The tutor shares another find from his exploration of trees. Recently reading about the pacific yew, I came upon the term dioecious. Dioecious means that the male and female plants are separate; ie, that this tree might just have male …
The tutor offers a quick way to test the Python installation. If you’re running Linux, I’d guess Python is on-board. With Windows, Python likely needs to be installed. In either case, to test it, you can write a test script, …
The tutor starts about Python. I met the programming language Python about three years ago. It’s got the quick scriptiness of Perl, along with object-oriented capabilities. Furthermore, it’s applicable to small devices, like phones. Python’s got a great IDE: IDLE. …
The tutor discusses a trick of command-line Java. Programmers are trained to organize related files in coordinated folders. Older people – or Linux people – might prefer “directory” to “folder.” However you see it, a way to organize related files …
The tutor discusses a topic of current concern. Here on Canada’s west coast, we live in a rainforest. True, the rain comes mainly Oct. through April; the summer is often dry. However, our summers are not usually hot. We have …
The tutor explores a common topic among families. Lately, I’ve been driving the kids to their activities and my wife to and from work. While there’s rarely been a dull moment, I’ve arrived at the topic of fuel consumption and …
The tutor shares another word discovery from Boggle. My regular readers likely know we play Boggle with our kids. The other night, I claimed the word brent, thinking of North Sea brent, which is the output from those oil fields. …
The tutor continues with some points about Java classes. In my previous post I introduced a Java class called Pizza. Here are a few points that might come to mind to someone new to the topic: The class name is …
The tutor offers an illustration of a Java class. Java is an object-oriented programming language. To tackle a problem, the programmer creates a class, which is an entity that holds (possibly) some data as well as (possibly) one or more …
The tutor shares one of his recent finds. I was looking around for chess games to study, when I came upon chessgames.com. As its name implies, it’s a fantastic resource to students of chess. You can search the database by …