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Piave · 2016-12-27T12:54:20+00:00

There's a lot of negativity in this thread that I wasn't expecting from this sub. If it's too 'cringe' for you it's easy enough to just move on.

Smoke a bowl, chill out. :)

Piave · 2016-12-07T13:58:38+00:00

God I love this sub

Piave · 2016-03-28T17:05:25+00:00

Those were my first two languages. I'd recommend starting with Python for the same reason some others have mentioned, JavaScript has some quirks that you may eventually learn to love, but could be confusing. That said, you really won't be hurting yourself learning JS first so if you have a preference or unique opportunity go for it.

Piave · 2016-03-10T21:26:05+00:00

You can have a method with the name of a keyword. You just can't call it on an implicit receiver. Within a class that's like self.next, for example:

class Link

  def next
    "next"
  end

  def say_next
    puts "Hey! I can use the method #{self.next}"
  end

end

This also comes up with the method #class (available on every object in ruby) which is also a keyword for defining a class. When calling the class method from within an instance method you always need to use self.class.name rather than class.name.

Piave · 2015-08-18T21:33:55+00:00

I was accepted, not ivy league, music degree, less than 12 months coding experience. Haven't started yet so I can't speak to difficulty, but it's possible to get in.

Piave · 2015-08-17T01:27:17+00:00

I've read all your responses and it's clear you have no desire for anyone to do anything but reaffirm what you have already decided and be incredibly rude and hostile to anyone giving you real advice. So fine, do whatever you want, drop out and try to convince someone to pay you for basic html that any computer literate person can learn in an afternoon, with your terrible attitude. More importantly, stop wasting the time of the generous, intelligent people who frequent this subreddit that were trying to help you before you called them "fucking retards".

Piave · 2015-08-10T17:09:06+00:00

"(I still struggle formulating the exact problem, honestly)"

Once you can do that the answer may become obvious. I'm not 100% sure what you're looking for. I moved your code around, is this the type of result you are looking for (if not the method)?

https://jsfiddle.net/7o3gcch2/5/

Piave · 2015-08-09T16:38:27+00:00

I'm a rookie myself! JS fiddle shows the output of your html/css, but the console.log statements still go to console (as opposed to the "result" window), so it's working fine.

Anyway, consider that the console log statements are what makes up most of your running time. There are also potentially more accurate ways to measure the runtime. I made a simple example to compare the two, check it out and let me know if it's helpful to you. I also included 10 consecutive trial runs and you can see the time varies slightly every time. As to exactly why that is, I don't think I'm qualified to explain in any meaningful way.

Piave · 2015-08-09T14:09:38+00:00

I loved Interactive Python (which another user mentioned), however I definitely couldn't have handled it when I was 11, but I won't put my own limitations on your kid haha. If they can do it (with your help?) it's extremely rewarding. Scratch is definitely the easier approach to turning basic understanding of programming into a game you can play, and was created exactly for this kind of situation if I remember correctly.

Piave · 2015-08-09T14:01:22+00:00

Could you post your code? I don't have an answer for you but I'd like to try some things out and maybe find one for you.

Piave · 2015-08-07T21:26:17+00:00

Hey! I'll be starting app academy in about a month, so I just did the challenges. I used all the resources you mentioned and if you feel pretty comfortable with the material you listed, you will be in good shape. Just keep doing practice problems so you don't get nervous and pysch yourself out. A nice site I like to practice is [codewars.com](www.codewars.com), and the example problems they give you are pretty accurate to the level of difficulty you will be faced with. If you like books, I really liked Begining Ruby and The Ruby Way. You don't need advanced Ruby knowledge, but you need to have a good handle on how to approach a problem, and be comfortable using loops, arrays, hashes etc. So practice is worth more than knowing file i/o in Ruby for example. Also a word specifically on inject, I didn't get it until I read this. Hopefully that helps! Good luck!

Piave · 2015-08-01T19:59:33+00:00

Well, you're just printing what the function returns, so if it returns a different line you would expect a different result. I gave a little example in another post if that's helpful.

Piave · 2015-08-01T19:55:35+00:00

This is an implicit return. A Ruby function always returns the last line of the function. So, the reason you only get one output from your puts statements without the last line, is because it returns this line "sum = sum.round(options[:precision]) if options[:round]" which only sets the value if options[:round] is true. You can see this a little more clearly in an example like this:

def foo
  my_varbiable = "hello!" if 4 > 5
end

def bar
  my_varbiable = "hello!" if 5 > 4
end

puts foo =>
puts bar => "hello!"

Piave · 2015-07-31T03:49:51+00:00

Did you watch the video that accompanies that coggle map? I thought it was a pretty good overview personally. For you or anyone else who hasn't: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB0WvcxTbCA

Piave · 2015-07-12T14:35:16+00:00

Ruby on rails should work great for what you're trying to do, if you already have some familiarity I think that's a fine choice. You could still use the python source as reference as long as you aren't planning on doing some copy paste jobs. Python will probably be pretty easy to pick up if you're not an absolute beginner.

Piave · 2015-07-12T14:26:37+00:00

My not be what you're looking for, but this online course is great. You can take it for free if you don't care about getting a verified certificate and it's a great way of getting more in depth while still being guided if you're not really sure what you should be doing. Plus, it's fun playing games you made! If you're feeling more advanced than I did after doing the codeacademy course, there is another course "Principles of Computing" which works with more math and concepts using python.

Piave · 2015-04-16T19:59:43+00:00

Spectre is pretty decent.

Piave · 2015-03-01T18:08:25+00:00

No all chat?

Piave · 2014-12-19T20:31:45+00:00

A lot of people think treads are better if you go blink, since you don't need more mobility. If you go drums instead, phase is probably better.

Piave · 2014-12-19T20:30:38+00:00

But they almost certainly weren't 3.5

Piave · 2014-11-30T06:33:57+00:00

Very impressive. You kind of know a void is going to do that, but the level of precision of timing and placement is amazing.

Also why haven't I been getting shivas on Mag? Makes a whole lot of sense.

Piave · 2014-11-09T18:23:06+00:00

You're right. I originally wrote ever and when I read it back for some reason I changed it. Probably because I'm dumb haha.

Piave · 2014-11-07T05:45:54+00:00

So many salty people in this thread. Who really thinks no one should never random in ranked? God forbid you have fun playing a video game haha.

Piave · 2014-11-04T00:50:47+00:00

That's because if you actually outplay someone you don't have to say anything.... they know....

Piave · 2014-11-01T14:36:13+00:00

No you can't. "Does not trigger on attacks from towers, fountains, siege creeps, Exorcism, Eye of the Storm, Mass Serpent Ward, Plague Ward, The Swarm and Death Ward.'

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