28 August 2013

Start Coding JavaScript Right Now With These 5 Great Free Resources



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“Love – love is a verb, love is a doing word,” or so the song goes. And actually, the same can be said about JavaScript: this sizzling-hot programming language is a doing language. If you think JavaScript is interesting, you need to do JavaScript – not just read about it. Getting started is much easier than you might expect, and costs nothing. I tracked down three choice resources for learning JavaScript that are all about getting you to do something with the language, rather than just read or watch videos. For Taking a Guided Tour: Codeacademy’s JavaScript Track Assuming you...


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Start Coding JavaScript Right Now With These 5 Great Free Resources



javascript

“Love – love is a verb, love is a doing word,” or so the song goes. And actually, the same can be said about JavaScript: this sizzling-hot programming language is a doing language. If you think JavaScript is interesting, you need to do JavaScript – not just read about it. Getting started is much easier than you might expect, and costs nothing. I tracked down three choice resources for learning JavaScript that are all about getting you to do something with the language, rather than just read or watch videos. For Taking a Guided Tour: Codeacademy’s JavaScript Track Assuming you...


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Tiny Core Linux Is Your Smallest Choice For An Operating System



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Linux’s capacity for configuration is exceptional — while it’s pretty known that you can configure it to however you like (such as with SUSE Studio), that capacity isn’t limited to just the selection of used software (ranging everywhere from the graphics stack to the desktop environment to the office suite). In fact, one of the great benefits of Linux’s flexible nature is that you can put the software on any computer imaginable, from high-powered supercomputers to netbooks to embedded systems such as aircraft entertainment systems. In order to get Linux on such low-powered systems, the software needs to be as...


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Technophila 78 Live From MakeUseOf



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This week: Retirement, retirement, retirement, retirement! We offer an in-depth look at the career of one Steven Balmer. And by that I mean tell some chair jokes. Syria’s electronic army continues using the tactics of bored sixteen year olds to make some sort of point. And we browse the bargain bin of startups in an attempt to find the next big thing. Dave: we found one that’s perfect for you. Tech News Ding dong, the witch is dead. Steve Ballmer to retire within next year! A retrospective, nine years later: did Balmer #&*@ing kill Google? We break down the evidence....


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How To Convert Videos Using VLC Media Player



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VLC media player is probably the best video player out there for Windows, or at least one of the best. VLC’s simple user interface, great number of features, support for almost all video formats, and high performance easily make it the best video player. Most of Windows users use VLC for watching videos and aren’t […]

11 Quick Tricks To Become A Chrome Omnibox Power User



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Do you want to become an Omnibox power user and save plenty of time and keystrokes? All you need are a few good extensions and a little knowledge of how to tweak the search settings. The Omnibox in Google Chrome is useful for more than just searching with Google or visiting a link quickly. Omni literally means ‘universal’ and the Omnibox can be used for almost every task on the Web or otherwise, be it searching a site, setting a timer or sending a tweet. The latest version of Chrome, in fact, made it a point to improve the search...


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