Looping!

I have nearly finished the looping section of the course and with this in my arsenal I think its going to make coding more fun and easier to do. After the looping section there isn’t a whole lot left so I hope to complete the course pretty soon.

Almost Halfway Done JavaScript!

I have been learning JavaScript for quite some time now and I am nearing the fifty percent complete mark. What I have left to learn is finishing logic and if statements, debugging programs, looping, writing clean code, arrays, objects, object-orientated design, and becoming a better programmer, and then I have finished the Khan Academy course for how to program JavaScript! I have enjoyed it a lot so far and look forward to the completion of the course! Its going to be tons of fun to be able to program without a bunch of help and guidance!

More with JavaScript

I have been working with JavaScript on Khan Academy for roughly two weeks, and I’ve managed to get thirty percent of the way through the course. Right now I’m learning about functions, and I’ve already covered drawing, coloring, variables, animation, interactive programs, and text/strings.  This is a snip of code that I made. I had to make the moles pop up in the pre-existing holes.

Moving to JavaScript

Getting the required program to excel in C++ was taking to long to complete so I moved to learning JavaScript on Khan Academy. At this current point in time I am roughly fifteen percent of the way through the course. I think I have been moving at a pretty good pace so far, and believe I should finish the course pretty soon, and hopefully be able to learn another programming language by the end of the semester. When semester two starts I hope to have created a mini game in which I or my peers could play.

Here I have a code that animates two stars flying in opposite directions. it was a project I had to do on Khan Academy

Humans Need Not Apply

Humans need not apply was a viral web video on the topic of how technology is bound to eventually take over our economy, by replacing all of the human workers for a cheaper alternative. After watching the video I though to myself. “Wow, I’ve never had any reason to think about something like that, but now that I have, I realize that the possibility of something relative to this occurring is actually a lot higher than I would’ve guessed.

Working with C++

I started to learn C++ with a site/app called SoloLearn. I managed to get a little way in to the program when I met with an obstacle. In order to continue I need to download and IDE, Integrated Development Environment. Its the platform in which you type your code in, and without this I cannot continue in my pursuit to learn C++. So as I stand currently I am waiting for the tech guy to get an IDE downloaded to the school computer(s) or laptop(s).

Hopscotch

I was only able to use hopscotch for two days or so, but I found it to be a useful tool in grasping a better understanding of basic code. It was much more realistic seeming than some of the other apps and stuff we have used. But I wish I got to spend more time using it, though in the time I had I enjoyed it. I’m really looking forward to moving on to our different pathways and learning a real coding language

The Debate

For the debate, I was partnered with my friend Robert. Our topic was whether technology is beneficial to our teenage lives or not, and we were on the pro side. We went in to the debate fairly well prepared, but we could have done more research and gathered more information. And we as well should have had  scripts and a better rebuttal that wasn’t already prepared. But on a positive note, at the end of the debate me and Robert ended up swaying the audience to our side and getting all but roughly three votes. I didn’t mind doing the debate, it was actually kind of fun, but I felt that id rather be working on something that would better my coding skills, and just use class time in a more relative way to coding.

Work Habits Assessment

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Tickle

Tickle was an interesting app, it was used to control the little sumo bots. It was a slightly different format of coding, one that was more complex and difficult. I did encounter one problem with it though. I found that the turning command was inaccurate, and would over or under turn consistently. It was kind of frustrating but I feel like it would’ve been resolvable but I didn’t get a lot of time to mess around with it. Overall it was a cool experience and I think it should help in my future of coding.