In this installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots takes our understanding of functions to the next level. The techniques we encounter today would be considered advanced techniques in most other languages, and you could spend years developing in Java and never encounter an anonymous function. However, because of how JavaScript is integrated into HTML […]
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CCATP #440 – Programming by Stealth – 15 of x JavaScript Functions
In this week’s episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond, Bart Busschots is back with Programming By Stealth episode 15 of x where he’s going to teach us about JavaScript functions. he’ll twist our brains a bit with recursive functions but it’s a fun ride. And there’s even a challenge at the end! And as […]
Continue readingCCATP #438 – Programming by Stealth – 14 of x JavaScript Loops & Arrays
We’re back to Programming By Stealth with Bart Busschots where he explains how to create Arrays in Javascript and how to use “while” and “for” to create loops to access the information in Arrays. It’s a little bit of a propeller beanie episode but we powered through till I got it! And as always, here’s […]
Continue readingCCATP #434 – Programming by Stealth – 13 of x (JavaScript Conditionals)
In this week’s episode of the continuing series with Bart Busschots, he introduces the concept of conditionals. We’ll learn whether boogers is true or false, how Javascript handles text strings and numbers in comparisons (what’s bigger or smaller), how equality is really three different things, and we’ll learn about logical operators like AND, OR and […]
Continue readingCCATP #432 – Programming by Stealth – 12 of x (JavaScript Intro)
In this installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots dips our baby toe into Javascript. We learn the very basic building blocks, including how to make statements, how to make comments, three rules for variables, the difference between strings and numbers and what you can do with them, operators and concatenation. With the exception of […]
Continue readingCCATP #430 – Programming by Stealth – 11 of x (Tables)
Finally, after many months of making us wait, Bart has decided it’s time to look at tables on web pages. We’ll start by describing the HTML markup for tables, and then look at how to style them with CSS. Follow along with Bart’s full tutorial at pbs.bartificer.net/… mp3 download
Continue readingCCATP #428 Programming by Stealth – 10 of x (Yet More CSS)
If you want to know why there are pig faces in this image, check out the latest installment of Programming By Stealth from Bart Busschots. He takes me through four new CSS methods to style lists, he teaches me more CSS selectors, and then we get to play with pseudo-classes. It’s great fun and I […]
Continue readingCCATP #426 Bart Busschots Programming by Stealth – 9 of x (More CSS Positioning)
This week Bart introduces a visual tool he created just for us (well, for me) to help us really understand how the box model works in CSS. You can see his tool here: bartbusschots.ie/… and follow along with his detailed tutorial on More CSS Positioning here: pbs.bartificer.net/…. mp3 download
Continue readingNC #562 AppleCare, Robo 3D, Ember, MyScript Stylus, Belty, Urbanears, Hydrao
We get to listen to three more CES Interviews: Robo 3D Printers – a company with a social conscience, Ember Smart Mug to keep your liquids hot (or cold) and Hydrao Smart Shower Head that hopes to gamify your water usage. I mix into that an interesting story about how Dorothy almost lost $300 worth […]
Continue readingCCATP #424 Bart Busschots Programming By Stealth – 8 of x (CSS Positioning)
Buckle up everyone – in this Installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart will dig in deep on explaining how to position the blocks we’ve learned about before onto our web page using CSS. It’s a tough hill to climb but Bart stays patient with me till I THINK I’ve got it! You can find Bart’s […]
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