Tag Archives: coding

Webinar Replay: How to Make Video Games

  By admin | March 29, 2021 - 3:00 pm | blog, learning, study skills, tutorial

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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 →

Guest Post: Fastest Ways to Become a Software Development Engineer in 2021

  By admin | January 25, 2021 - 4:42 am | blog, career, learning

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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

  By admin | November 21, 2020 - 12:15 am | blog, learning, tutorial

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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 →

Getting Started with the MonoGame Project: Setting Up a Shared Project

  By admin | March 29, 2020 - 7:45 pm | blog, news, tutorial

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I mentioned last fall that I would be migrating Brain Bouncer to MonoGame, and that I would be posting updates on my process.  I know I haven’t been good about updating, so I have a … Continue reading →

New Online Course – Confident Programmer Success: How to Create a Computer Science Study Schedule

  By admin | January 15, 2020 - 5:28 pm | learning, news, study skills

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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

  By admin | September 18, 2018 - 1:18 pm | blog, learning

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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

  By admin | September 17, 2018 - 5:06 pm | blog, learning

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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!

  By admin | June 6, 2018 - 6:41 pm | blog, learning, news

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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

  By admin | May 18, 2018 - 11:16 am | learning, study skills

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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?

  By admin | February 22, 2018 - 6:47 pm | blog, learning, study skills

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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 →