Questions tagged [beginner]
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Toggling a class in JS
I'm toggling the class of an element with this code but I'm pretty sure it can be written more efficiently.
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Object-oriented implementation on Expense Tracking App [closed]
I am creating a Expense Tracking Application in C# and right now I am trying to build its building blocks in a console app. I Would like to know your feedback if it is in a Object Oriented Design/...
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Class for managing a list of scores (game development)
For my game that I'm writing, I need, among other things, a data structure for storing best values. For this purpose, I tried to write a class that meets the most general needs, and yet does not seem ...
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Find the longest word in a string
I have written code in the language Go. I wonder if anyone can do it in a very simple and effective way, because every language has its own way to solve this problem. My experience is in JavaScript. ...
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Simple log rotation script
I created a simple script that implements log rotation. It checks the log file size (say, out.log) if it exceeds 5MB limit. If it does then the script copies it to <...
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Rust Iterator that correlates a slice with itself
In my effort to learn Rust I've tried implementing an Iterator that splits up a buffer in two halves, and correlates both halves by sliding them over each other with different positions (lags). You ...
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Toggling only a single class as active in a list with vanilla JS or CSS
Every time I toggle active class in a list (to dynamically change DOM content) I find that I always go to this approach to check and clear which class is active. I'...
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Parse a WAV file and export PCM data
I'm a newbie and I wrote code that gets a WAV file and exports a RAW (only PCM data) to *.raw file. But I am confused about the structure. The code is written as one procedure (LISP style) and there ...
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The modularization of the Express entry point
I've been working on a project to make myself more comfortable with NodeJS, especially Express and TypeScript. Searching and reviewing a lot of approaches of the people, providing bootstraps for it, I ...
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Perform KS-test on Random Number Generator [closed]
I've just started practicing Functional Programming in Scala in some days. This is the code I used to perform KS-test on a random number generator.
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Python logging-module that writes to both the console and a file
I've created a small module with a function plog() that allows to easily print to both a log file and the console. It also creates a directory "log" at the location ...
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Simple C++ Console Snake Game
I'm a beginner programmer and i'm looking for interesting projects to improve my low skills. I decided to spend one evening on simple snake game in console. I made it with the help of YouTube tutorial....
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TicTacToe classic in C
I'm learning myself C and to make sure that I learn to code C in a proper way I created tic tac toe and want to hear your opinion on what I should do and what I shouldn't do.
One thing is sure is to ...
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Syncing GitHub repositories local, remote and forks
It's a simple bash script but I'm hoping for feedback, advice and examples on how to improve the script and code. Can you guide me how to put more checks in the code and more if possible?
This code:
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My first c# program: Get Data from Sql Server and show it in Textboxes
So I have been programming in VB.net and want to learn C#.
I "successfully" created a simple program that retrieves data from Sql Server during Form1_Load. The ...
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Swimming Pool Staff/Patron Structure
To work on my Java skills, I decided to create a structure for a pool that I work at. Lifeguards get shifted when their time at their position is up, and managers periodically check the pH level of ...
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Bash script to encode images in base64 and generate a CSS file from them
These are the first lines of code I've ever written. I've been interested in the idea of learning to program for quite a while, but never really pulled the trigger, and now I've been playing around ...
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3D vectors in Objective C
I am trying to learn Objective C and want to make sure I am following the proper practices/convention.
I would very much appreciate advice on what to change/improve
I also have some questions:
when ...
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C++ practice project: Blackjack
For the longest time I always felt lost designing a robust OOP program, especially in C++. I felt like I didn't know enough theory or algorithms so I would study and never write code, not to mention I ...
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Javascript contact picker
I'm developing a web app that will be used privately by a company (no need for SEO and old browsers support).
I made some interactive components (calendar, file manager, etc) that I am not sure if I ...
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Code to backup the history file in Linux
How is the logic, efficiency and can it be improved?
This is a snippet from my .bashrc file; I just wrote it and I've tested it and it almost works. This was the ...
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Minimax implementation of tic tac toe
I have the following working tic tac toe program. Someone said it's a convoluted mess and I'm looking for pointers on how to clean it up.
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Automate the Boring Stuff - Collatz Exercise
I wrote the following code for the Collatz exercise: The Collatz Sequence
Any feedback is appreciated.
Write a function named collatz() that has one parameter ...
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Bash Code to backup the history file in Linux [closed]
How is the logic, efficiency and can it be improved?
This is a snippet from my .bashrc file, I just wrote it.
The code is supposed to do this:
Backup my ...
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Java guess the number
I have just returned to college to finish my associate's in programming. The language my school uses for all of the programming classes is java, so I've been trying to get used to the language.
The ...
