Here is my first coding project on Scratch. In the words of a girl I gave a love letter to, "it's a little cringe worthy!" I hope I become smarter and can rush back and bash out something better soon. But hey, here's to staying to the learning in public course. Check out my project.
Author: callum
Scratching my head with Scratch
Writing a little program on Scratch, the MIT beginners programming language. My program is obviously simple but getting used to some of the functions in a fun way. Wasn't enjoying learning programming today, but I set my timer for 1 hr and didn't stop until it rang. It helped. I felt better after 1/2 hr. … Continue reading Scratching my head with Scratch
License Plate Scanner
Flipping through my Flipboard subscriptions I found this article on how a man replicated an $86 million project in 57 lines of code! I remember years ago I got caught by this technology! Not fun memories but I know it worked great. I learnt my lesson. It's amazing you can make connections between technologies to … Continue reading License Plate Scanner
Scratch and Sandbox
Today, I have gone back to Week 0 of CS50. I need to do the Scratch exercise. Seems fun. Just having an input and then seeing the output is cool. Feeling a little like Seth Godin's book The Dip because Im feeling the urge to want to walk away and leave this for other people. … Continue reading Scratch and Sandbox
Errors in code
Photo by Sebastian Palomino on Pexels.com Learning C language or "clang" from Harvard X CS50. When mistakes, especially a lot of mistakes appear, look to the top of the code. Mistakes tend to cascade down. If your confused, the computer is probably more confused. Some C language commands I learnt include: \n = new line … Continue reading Errors in code
Computers need to be hand fed.
Computers, unlike humans need to be hand fed. Humans tend to absorb a lot of context of a situation or instruction, whereas computers, in their 0 and 1, OFF or ON language need a little more simplistic, step by step instruction. I learnt today that a while loop can use (true) in order to execute … Continue reading Computers need to be hand fed.
Binary
Signed up to the Harvard X CS50 introduction course. I love it. The base language of computers is 0 and 1 or ON or OFF. Basically because a computer needs electricity to run. So, a computer is either ON or OFF. A computer runs in bits. Bits are multiples of 2, so: 1, 2, 4, … Continue reading Binary
Freecodecamp instructions!!??
So, an object is an array but can store many properties. Properties can be accessed by a . dot notation or brackets [ ]. Do you always need “ “ in a string value? Hating this freecodecamp instructions. The examples and then the exercises seem a little disconnected. Using W3 School to just get simple … Continue reading Freecodecamp instructions!!??
Switch, Array, Object – Becoming Clearer
Trying to understand the switch function. I think I understand the basics but through further use should become clearer. var count = 2; function cc(card) { // Only change code below this line switch(card){ case 2: case 3: case 4: … Continue reading Switch, Array, Object – Becoming Clearer
Switch Statement?
Im not exactly sure how the switch statement goes. Even though Ive done the “freecodecamp” exercises, Im still confused as to why and how it is used? *Update Looked at W3 School to understand. Sometimes, although I love freecodecamp I need to look at other resources to understand simply.
