigenous People's Day in Seattle.

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