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by zachgalant 14y ago
I agree that simple coding exercises can be boring, which is why I'm making http://codehs.com I've been teaching at Stanford for the last 3 years for the intro classes, which are the most popular, most well liked classes at the school, so
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by zachgalant 14y ago
Part of the problem is that it's really hard for high schools to teach CS due to it being so expensive for them. It's expensive to hire qualified teachers and even harder to find them. I'm making http://codehs.com to make it easy for any
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by zachgalant 14y ago
I'm making http://codehs.com to teach beginners how to code. We're focusing on high schoolers and promoting good style and good practices. We have a mixture of an autograder for functionality and human grading for style. It's really impor
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by zachgalant 14y ago
Do a side project that will require you to write a lot of javascript. Try not to use libraries like bootstrap that do a lot for you. If you write a lot of js, you'll probably write messy js, but you'll understand how it can so easily get ou
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by zachgalant 14y ago
If you really want to learn game development on the web, you should check out http://codehs.com You learn how to make games that run in HTML5 Canvas using JavaScript, and there are custom libraries that make graphics and user interaction
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by zachgalant 14y ago
Totally agree. When people learn to code, it's important to teach them that code is written for other humans to read and understand. I'm making CodeHS ( http://codehs.com ) to teach beginners to code and stress coding style and code readabi
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by zachgalant 14y ago
Yeeah Nikil! Nice work!
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The Programming Language Doesn't Matter(blog.codehs.com)
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by zachgalant 14y ago
The programming language isn't really the important thing to learn. The important thing is learning how to think and how to break large problems into smaller ones. I really recommend against starting with C or assembly because they are hard
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by zachgalant 14y ago
If you want to really learn to code as a beginner, you should check out CodeHS ( http://codehs.com ). You get tutoring and help from real people, and the programs you write are actually really fun and interesting. The focus isn't really on
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by zachgalant 14y ago
If you're at all interested in starting an ed tech startup, you should apply. I'm in the current cohort, and it's a really great program. You get access to people who really know education as well as people who are really influential in the
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by zachgalant 14y ago
I don't agree with many of the points, but having taught a lot of beginners while loops, they are often very confusing to people. I usually end up explaining them like a repeat...until, which usually makes more sense to non-programmers.
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by zachgalant 14y ago
Awesome job guys. It looks really cool!
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Pulse Is Getting Ready To Make Money, Looks To Hire Its First Sales Executive(techcrunch.com)
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by zachgalant 15y ago
The program is amazing. I did it last year and had a blast. It's a great opportunity to run with an idea you have. The mentors are great people to know and are truly interested in helping you succeed. Also, the office is right next to a 24
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Mathematical Sculptures Made Out Of Office Supplies (huffingtonpost.com)
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Coupa Cafe: Where Startups Meet, Work And Test Products - Forbes(forbes.com)
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by zachgalant 15y ago
I'm pretty sure this is the only way: http://abstrusegoose.com/249
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by zachgalant 15y ago
http://openclassroom.stanford.edu/MainFolder/CoursePage.php?... This course is CS 161 at Stanford: Intro to Algorithms. It's got a lot of short videos, so you can pick which ones you wanna watch. Also, I took the class, the prof is really
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by zachgalant 15y ago
I'm working on a website called Raunk that crowdsources rankings of anything (including Science Fiction books) and allows you to view best of lists from different perspectives. It's also a great way to keep track of your favorites and compa
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by zachgalant 15y ago
the course materials for the ML class are available at http://see.stanford.edu -- it's CS 229
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by zachgalant 15y ago
There are a lot of Stanford CS classes available online. Here's a list of the best ones according to Stanford CS majors - http://raunk.com/list/669,682,1364,2394,2395?filter=4,5