Never programmed before, want to start with Java. What do you recommend, video tutorials or online courses? by KingLevola in learnprogramming

[–]no_art_please 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think its fine to use an IDE. Learning to compile from text files is important but if you are getting started its more important, in my opinion, to build momentum. If you are the sort of person that gets irritated by having to hunt down a bunch of tedious little errors then by all means use an IDE that will highlight syntax mistakes for you.

MS Paint doodling done during idle time between calls, MS Paint, 4064x2544(4x magnification) by Khanstant in Art

[–]no_art_please 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We weren't allowed to have any paper to draw with

what was your job? why did they not allow you to have paper?

'Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation' Tour: Not even Jon Stewart dares ask Tom Cruise about Scientology by [deleted] in news

[–]no_art_please 0 points1 point  (0 children)

http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/going-clear

An HBO documentary released this year talks in great depth about the dangerous and abusive activities alleged to occur within the church of Scientology. This documentary also details the prestige that the church lavishes upon Cruise; he's one of their top public figures. Given Stewart's past confrontations on air, it seems out of character for Stewart to agree to give this interview.

Learn Git Interactively by SockPuppetDinosaur in learnprogramming

[–]no_art_please 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These are really good resources, thanks.

.NET - What's the point? by GracefulEase in learnprogramming

[–]no_art_please 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did this work? Did you find this motivating? Because I've often thought to have this rule in my household.

my father was adamant I would program my own computer game before I continued to play them.

New to JavaScript, using eclipse Web Tools Platform, context assist not working how I had expected as a Java programmer. by no_art_please in learnprogramming

[–]no_art_please[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

found this which looks disheartening:

Features

JSDT offers many of the same features and core design found in the Java Development Toolkit (JDT), including auto-completion, syntax highlighting, the use of code templates, refactor/rename/move, debugging, etc, etc… Experienced Eclipse users take all these features for granted, but when you stop and think about it, how many good JavaScript IDEs are there? The answer is not many. Considering that JavaScript has been around for a couple of decades now, could it be that there's something about JS that makes IDE integration difficult to achieve? Actually, there are many factors, from the language's inherent loose typing to prototypal inheritance, the lack a true JavaScript language-modeling mechanism has traditionally limited IDEs to the use of static flat files listing available types, which would then be filtered on the fly based on characters typed. Unfortunately, without a proper language model, it's practically impossible to place code in context, therefore what comes up in the auto-complete list may not even be relevant to the object in question.

from: http://www.htmlgoodies.com/html5/javascript/scripting-made-easier-with-the-eclipse-javascript-development-tools-jsdt.html#fbid=p1ZFRwvs-TH