Month: January 2014

TouchDevelop

TouchDevelop makes learning programming exciting! You can write code directly on any device and you can directly use sensors and media via high-level APIs. It’s easy to create games and apps, publish them or tweak those published by others. You write code in our touch-friendly editor where you compose programs by tapping on your screen, yet concepts you learn transfer to traditional languages such as Java or C#. TouchDevelop embraces the “Bring Your Own Device” revolution by providing a unified programming environment everywhere.

via TouchDevelop.

10 Programming Languages You Should Learn in 2014

by Rebecca Hiscott, Jan 21, 2014

The tech sector is booming. If you’ve used a smartphone or logged on to a computer at least once in the last few years, you’ve probably noticed this.

As a result, coding skills are in high demand, with programming jobs paying significantly more than the average position. Even beyond the tech world, an understanding of at least one programming language makes an impressive addition to any resumé.

via 10 Programming Languages You Should Learn in 2014.

The Sound of Sorting – “Audibilization” and Visualization of Sorting Algorithms – panthema.net

by Timo Bingmann at Permlink.

Sorting algorithms are an essential chapter in undergraduate computer science education. Due to their easy to explain nature and fairly straight-forward analysis, this set of algorithms offers a convenient introduction to the methods and techniques of theoretical computer science and algorithm analysis.

This web page presents my own demo program for sortings algorithms, called “The Sound of Sorting”, which both visualizes the algorithms internals and their operations, and generates sound effects from the values being compared. See below for YouTube videos created with the demo.

The demo is implemented using the cross-platform toolkits wxWidgets and SDL, can be executed on Windows, Linux and Mac, and runs in real time.

continue reading  The Sound of Sorting – “Audibilization” and Visualization of Sorting Algorithms – panthema.net.

My BIG List of iPad Coding Apps for Kids! | Jonathan Wylie | Education Technology Consultant

December 9-15, 2013 is Computer Science Education Week, and this year their big push is to get coding incorporated into school curriculums everywhere. There are lots of reasons why kids should be coding, but none more than the fact that there are more resources than ever to help students and teachers get started, regardless of their previous experiences with computer programming. So, in honor of the #HourOfCode project, here is my BIG list of iPad coding apps for kids. There is something here for students of all ages.

via My BIG List of iPad Coding Apps for Kids! | Jonathan Wylie | Education Technology Consultant.