I came across an interesting discussion regarding the role math should in computer science on SIGCSE’s(ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education consisting of CS professors) mailing list. A professor starts the conversation with (I personally bolded the important bits): “I understand that discussing the role of math in CS is one of those religious [...]
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Computer Science Education and its Dependence on Math: From the Perspective of CS Professors
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Aptana, the Ideal IDE for Drupal and Web Development
An Introduction I’ve tried many IDEs from easier to use IDEs like Adobe Dreamweaver to more advanced IDEs like Zend Studio. I’ve used Dreamweaver for more than 5 years, only coder view for its code coloring and FTP integration. Although the HTML from Dreamweaver’s designer view may be satisfactory for simple HTML pages the code [...]
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New Site Design
I was amazed at the ease of use and powerful features geared towards web design that Adobe integrated in to Fireworks CS3 when I introduced it to my girlfriend last night. The multitude of brushes themselves, including all types of color changing confetti and “alien paint”, many of which respond to pressure from the pen [...]