[clue] Fun and Free Programming Classes

[ezedtheamerican at gmail.com]

hey great news on the search for valueable course material when it comes to 
learning object oriented programming.
I personally have been struggling with it for some time.
I found a good book called "learning javascript" and that is what I call the 
great news.
I haven't read the entirety of the book as I haven't had the need at this 
point, but the first few chapters help me understand what I needed to know so 
I just plowed forward with my script.
btw Larry the prototype code has been reduced from about 600 lines of code to 
about 30.
it must admit my first go at it was very sloppy but I am approaching a point 
where I will be able to copyright.
back to obeject oriented programming, spoecficically javascript.
I am using bluefish editor and it helps a great deal.
once I have a little more time on my hands I can start learning the built in 
functions of haXe and start tinkering with it again as I don't want to learn 
the nuances of 5 different languages if I don't have to.
so any ways I found the book at the local library, maybe there are better 
books I don't know but for my tax dollar I can't beat it.
ed.
On Monday, June 18, 2012 04:34:49 PM Larry Sawyer wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> 
> 
> On the programming subject several weeks ago, I inquired about some fun ways
> to learn a programming language. Many of you may already know, but I didn’t
> see the below option in any responses:
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> http://www.codecademy.com/
> 
>             Teaches Java Script (as well as several others
> (codecademy.com/learn <http://www.codecademy.com/learn> )) by walking you
> through creating a BlackJack game (Other tutorials are also available).
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> https://www.coursera.org/course/ml
> 
> Something I thought looked fun, a free Stanford Machine Learning class. Not
> sure how much coding is involved, but you get credits.
> 
> The professor’s class is also available on Youtube.com
> <http://www.youtube.com/>  by searching for “Machine Learning (Stanford)”.
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> 
> Best regards,
> 
> 
> 
> Larry Sawyer
> 
> IT Consultant
> 
> SCSDenver.com LLC
> 
> office: (303) 751-8000
> 
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