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by jrheard 17y ago
Just like everything else, the decision's based on nothing but trade-offs. Here's my analysis. If you learn PHP: * You'll be able to see results running in your Web browser a lot quicker * Your knowledge will be really relevant if you're lo
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by jrheard 17y ago
Best of luck! Sounds like a pretty good idea, actually - I just grabbed the .pdf for the manuscript of the Python version of the book from http://greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkpython.html and sent it off to my Kindle for a rainy day.
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by jrheard 17y ago
Unfortunately, that does seem to be the case at this point, although if anyone has any good references for novices, I'd certainly love to see them. So far, the best I've ever seen the situation summed up has been in the top comment on http
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by jrheard 17y ago
That's a great blog - it's really interesting to see what the code-o-sphere looks like to a newcomer! I saw that you were having a little trouble dealing with some of the proper-noun Concepts thrown at you in Beginning Ruby, and that you we
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by jrheard 17y ago
You've got a good point! The post under discussion actually contains a slightly modified version of the email I sent to my friend. The original version had a paragraph toward the end that more specifically tried to show her a few ways that
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by jrheard 17y ago
I've never been able to successfully use Hackety Hack, as back when _why was still actively developing it and I was still on a Windows box, it would always insta-crash on my machine, but it's always sounded like a great idea, and I'm defini
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by jrheard 17y ago
Hopefully it works out pretty well - I haven't heard back from her about it yet what with school and all, but hopefully she'll have some questions in a week or so, and working through them would probably be really educational for both of us
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How to begin to teach yourself how to code, starting from scratch(jrheard.tumblr.com)
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by jrheard 17y ago
Agreed re: #1. Anyone who's taken an intro-level security course or had any experience with webdev can tell you that "unguessable" is beyond being an oxymoron - it's a running joke. There's no such thing as security through obscurity. Of co