Friday, 18 May 2018

A review of Solo Learn.

While websites like youtube are very popular to learn to programme, they lack to constructively interact with the student. To learn to programme a student need an environment to run his code, a reference material to refer to and a strong community to help and support the student.
Sololearn is an app available on google app store which has all of the above features.
At this point I want to make one thing clear, they are not paying me to post this. I myself have used solo learn for almost two years. And this is my honest review.
I will be talking about Solo learns full app and not different apps which have only one language.
The app has five different sections.
1. Learn section
2. Play section
3. Activity feed section
4. code playground section
5. Q&A section/Discussion section
1. Learn section
In this section, you will see different languages and your progress in them. When you open a certain language you will be given some modules and each module has submodules and a quiz at the end of the module. the submodules have some information and short questions after them.
In addition, to Learn the basics you will also get to learn some advanced stuff posted by the community.
tip: if you feel like you didn't clearly understand some concept you can always open the comments and ask the community about it.

2. Play section
In this section, you can either challenge your friend or get a random player to challenge. The challenge will ask you some question about the language you chose. the player with the more number of correct answer will win. If both get the same score the match will draw.
tip: You can see the right answer to the question by opening the details of the challenge and clicking on the view right answer.

3.Activity Feed
The activity feed is basically what people you follow have been doing. It also shows your comments and replies.

4. Playground
Here you can try your code. This is a great way of learning because you actually code and find where you are wrong, practice and strengthen your concept.
Also, the community constantly keeps uploading new interesting codes.

5. Q&A
When you have any question or doubt post a question here with appropriate tags and the community will help you. Sololearn has a very active community of millions of users worldwide.


Apart from the sections above you can also make your own profile, gain followers and see your progress in the profile menu.


Overall the for beginners this app is best because it is very interactive and makes learning fun, which I think is very important in learning.
And the best thing is that it is free. Search solo learn on Google play store or make your life easy by using this link.


Saturday, 22 August 2015

10 Programming language you must learn.

1.Java
What it is: Java is a class-based, object-oriented programming language developed by Sun Microsystems
in the 1990s. It's one of the most in-demand programming languages, a standard for enterprise software, web-based content, games and mobile apps, as well as the Android operating system. Java is designed to work across multiple software platforms, meaning a program written on Mac OS X, for example, could also run on Windows.

2. C Language
What it is: A general-purpose, imperative programming language developed in the early '70s, C is the oldest and most widely used language, providing the building blocks for other popular languages, such as C#, Java, JavaScript and Python. C is mostly used for implementing operating systems and embedded applications.

Because it provides the foundation for many other language , it is advisable to learn c and c ++ before moving to others.

3. C++
What it is:  C++ is an intermediate-level language with object-oriented programming features, originally designed to enhance the C language. C++ powers major software like FirefoxWinamp and Adobe programs. It's used to develop systems software, application software, high-performance server and client applications and video games.

4. PHP

What it is: PHP (Hypertext Processor) is a free, server-side scripting language designed for dynamic websites and app development. It can be directly embedded into an HTML source document rather than an external file, which has made it a popular programming language for web developers. PHP powers more than 200 million websites, including WordpressDigg and Facebook.




5. Objective-C
What it is: Objective-C is a general-purpose, object-oriented programming language used by the Apple operating system. It powers Apple's OS X and iOS, as well as its APIs, and can be used to create iPhone apps, which has generated a huge demand for this once-outmoded programming language.

6. C#

What it is: Pronounced "C-sharp," C# is a multi-paradigm language developed by Microsoft as part of its .NET initiative. Combining principles from C and C++, C# is a general-purpose language used to develop software for Microsoft andWindows platforms.

7. Python
What it is: Python is a high-level, server-side scripting language for websites and mobile apps. It's considered a fairly easy language for beginners due to its readability and compact syntax, meaning developers can use fewer lines of code to express a concept than they would in other languages. It powers the web apps for InstagramPinterest and Rdio through its associated web framework, Django, and is used by GoogleYahoo! and NASA.
Where to learn it: UdemyCodecademyLynda.comLearnPython.org,Python.org.

8. Ruby
What it is: A dynamic, object-oriented scripting language for developing websites and mobile apps, Ruby was designed to be simple and easy to write. It powers the Ruby on Rails (or Rails) framework, which is used on Scribd,GitHubGroupon and Shopify. Like Python, Ruby is considered a fairly user-friendly language for beginners.
Where to learn it: CodecademyCode SchoolTryRuby.orgRubyMonk

Thursday, 20 August 2015

Introduction to Programing.

PROGRAM
A program is a set of logically arranged instructions which are given by a person to the computer with a view to make the computer work on input provided and generate specific results.
INPUT
Input is the term used to refer to the facts and figure which the user feeds into the computer. Input is something which we want the computer to process and convert into desired results. Input is also called DATA. The computer follows instructions given by the way of a program and uses the input provided to give us the required results.
PROCESSING
Processing is the term used to refer to the results obtained after processing is complete. It is also called Information. In other words,  processed input is output. The name is allocated in the memory is called variable. When a value is stored in a memory location, it means a variable is assigned a value. The value of the data become the variable's current value.

For the computer to function as per our requirement, we should provide some data and instruction which will tell the computer exactly what to do with the data. The instruction Would be of three types.
1.  Instruction which tell the computer to ask data from the user.
2.  Instruction which tell the computer to process the data.
3.  Instruction which tells the computer to show/print results.
The computer then works on the instruction one by one. The data is stored in septate location in memory. Each such location is identified by the names. Intermediate results that are generated by instruction are also stored in the memory. Final results when available are shown on screen on or printed on the printer....