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Simple prime factorization program in Haskell
I'm finally learning Haskell this summer and I have a few questions about conventions. I made a simple prime factorization program which is surprisingly fast, much faster than the ones I made in C++ (...
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Console Blackjack game, without split or betting system for now
I never programmed in my life, and I am currently self teaching myself some C++ by reading books, online free classes and googling. After beginning to read about OOP and classes, and after seeing that ...
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Hangman game with Python 3
I tried to create a "guess the word" game. I would appreciate to get some suggestion to improve myself, because I'm new at Python.
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Python script to clean out old files from a repository
I wrote the script below as my first python program that will be running in a production environment. Essentially this program looks at a source location and moves all the files to a destination ...
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CLI to make HTTP Head requests and check for response code
I needed to create a simple CLI utility to check if a specific endpoint is available and (optionally) responds with some expected HTTP code to help troubleshoot users environments (proxy, network ...
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Python 3 Tkinter Calculator - follow-up
I'm a beginner developer, and it's my very first project: a simple math operations calculator in Python 3 using Tkinter for GUI.
Obs: This code is an evolution of my previous code of the same project:...
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Comma Code - Ch. 4 Automate the Boring Stuff
I am new to programming and currently learning Python using "Automate the Boring" by Al Sweigart. I've just completed the "Comma Code" task in Chapter 4 and would like some feedback on my solution. ...
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JS Simple game in canvas
I'm trying to learn javascript (especially the OOP part) and made this simple game. I'm looking for advice and ways to improve my code.
Did I handle OOP well enough?
What's the best way to create a ...
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Rabin-Karp algorithm implementation
This code uses the Rabin-Karp algorithm to compare two text files. It takes a few minutes when both files contain around 1000 words. How can I improve?
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Guttag's Finger Exercises: Enter 10 integers, find largest odd integer and print result
I'm making my way through the Intro to Computation and Programming test by John Guttag and he gives these small exercises to practice gearing up into computational thinking. As of Ch.2, we've covered ...
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Python program to convert a 24 hour format to 12 hour format
Given a string in a 24 hour format the program outputs a 12 hour format. The rules are:
The output format must be 'hh:mm a.m.' if it represents before midday and 'hh:mm p.m.' after midday
When the ...
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Tic-Tac-Toe for the terminal
I recently started learning C, and this is my first fairly large (to me) program. It's a basic Tic Tac Toe game for the console. There's no AI, it's just a 2-player game. Is there anything I can ...
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Credit card validator using Luhn Algorithm
I'm looking for feedback or tips to maybe make my code more readable or faster or just general tips to help get myself started with app making with Python.
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Babel code in React component to display tasks
I'm trying to think of ways to clean up this component in my app so it looks more readable to other devs. This is the best I came up with so far. It's not that bad, but I think it could be a lot ...
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Beginner's Snake Game using SFML and C++
Never really got past the beginner stage of programming so I'm trying to get better this Summer. I think games are a fun way to learn how to program so I decided to start with snake. I'd appreciate ...
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Add-in for input() with validation
What do you think about this code? Do you have some advices and remarks for me about them? I have started learning python recently.
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Python program to get the first word
Given a string the task it to find its first word with some rules:
The string can have points and commas
A word can start with a letter, a point or space
One word can contain one apostrophe and it ...
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Python program to calculate the sun angle
Given a string representing the hour and minute, where: 00:00 <= time <= 23:59, the program should output the number of angles the sun is above the horizon.
When time is "06:00" the sun angles ...
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Python program to get the longest substring of the same character
Given a word the program outputs the length of the longest substring with the same letters. For example:
long_repeat('sdsffffse') == 4
long_repeat('ddvvrwwwrggg') == 3
long_repeat('abababaab') == 2
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Python program to calculate what pawns are safe
In chess there are eight rows numbered from 1 to 8 and 8 columns a-h. Pawns which are on the lowest row are always in danger to be captured. The objective of the program is to calculate which pawns ...
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Python program to translate sentences from “bird language”
Given a sentence in 'bird language', where there are two rules:
After each consonant there is a random vowel added. For example if the consonant is "l" it will end as "la" or "le"...
After each vowel ...
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Stacker game with three blocks
I am pretty new to C# and so i would like to ask you, how i could improve my code. I am currently coding a Visual Studio C# Console Game where you have to stack blocks. Currently you can only Stack 3 ...
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Function to count words in Python
I am new to developing in Python and would like to see comments about my word count solution.
Please indicate my mistakes or best solutions.
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Python program to get all non unique elements in an array
Given an array of ints as input:
non_unique([1, 2, 3, 1, 3]) returns [1, 3, 1, 3]
non_unique([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]) returns []
non_unique([5, 5, 5, 5, 5]) returns [5,5,5,5,5]
non_unique([10, 9, 10, 10, 9, ...
