Webinar Replay: How to Make Video Games
The replay from our latest webinar on how to make video games is now available for viewing: Key points covered in the video: What skills are required to make a game, as well as recommended … Continue reading
Category Archives: learning
Guest Post: Fastest Ways to Become a Software Development Engineer in 2021
Today I am excited to share a guest post from Artur Meyster, CTO of Career Karma (YC W19), an online marketplace that matches career switchers with coding bootcamps. If you are looking for a new … Continue reading
Game Development Log: Adding Source Control in Visual Studio
Welcome to the second entry in my game development log for my game, Brain Bouncer. If you are interested in learning more about my development process, check out the previous entry. You can check out … Continue reading
New Online Course – Confident Programmer Success: How to Create a Computer Science Study Schedule
Are you taking a computer science course, studying for a programming certification, attending a code boot camp, or learning on your own? Do you need some help improving your exam and assignment grades and confidence? … Continue reading
Debugging Pitfall: Object Creation, Loops and Performance Optimization
As a computer science tutor, I usually tell my newer students not to worry too much about performance optimization, first focus on understanding what you’re doing and getting your program to work. That’s usually my … Continue reading
Debugging Tip: Pass by Value vs Pass by Reference
As a computer science tutor, and as a developer myself, I’ve often run across some interesting, and frustrating bugs. Fortunately, I can count myself as a pretty decent debugger, but sometimes I get some real … Continue reading
Learn How to Make Games in Java This Summer!
Aspiring game developers and Java programmers! If you’d like to learn game development with Java this summer, sign up for this educational game jam series! So how does this work? For three months (June, July, … Continue reading
New Ebook: Confident Programmer Debugging Guide
Debugging is a critical skill for software developers and programmers, but it is not often taught well in many computer science classes. This guide gets you started on your way to becoming a more effective … Continue reading
Why Is It So Hard to Program RPGs?
A lot of aspiring developers tell me that they want to program a JRPG-style game, with little to no programming experience. Within the past few months, I’ve had several potential students ask me about developing … Continue reading
First Steps: Developing a Text-Based JRPG in Java
What have I been up to lately? Making a Final Fantasy 6 – inspired game in Java! What a fun way to help you study programming! Of course, as I always tell my students, I … Continue reading