I’ve tried to procedurally generate music from scratch a few times in other languages over the years, but since this is a “couch project” I spent a couple minutes searching for NPM libraries and settled on ScribbleTune.
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Public Properties vs Public Variables – Clean Code the Right Way
In Episode 55, Michael and I got into a conversation about public properties and public variables “looking” the same in C#. For those unfamiliar with the topic or maybe not clear on the difference, I put together a video showing exactly what they are, how they’re different, and why you would choose one over the other. If you have any comments, please do leave the below!
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Mini Code Adventure: Creating a Roguelike in Unity3d and C#
Doing something a wee bit different for this week’s Mini Code Adventure. This time we’re looking at a small Roguelike game I’ve been making in Unity3d. It took me a lot longer than 5 minutes to get this far, but I thought it might be interesting to show a longer “fun and interesting” project.
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Mini Code Adventure: Game of Life in JavaScript
Welcome to another Mini Code Adventure, an attempt to highlight fun programming projects that you can get started in minutes.
This week we’re starting with the maze code we wrote last time, and using the game-of-life-logic npm package to demonstrate Conway’s Game of Life.
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Mini Code Adventure: Generating Mazes with JavaScript
Welcome to another Mini Code Adventure, an attempt to highlight fun programming projects that you can get started in minutes.
This week, we’re looking at generating mazes with amaze, a simple nodejs package that lets us focus on the fun.
Now, lets make a maze! [Read more…]
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Mini Code Adventure: Mocking data with Markov Chains
Welcome to the second Mini Code Adventure, a series of blog posts and videos that highlight fun and exciting projects that you get running in just a few minutes.
For this project, we’re assuming you have NodeJs and Yeoman installed, and we assume you have a basic understanding of HTML and JavaScript.
Now, let’s get to playing with Markov Chains! [Read more…]
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Mini Code Adventure: Make A Website with Yeoman
Welcome to the first Mini Code Adventure, a new series of blog posts and videos that highlight fun and exciting projects that you get running in minutes.
We recommend you have a basic understanding of HTML, JavaScript and NodeJs to proceed. We also assume you already have NodeJS installed, so make sure you have it installed! Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, lets…
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Demystifying the Technical Interview through Practice
Like I mentioned in my post on Meetup and Codewars, I think the best way to prepare for a technical/whiteboard/programming interview is to practice. Sites like Codewars make this kind of practice easier than ever, but the pressure of having potential employers watching over your shoulder adds a whole other dimension.
Because of that, I wanted to experiment with “live coding” through practice problems, talking through my decisions as I went along. This ended up being more difficult than I had anticipated, even without the live audience.
Now that I’m wrapping up my little experiment, I wanted to share a few things that I learned along the way…
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Web Application Debugging Session in Google Chrome
In this video, Allen tracks down a bug in a web application that AndrewK provided from our Slack community – https://www.codingblocks.net/slack
He walks through the debugging process and drops a few little tips along the way that can provide a methodical / effective approach to finding and fixing bugs.
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Interview Practice – Fizz Buzz and Calculating with Functions
Joe is back with another code challenge and this one is on a well known favorite – Fizz Buzz. If you’re looking to sharpen your “live” coding skills, code katas are a great way to go.
Come sharpen your coding skills:
www.codewars.com/r/eVAbpw
Clan: Coding Blocks
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