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Girls Can Code - BBC
@AstonJ wrote: Haven't seen it yet, but thought I'd share here in case anyone is interested: www.bbc.co.uk Girls Can Code, Episode 1 Are the girls up to the challenge of inventing a start-up from...
View ArticleNotable frameworks in other languages
@AstonJ wrote: Wonder if we can compile a list of frameworks in other languages - and see if any of them are doing anything that warrants a closer look... Phoenix - Elixir Boss - Erlang Posts: 7...
View ArticleOSS University - FREE Computer Science Course
@AstonJ wrote: This actually looks really good: This is a solid path for those of you who want to complete a Computer Science course on your own time, for free, with courses from the best universities...
View ArticleSite scraping considerations/questions
@smotchkkiss wrote: This is probably a common problem, I just haven't looked for resources from people that have done this yet. I'm going to write a ruby web service that will scrape and keep up to...
View ArticleGetting started in Rust
@danielpclark wrote: I'm starting to learn Rust! This would make an excellent place to learn it! This is my first "program". All it does is take user input, matches all the integers via regex....
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Practice Code with Katas!
@danielpclark wrote: A fun way to practice code is with Code Wars. Available with many programming languages. You will also see answers people have given after you solve your kata and learn from them!...
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Mob Programming
@AstonJ wrote: Heard about this on the latest Elixir Fountain podcast - looks like good fun! MOB PROGRAMMINGAll the brilliant people working on the same thing, at the same time, in the same space, and...
View ArticleScraping
@veverkap wrote: Does anyone have a suggestion on ways to grab the actual rendered page programmatically? So, we have an internal page that loads text and assets via javascript and renders out into...
View ArticleDo you work better later at night?
@AstonJ wrote: Do you? And why do you think it is? I do, and I think it is because I know there is much less chance of being disturbed. Also, there is less ambient noise of traffic, voices outside,...
View ArticleWhy do you test?
@reggieb wrote: Like many programmers, I learnt to test the hard way. That is, I didn't test when I started coding, and my first big app grew into a monster that I grew to fear changing because I...
View ArticleTips to increase productivity?
@AstonJ wrote: Here's one - don't waste time on Twitter. I gave it and Eastenders (BritTV program) up, and managed to finish one of two projects. I won't be back on Twitter for a while lol (well,...
View ArticleFree copy of You Don't Know JS - Up & Going
@AstonJ wrote: Kyle Simpson's You Don't Know JS series aims to give you a complete understanding of JavaScript, including trickier parts of the language that even experienced JavaScript programmers...
View ArticleClojureScript
@AstonJ wrote: Notice we don't have a thread about it - anyone have any experience with it? Seems to be getting popular. It's been a very exciting year for ClojureScript. It's clear that things have...
View ArticleLanguage community hangouts
@treble37 wrote: Hi, With the proliferation of channels (IRC, slack, forums such as this one), I'm trying to figure out the best forums/communities for keeping up with specific tech communities. What...
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Your plans for 2016?
@AstonJ wrote: Happy New Year! What are your plans for 2016? I want to learn Elixir and Elm In non-programming related, I want to move - somewhere warm! Posts: 24 Participants: 6 Read full topic
View ArticleBest Programming Languages 2016
@AstonJ wrote: Which languages do you think are worth keeping an eye on for 2016? Best Front End Languages (/Frameworks)Best Back End Languages (/Frameworks)etc Posts: 4 Participants: 2 Read full topic
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Electron - Build cross platform desktop apps with web technologies
@AstonJ wrote: Continuing the discussion from Best Programming Languages 2016: Best Programming Languages 2016 Electron is a tool for building cross platform desktop apps using javascript and html. It...
View ArticleText Editor Tutorials
@AstonJ wrote: Just came across one and thought a thread might be handy for tuts on different editors.. Sublime Text: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpcSpRrAaOaqQMDlCzE_Y6IUUzaSfYocK Vim?...
View ArticleFront end dev - what do you use?
@AstonJ wrote: We have started to use Foundation at work (as we need something fairly mainstream for clients) but I am going to be looking in to Elm, Opal and a few SASS frameworks myself. What about...
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Learning Resources - what's out there?
@AstonJ wrote: I'm currently finding Udemy pretty good - I like how you can just buy what you want and some of their courses are very polished. Their iOS course has been bought over 100,000 times...
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