Recent content by Chris_Lonardo

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    Learning Scala

    I've become a fan of the koans approach for learning the basics of new languages- basically, solve a bunch of little problems by making tests pass. Here are some for Scala- https://github.com/rubbish/scala-koans
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    Learning Python but Online course different than Book

    The Python 2.x -> 3.x transition has been going on for years, and is somewhat of a holy war. Both/either are fine to learn and use- 2.x is not going anywhere. Just pick one for now and try not to get mixed up.
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    Using PHP/MySQL to create Algebra Equations

    No database required here, this is pretty trivial to do on the front end with Javascript
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    Suggestions for someone new to programming

    Arduino. Start blinking some LEDs.
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    Buying an Ipad Air 2, have some questions

    I'm still rocking an old iPad 2 16gb, but I definitely couldn't see buying a new one with 16gb (and I really don't store any media on mine). I'm constantly running out of space. 16gb is nothing in 2015, unfortunately.
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    need help

    I decided to take a brief crack at it. Short answer: this is probably not worth getting running at this point. This application was apparently written 10 years ago- a lot has changed since. I made some changes to the SQL script (syntax has changed since 2005) and was able to get that up...
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    First website, looking for tips (wordpress)

    As Wolfofone mentioned, Envato Marketplace/ThemeForest has a lot of WordPress themes, starting very inexpensively and going up from there (depending on completeness). This is their top seller, which is very themeable and pretty extensive in scope...
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    C# - Rename if length over X

    Also take note- in what I posted, it would fail if two or more files share the first 8 letters of a file name - say she uploaded "stupidlyNamedFile.pdf" and "stupidlyNamedFile-FINAL.pdf". You'll probably want to put some sort of check in for situations like that,and rename accordingly- I leave...
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    C# - Rename if length over X

    Just threw this together. Seems to work fine. static void Renamer() { List<string> filePaths = Directory.GetFiles(@"c:\filetest\","*.pdf").ToList(); foreach (string origPath in filePaths) { string nameOnly =...
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    Fall 2015 Solid State Drive Technology Update @ [H]

    Thanks guys. Hoping to get a 950 Pro in soon.
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    Want to relearn C, what book?

    Dogs- I think that we're in agreement on a lot of this, but coming from different angles. To be effective with AngularJS (especially when building directives or fixing something you found from GitHub), you need to know enough jQuery to be dangerous- Angular has a dependency on jqLite (an...
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    Want to relearn C, what book?

    To actually get things done in the real world, jQuery is a fairly inescapable standard- at some point, you'll have to port or wrap a library that relies on it, because it's ubiquitous. To say that it's not fundamental in 2015 is pretty bold. As for the two-bit web devs- well, the people going...
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    Want to relearn C, what book?

    The money in JavaScript and mobile dev right now is out of control. Clearly, there's more of a need for these skills in the market.
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    Best SSDs currently?

    For a desktop, not really. The SATA drives will likely be cheaper because of the volume they ship in.
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    Want to relearn C, what book?

    There's a split among developers right now on things like algorithm & time/space complexity questions, and whether they're necessary. If you're applying for a job as a high frequency trader/quant developer, and will be depended on to produce extremely tight, performant code- this matters. If...
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