I just finished the “Build a Meme Generator App” on CodeSchool.com. This was the final tutorial for the Android technology on the site. I definitely had a lot of fun with this one. The presentation is a little different, as instead of separate tutorials this is one hour long video with the Android instructors walking […]
Read more "CodeSchool: “Meme Generator App” Tutorial Review"This was a super fun tutorial! It was definitely more advanced than the beginner Android tutorial on CodeSchool.com, however, it covers a lot of topics in depth and uses great examples reiterated by coding challenges and quizzes. It covers activities, layouts, intents, persisting data through an API, and utilizing a SQLite database. You end up […]
Read more "CodeSchool: “Super Sweet Android Time” Tutorial Review"Recently, I stumbled upon a fun looking tutorial on scotch.io utilizing Vue.js. I have been working pretty consistently with vanilla JS and some React, and was interested in dabbling with vue. This tutorial was a great one for getting your feet wet and becoming more familiar with the framework. It was definitely geared toward a […]
Read more "Vue.js Tutorial"I just completed the Database courses on CodeSchool.com and have to say they were very enlightening. The courses include MongoDB, Try SQL, and the course I am reviewing here, The Sequel to SQL. I would definitely suggest taking the Try SQL course before this one, as it does get rather advanced pretty quickly. Inner Joins, […]
Read more "CodeSchool: “The Sequel to SQL” tutorial review"Recently, I completed CodeSchool.com “Try Android” course. It was four modules long and was quite an informative course. Even if you have no prior programming experience, this course is well laid out and provides help and insightful notes and guidance along the way to make sure you never feel lost. The challenges are great at […]
Read more "CodeSchool : “Try Android” tutorial review"One of the most important aspects of algorithms is how quickly they grow. The quicker the growth, the better. Here is a list of function types in order of their growth: Constant functions Logarithmic functions Linear functions Linearithmic functions Polynomial functions Exponential functions Big-O Notation is a way to describe the growth, complexity and performance […]
Read more "Function Growth and Big-O Notation"More to come! var doSearch = function(array, targetValue) { var min = 0; var max = array.length – 1; var guess; var i = 0; while(min <= max) { i = i++; guess = Math.floor((max + min) / 2); if (array[guess] === targetValue) { println(guess); println("Number of guesses " + i); return guess; } else […]
Read more "Binary Search"My focus right now is brushing up on algorithms. For some weird reason, Regis did not include algorithm courses in their graduate program. This is a crucial part of software engineering, so I am taking it upon myself to learn as much about algorithms as I can on my own. I am alternating between two […]
Read more "Algorithms"Hi there! My name is Krista Dotzenrod. I am a 27 year old programmer currently living and working in my homeland, Minneapolis, MN. It took me a while to get to this career path, so if you are interested in my story, continue reading. If not, cheers and thanks for stopping by! I pursued my […]
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