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Part 2 of the SICP-RS Series The next coding exercise in Chapter 1 of Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs is Exercise 1.7: The good-enough? test used in computing square roots will not be very effective for finding the square roots of very small numbers. Also, in real computers,
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Part 1 of the SICP-RS Series The first coding exercise we come to in Chapter 1 of Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs is Exercise 1.3: Define a procedure that takes three numbers as arguments and returns the sum of the squares of the two larger numbers. [1] Step
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Welcome to a new series I'm calling "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - Rust Edition." You may be familiar with the very popular Computer Science textbook, "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" or "SICP" for short. So many people and websites
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An important part of learning Rust is figuring out how to use common collections like Vectors, Strings, and HashMaps. The next exercise in the Rust book [https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/second-edition/] calls for some averages: > Given a list of integers, use a vector and return the mean (average)
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Next up is my third program written in Rust. All the prompt said was: > Convert temperatures between Fahrenheit and Celsius. This could be simple functions to go back and forth between Celsius and Fahrenheit. But I wanted to try and challenge myself to do handle some user input and
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We're going to walk through another program prompt from the Rust Book [https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/second-edition/]: "Print the lyrics to the Christmas carol 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'." I know the topic is a few weeks late, but should hopefully still be
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I've started 2018 learning yet another programming language: Rust [https://www.rust-lang.org/]. I love learning new languages. They expose you to new ideas, paradigms, and (in the case of Rust) even new types of programs you can build. Rust pitches itself as: > ...a systems programming language
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Earlier this year, we began the process of using React in our AngularJS app. Luckily, rendering React components within Angular isn’t too hard. We use a component “bridge” based on the approach shared by the Small Improvements team [https://tech.small-improvements.com/2017/01/25/how-to-migrate-an-angularjs-1-app-to-react/] , which is working
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[https://benbrandt.github.io/elm-ports-presentation/] Last week I had the opportunity to speak at a local meetup here in Portland [http://www.meetup.com/portlandelm/events/234819191/] about my favorite new technology: Elm! Specifically how to use your Elm code in connection with other JavaScript code or libraries. If you
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cs50 pset 5 was all about data retrieval and memory management, so the challenge was to implement a searchable dictionary that could be used to quickly implement a spell checker on entire books (like the Bible or a Tolstoy novel). Whenever working with data, you're always making tradeoffs
Next up in my CS50 psets was a fun project working with files in C. First up was a challenge to find a hidden clue in a picture. You had to check the RGB values of each pixel in an image and remove the red pixels to reveal the person
I'm slowly catching up on write ups of my cs50 [https://cs50.harvard.edu/] psets, and next up is the next challenge from pset3, the Game of Fifteen [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15_puzzle]. It's fairly simple, it draws the current state of the board,
Since I spend most of my day building websites, I don't often get the chance to test my algorithm skills and figure out the most efficient sorting or searching methods. I usually reach for the generic one in whatever library I'm using, but as always, CS50
I know it's been awhile, I've been sidetracked with work and fell behind on my classwork, but better late than never! Here are my solutions to the second problem set for CS50: Initials.c This was a simple little program to take in a name as
I've been continuing my way through Harvard's CS50 course, and have begun programming in C! Again, since I've already had quite a bit of experience programming, I've been flying through the coursework, but I've been spending plenty of time in
I've been working through some more online classes recently, thanks to the awesome curriculum from the Open Source Society [https://github.com/open-source-society/computer-science], and am finally taking a class where I'm learning some C! Already I'm making cool parallels to other languages I
For past discussions, or to sign up for the next episode, visit benjaminbrandt.com/film-discussions [https://benjaminbrandt.com/film-discussions/] Riley, Josh, and Alishia joined me to revisit a film we all remembered fondly, but none had seen in awhile. We can all tell you the movie is still worth watching
For past discussions, or to sign up for the next episode, visit benjaminbrandt.com/film-discussions [https://benjaminbrandt.com/film-discussions/] Josh and I held down the fort this month for a discussion of Vertigo. We continue to explore the relation of Hitchcock's films to our movie-going experience, the difference
After many weeks, I've finally been able to finish my Intro to Relational Databases [https://www.udacity.com/course/intro-to-relational-databases--ud197] class! It certainly didn't help that we've been dealing with moving apartments the last few weeks, but this class also kicked my butt big
For past discussions, or to sign up for the next episode, visit benjaminbrandt.com/film-discussions [https://benjaminbrandt.com/film-discussions/] Josh and Irene (yes Irene finally made it back to the show!) joined me for our discussion of Rear Window, our first Hitchcock film. We had a great discussion on why
For past discussions, or to sign up for the next episode, visit benjaminbrandt.com/film-discussions [https://benjaminbrandt.com/film-discussions/] Josh and TJ joined me for our discussion of Birdman, and we had a great time talking about fame and trying to figure out why this movie was such a big
