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For those not yet using git
20 May 2015
Whether you’re yet to use the world’s favourite new version control system in earnest or not, be under no illusions…
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Yo dawg, I heard you like functions
13 May 2015
It’s hopefully old news to you all but the free lunch is over (NB this article is 10 years old).…
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Fantasy Football Team Selector 2014-15
3 Aug 2014
It’s that time of year again to update the data in my English Premier League, Fantasy Football Team Selector spreadsheet.…
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Converting XML to JSON
12 Jul 2014
XML and JSON are the two most common generic standards for passing representation state information in web APIs. So when…
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Before you learn to program
30 Apr 2014
How should you begin to learn programming? What language should you pick? What are the long term, safe bets you…
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Death By A Million Cuts
23 Mar 2014
Individuals within the software development community are in one of two states. One believes that there is a deep rooted…
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Confusing Christmas with Halloween
28 Feb 2014
Understanding how computers work is essential in allowing us to use them as tools. We therefore need to translate some…
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How Not To Do a Hackathon
15 Jan 2014
I’m a strong believer in learning by doing. I don’t think it’s necessarily the best way to learn because you…
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The 10 Types of People
28 Dec 2013
We’ve now established that knowing the base of a number system is crucial to counting, and that computers exclusively use…
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Counting Like A Computer
30 Nov 2013
The journey of learning about Computer Science will start by revisiting a simple lesson first encountered by most as a…