When I’m programming, I often run into problems I can’t solve. I’ve gotten pretty good at reading the documentation (at Bart’s insistence), and I read lots of forum discussions on sites like Stack Overflow where people help each other with their code, but it’s pretty common that I still can’t figure out how to fix […]
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GitHub Copilot for VSCode Might Make Coding Easier
As a beginner developer, I find it very difficult to recommend coding tools to others because I’m worried the more advanced programmers will make fun of me. They’ll say my opinion is wrong because I don’t have the right experience, or I’ll accidentally step into a religious war like saying vi is better than Emacs. […]
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I’m a Real Developer
When I started to learn to program from Bart Busschots in October of 2015 with Programming By Stealth, I didn’t really have the vision to understand what that would mean. I don’t think I expected really to be able to do the things I can do today. Caleb Fong tipped us off in our PBS […]
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Dumb Question – QR Code for WiFi Password from Lynda
I’m sure all of you out there listen all the way to the bitter end of the NosillaCast, just in case there’s something completely different at the end, right? Well, then I’m sure you remember when I did the shoutout asking for Dumb Questions, I mentioned that Lynda Gousha had sent in a bunch of […]
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I Have Made Fire – I Coded in Perl with Regex!
We’re entering chapter 3 of my quest to provide chapter markers in the podcast. The original request was from Joe LaGreca but since I’ve started talking about it on the show, people have been coming out of the woodwork saying, “Yes, please!” I have been working my little fingers and brain to the bone on […]
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CCATP #504 – Erica Peterson on Moms Can: CODE
Erica Peterson of Moms Can: CODE joins us this week to talk about her new startup designed to help mothers who code to connect and collaborate. We talk about her life as a mother of a five-year-old, while coding, while teaching high school biology, creating a startup and running a non-profit. The non-profit is called […]
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CCATP #493 Kelly Guimont on App Camp for Girls
This week our guest is Kelly Guimont. Kelly is a contributing editor to the Mac Observer and also a volunteer at App Camp for Girls, a program that introduces iOS programming to girls in grades 7-9. We talk about how a 3rd grade teacher asking her to crawl under a desk to plug in an […]
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NC #616 udoq, CodeRunner, Olly, CrashPlan, Wynd
Megan Morrone and Jason Howell from TWiT join me this week on Chit Chat Across the Pond to talk about their swap of iOS and Android. Our last three interviews from CES include the udoq Mobile Docking Station, Olly’s Robotic Personal Assistant, and the Wind Smart Air Purifier. I’ll tell you about my hunt for […]
Continue readingNC #585 CodeCademy JavaScript Training, Together Instead of Evernote, Mac App Store Rant
In this week’s episode I’ll tell you about an awesome free training site called CodeCademy where I’m supplementing my JavaScript training for Programming By Stealth. Then I’ll tell you about Together, an app from Reinvented Software that might be the Evernote alternative you’ve been looking for. Then I’ll go on a bit of a rant […]
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