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Julia, a language for technical computing

Looks interesting. Once mastered, it might be an excellent language to use in programming competitions.

Code it online.

The Qt SDK includes the tools you need to build desktop, embedded and mobile applications with Qt from a single install. This is the recommended way to get started with Qt.

Google discusses the trends in CS education and the job market. I am interested in the revised CS AP pilot program they are running.

There was some discussion at the CEMC conference about coding guidelines. I found this excellent article about the topic of Reading Code and best practices. I plan to use this in my senior (ICS4U) course early to set the standards and probably a simplified version after a few months in ICS3U.

"No bug is too great when you've got someone to help you out. Cloud9 IDE now enables developers around the world to edit the same code and chat together in realtime. Your team and peers share in incredible productivity and higher quality code - no matter where they are. See what's new!"

A great beginners project for learning about the Arduino.

Capture all your important digital content (web pages, images, text, articles, email, bookmarks, etc.) and organize it in your personal cloud, accessible from anywhere.

Reminds me of the Net Snippets program I used to use. I wonder if it's using your Google Docs account to store the content. I wish they had more details on the website, and how much the premium account will cost. It would be nice to see an academic discount, or that they make it free for teachers & students.

It's about giving students Microsoft professional tools at no charge.

This document explains how to connect your Arduino board to the computer and upload your first sketch.

We're a women-run not-for-profit group working to empower everyone to feel comfortable learning beginner-friendly technical skills in a social, collaborative way.

Today we caught up with Andrei Alexandrescu for a "10 Question" interview. He is a Romanian born research engineer at Facebook living in the US, you can contact him on his website erdani.com or @incomputable.

We've all been there. The deadline is looming, everything is behind schedule, and you're in a rush to finish the FooBar module. You're puzzling over one last glitch. You know how to fix it, but it looks like it will take a minor redesign of the module... probably 4-5 hours of work. You just don't have that kind of time.

Can We Fix Computer Science Education in America?

Doug, thank you for the link to the article. I just spent a few days in Boston with CS Educators at the App Inventor Summit and the issues discussed in this article now make more sense to me. The CS Principles project (csprinciples.org) looks like a huge step in the right direction. It "could" become the foundation of introductory CS courses in high school (AP) and in post-secondary. They have run 2 years of pilot courses and it looks promising. The next generation AP exam will likely be language agnostic - designs will likely be expressed in pseudocode and the course really engages with students (not just programming).

"The Java Bridge is Java code equivalents for all the app inventor components. It is a high-level Android library for rapid development of apps."