Programming // Current

IBM's supercomputer can think like a cat

IBM announced they're making huge progress developing a super computer that can think... more

AnnieMole
added this
8 days ago
|
3 comments

Google Go: internet giant launches its own web programming language

Having made major leaps in the way we email and search the web, Google has announced... more

richjm
added this
15 days ago
|
0 comments

How I Became an Anarchist

I recently discovered that I am an anarchist. I never thought about it much until... more

critic
added this
29 days ago
|
81 comments

Web 2.0 Winners & Losers

The success of Web 2.0 means everyone can now publish - but at what costs, asks Nick... more

sergio80
added this
1 month ago
|
1 comment

Fine Print Legal Investigation of Apple iTunes License

We know big business corporations make legalese and throw this into tiny print... more

Kaelos
added this
1 month ago
|
0 comments

Aladdin Subliminal Programming 1b: Neuro Linguistic Programming (nlp)

very cool! this stuff has a lot of impact on the children if the parent is not self... more

Andrea_Rhoades
added this
1 month ago
|
0 comments

Those Angry Antarctic Macaroni Penguins [video]

This video presents a Nature program that briefly documents the natural history of... more

GrrlScientist
added this
3 months ago
|
0 comments

Microsoft Records Computer Desktop Action like TiVo

Microsoft has a new release of Visual Studio 2010 that has airplane style black box... more

JonRaymond
added this
3 months ago
|
0 comments

Last Chance to See: Kakapo Parrot Encounter with Stephen Fry [video]

Parrot lovers will especially enjoy this video, but anyone who enjoys birds and who... more

GrrlScientist
added this
3 months ago
|
0 comments

Wikipedia article about python programming language.

Article about popular programming language in russian.

PatriciaValentin
added this
3 months ago
|
0 comments

Clojure is a dynamic programming language that targets the Java Virtual Machine.

Clojure is a dialect of Lisp, and shares with Lisp the code-as-data philosophy and a... more

PatriciaValentin
added this
3 months ago
|
0 comments

Arts TV at a Crossroads

"It's been a stormy summer for television, and not just inside the weather studios. In... more

St_Alia_10191
added this
4 months ago
|
0 comments

Ever wanted to create your own game? Want to know how you could make the next biggest thing since Pong? Well there is a way!

Most people are not aware of the free tools that they can use to do this and how simple it can actually be to start your mission to become a top game designer. Some people search the internet constantly, and try and find out how they can get their creative juices flowing without having to spend time learning a programming language.

Scratch is a program that has been produced by the nice people at the MIT Media Lab. You can download it for Mac OS or Windows (sorry Linux) which you can then use to create your own games and learn some of the attributes it takes to be a programmer. This is a great introduction to programming for anyone who has never done any programming before. Also one of the great things about it is that once you create your game, you can upload it to the website and share it with the Scratch community. It works both ways so you can download other peoples games and edit them in scratch to your hearts content.

The program was created for anyone over 8 and it is a great start for anyone thinking about starting to create their own games for fun or maybe having a look whether programming is for them and want to go further.

If you do have a go at Scratch and think to yourself you want to take it the next step further and learn a programming language you are now faced with one major problem. What language to learn?

Now going down this free root one of the nice languages to learn would be Java. Java offer a nice range of tools to ease in new programmers to their language. Java have there own range of programs where you can learn the ins and outs of it all as well as giving you the support you need all along the way. Java is already an established language which many people program in which is why you should to.

http://java.sun.com/new2java/learning/

Learning a new programming language can seem daunting and if you do want to start it will take a lot of time and dedication to finish. Don't worry though if you don't want to go down that root. Scratch is a great program to create your own games and if you do enjoy it then stick with that and show off your own games on their site.

There has never been a better time to create games with all the ways you can now easily get your games onto on-line stores for people to download. So if you do make the next best idea since Plants vs Zombies or World of Goo (http://current.com/items/90457638_about-to-buy-a-console-game-during-a-recession-think-again.htm) you may actually make some money.

Click the Pic, Get Scratch and tell me what you think!!!Ever wanted to create your own game? Want to know how you could make the next biggest... more

timoto
added this
4 months ago
|
4 comments

Agile - Iteration: A Drilldown

Best practices and artifacts. Golden rules. Sprint planner.

crowdinteractive
added this
4 months ago
|
0 comments

alex dragulescu :: spam architecture

Who would have thought that creating software that visualized spam email, would create... more

mhahn
added this
4 months ago
|
0 comments

uTorrent Dominates BitTorrent Client Market Share

Millions of people use BitTorrent daily, but little is known about the market share of... more

lordsbassman
added this
5 months ago
|
0 comments

Plays On TV (But Without Playwrights)

Michael Billington writes, "I'm always banging on about the dearth of single plays on television. So I suppose it has to be two cheers for Sky Arts, who plan to show a season of six half-hour plays live, hosted by Sandi Toksvig. Some good names are involved: Fiona Laird and John Alderton among the directors, Michael Dobbs and Nicci French among the writers and Pauline Collins as one of the performers. It still doesn't address the problem that, thanks to a gutless BBC, a whole generation has grown up never having seen a Shakespeare, Shaw, Stoppard or Pinter play on TV. But at least it's a start.

The most intriguing feature of the package is that the plays will be transmitted live. Time was, of course, when that was the rule. I still recall a buoyant Stratford Johns, who was Inspector Barlow on Softly, Softly, going on Late Night Line Up and exuding a postcoital content as he puffed on a big cigar (those were the days) and talked about the tension and excitement of live TV drama. One reason for the dullness of TV today is that virtually everything, except the news and sport, is pre-recorded. And live drama obviously creates a special buzz. It can, though, have its down side. And it struck me as tempting fate for Toksvig to recall the unhappy day when an actor actually died during the transmission of a 1958 Armchair Theatre.

But the odd feature of the new season is that the six writers chosen, who include Kate Mosse, Jackie Kay and Jeremy Hardy, are better known as novelists, poets or comic pundits than as dramatists. I'm all for widening the pool of dramatic talent, but writing a 30-minute play is a special skill that even hardened practitioners find difficult. And, while it's good to encourage novelists to write plays, there are surprisingly few notable precedents. It was one of George Devine's aims, when he set up the Royal Court in 1956, to get writers such as Angus Wilson, Nigel Dennis and Doris Lessing to turn their hand to drama. But it never quite worked. And if I were Toksvig, who seems to be the brains behind the current enterprise, I'd have turned to some of the abundant young talent knocking around the British theatre, such as Laura Wade or Alia Bano, as a source of supply.

But, casting all cynicism aside, I shall be eager to see what comes of the new season. At the very least, it may show that there is an audience for live drama on TV. And, if it does that, it may encourage the dumbed-down terrestrial channels to recognise that there is more to TV than cookery, gardening, home improvement and the posturing of C-list celebs."Michael Billington writes, "I'm always banging on about the dearth of single plays on... more