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Updated: September 26, 2018 Leave a Comment

Best Books for Learning Ruby on Rails

Ruby on Rails is a very popular and relatively young web framework that allows developers to spin up web apps extremely quickly. As a result, it’s become extremely popular with startups and the market for Rails developers has exploded over the last several years.

If you found your way here, you likely already know a bit about Rails and why you want to learn it. Before we go any further though, it’s worth quickly mentioning the difference between Ruby and Ruby on Rails for those unaware.

Ruby is a programming language first released in the mid-90’s that most people find to be extremely easy to learn and fun to code with. Ruby on Rails (sometimes just called Rails) is a web framework that is built upon Ruby that adds a lot of functionality for building a web app. It’s important to keep in mind these are two separate things.

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Updated: February 9, 2017 Leave a Comment

Best Programming Languages for Developing Video Games

Game development is tough compared to other programming tasks, mainly because it also involves game design along with the creation of graphics and high-resolution assets. Besides, you also need to keep in mind the performance of the game while developing these programs.

Too high resolution, and frame rate will drop, thus making gameplay frustrating for the end users. But if the resolution is too low, the users won’t be able to enjoy the game fully and it will look dated. It’s important to find a middle ground, and you must always keep in mind the target platform (Android, iOS, PC, etc) along with the genre to which your game belongs to.

An important question for all aspiring game developers is which programming language is the best for video game development? The answer is it depends on your goals and what platform you want to develop for.

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Updated: May 9, 2018 Leave a Comment

5 Tips for Computer Programming Beginners

Every beginner programmer has their misconceptions about what programming is or questions about how they can best succeed in their career.

We put together 5 tips that every beginner computer programmer should hear and understand to make their journey easier!

1. Programming is a tool

It’s important to understand that programming itself is a tool by which you solve a problem, not the solution in of itself.

The solution to a problem is an idea that comes from your own brain – your code is how you implement that idea. Remember that you need to come up with the solution first, and then find the best way to implement that solution through clean coding.

The more experience you get, the better you’ll be at translating what’s in your mind into code. We have a list of the best websites to learn programming that can help you sharpen your skills.

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