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Category: Programming

  • Meet Grace Hopper, the Pioneering Computer Scientist Who Helped Invent COBOL and Build the Historic Mark I Computer (1906-1992) | Open Culture

    Technology, Rasmussen College lists six “Assumptions to Avoid” for women who want to enter the field of computer science. I couldn’t comment on whether these “assumptions” (alleged misconceptions like “the work environment is hostile to women”) are actually disproved by the commentary. Source: Meet Grace Hopper, the Pioneering Computer Scientist Who Helped Invent COBOL and…

  • When it comes to cloud-based PHP development, the sticking point is the debugger | ZDNet

    While there are cloud-based IDEs, doing PHP development in a cloud IDE is still far from turnkey. Source: When it comes to cloud-based PHP development, the sticking point is the debugger | ZDNet As this article points out, developing and especially debugging code with a cloud-based IDE still is not optimal. I was tempted to…

  • 21 Websites to Learn How to Code for Free Online | Java67

    Blog about Programming, Design, Java, Tutorial, Examples, Interview Questions, Java 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 features, multithreading, Linux, UNIX and tips. Source: 21 Websites to Learn How to Code for Free Online | Java67 There are a lot of great free resources to learn how to program and you don’t need expensive developer tools to…

  • The JavaScript Learning Landscape in 2018 | CSS-Tricks

    Raise your hand if this sounds like you: You’ve been in the tech industry for a number of years, you know HTML and CSS inside-and-out, and you make a good living. But, you have a little voice in the back of your head that keeps whispering, “It’s time for something new, for the next step…

  • Start a Blog in 6 Easy Steps – beard with a blog

    A personal blog is a great way to tell the world what only you can say.  Your thoughts might be similar to someone else’s thoughts, but only you can say them like you can. “Today you ar… Source: Start a Blog in 6 Easy Steps – beard with a blog Some great tips on starting a blog.…

  • Codeanywhere · Cross Platform Cloud IDE

    Codeanywhere is a complete toolset for web development. Enabling you to edit, collaborate and run your projects from any device. Source: Codeanywhere · Cross-Platform Cloud IDE For anyone looking to code while on the go, Codeanywhere is one of the best cloud-based IDEs around. You can try it for free, to see if it meets…

  • Programming in a “foreign” language

    [Update] Added a paragraph about Dash API documentation browser app. When I say foreign language, I’m not talking Spanish, German, Chinese, etc. but a programming language that you don’t use on a day-to-day basis. My “native” programming language is Cobol (COmmon Business Oriented Language).  I’ve been programming in it my entire professional career of over…

  • A Vision of Coding, Without Opening your Eyes – freeCodeCamp

    I’m a coder. I’m also blind. Blind as a bat, you might say. And I was born this way. When I mention this to my fellow human beings — the… Source: A Vision of Coding, Without Opening your Eyes – freeCodeCamp A good article by another blind programmer.

  • Banks should let ancient programming language COBOL die

    Huge part of the world’s financial transactions run through systems written in COBOL, banks need to prepare to make a switch to newer programming languages Source: Banks should let ancient programming language COBOL die Many companies are doing this already. They have a very pleasing website or GUI running on a PC and then that…

  • Universities finally realize that Java is a bad introductory programming language

    What’s this “public static void” crap? Source: Universities finally realize that Java is a bad introductory programming language An interesting development. I do agree somewhat that using JavaScript as a first programming language since you can use it without a compiler/interpreter installed on your computer, just a web browser. And despite the close names, Java and…