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Teaching new skills, programming languages, frameworks, ways to get in the zone, remembering, and generally improving other's skills. Closely related to learning.
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Teaching Classes and Objects
I'm trying to teach how an object is just an instance of a class to a buddy of mine. However, he doesn't seem to understand it so well.
I've heard a ton of the examples (blueprint to a house, etc.) ...
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10answers
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How to correct a junior, but encourage him to think for himself? [closed]
I am the lead of a small team where everyone has less than a year of software development experience. I wouldn't by any means call myself a software guru, but I have learned a few things in the few ...
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1answer
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What critical iPhone programming (methods/skills/languages/etc) would you teach to new teenage programmers? [closed]
Alaskan high schools are looking to teach iPhone programming skills to their students.
Where would you start?
More specifically:
What languages would you teach, first, second, third? Would you ...
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8answers
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What are some games involving recursion?
I need to introduce a group of 5-15 people to recursion and I would like to do so by using a physical game/dance/activity they can play to get a feeling for recursion. The class is not so much focused ...
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2answers
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What should smart 10 year olds be taught about computing and programming? [closed]
The current school ICT curriculum in the UK, in my opinion is very poor and does not contain much content on computing and programming, and is mainly concerned with how to use MS Office and other ...
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What are some techniques to teach programmers design patterns?
I'm in a position where my developers are asking to learn design patterns. So far we have done a book club reading Heads First Design Patterns. During this we worked through examples and talked about ...
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0answers
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How can I convince my boss that we should teach C# and not VB.NET? [closed]
I am a lecturer and my boss wants to add a new module which is VB.NET and I would like to convince him that C# is better option, what should I tell him?
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A free game-development language?
So, I'm trying to teach my much younger cousin a little bit about programming. My initial thought was something like Scratch or Alice, but there were a few downsides to that.
Everyone seems to be ...
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1answer
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Eclipse teaching: on new projects, which mode: debug or release?
I'm asked to teach to my students Eclipse.
The lectures are already done, and I see that the teacher asks the students to always start a new project in "Release" mode.
Is that normal? If "yes", or ...
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9answers
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Is it sensible to teach programming with a language I don't know myself (yet)?
I have a friend who has asked me to teach him how to program.
I was thinking that using a language that I do not know could be beneficial because:
I will learn something new too.
That will make me ...
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8answers
521 views
Why is Python recommended as an entry point programming language?
I've read here on P.SE more questions in which beginner programmers are advised to pick Python as their first programming language.
Don't get me wrong, I like Python. I like it a lot! But it's ...
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7answers
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Finding a Programming “Mentor” [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to find programming mentor?
I've been programming for about a year. I've read several books, have tried out several languages (Perl, Ruby, Python, C++, .NET, HTML, ...
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32answers
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How can I deal with the cargo-cult programming attitude?
I have some computer science students in a compulsory introductory programming course who see a programming language as a set of magic spells, which must be cast in order to achieve some effect ...
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0answers
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45 minutes to talk about C# [closed]
I have the opportunity to give a 45 minute talk on C# in the theory of programming languages class I'm taking. The college teaches Java almost exclusively, so that's what all the students are most ...
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2answers
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What should be changed in the system used to teach IT in my school? [closed]
I am a student at an Italian "technical institute" where we're taught industrial subjects, with a degree of flexibility over the topics covered in class.
Our school is a mix between college and high ...
