Climb to the Shrine, Right What Is Wrong

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The page beyond that button has a list-maker and Dragon Fighter minigame. Behold, I have proof!

( I have screenshots! )

So, er... if you have a minute, think about checking it out. I took more time than I should have on doing those mini-apps, but it turned out pretty well, in the end. If I had a few weeks with no other obligations (like those petty little trivialities known as "sleeping", "bathing", and "eating"), I could probably spit out Dragon Warrior I in its entirety.

...Which a halfway-decent programmer could probably do in a few hours with heavy copy-pasting. *facepalm* Regardless, this was probably a better use of my Saturday evening than trying to get through the next chapter of Hector Hard Mode, so I'm taking this as a positive thing. :) :D 8D :D :D

Course is broken - "Submit" button doesn't work. At all.
ACTUALLY, I just needed to tell NoScript to allow scripts from [IP Address] 54.243.202.158. Yes, I am stupid enough to have NoScript running on a programming website. If I ever claimed to be a genius, I never claimed IQ correlated to actual common sense and competence. :P

Bleeeh humbug. :P Off to jQuery and Javascript again. At least the jQuery course is working all right now.

[Ha. This Nils icon may be the most helpful icon I ever made. Shock and awe works well for so many things. ...LJers, know that I'm talking about this icon, which was derived from a Fire Emblem Texts From Last Night post:

The context, by the way, was...

*snork* Poor Nils...]

*facepalm* Um... avoid this one, guys! At least, until they get around to debugging this course...

[I've literally been able to do exercises on the side waiting for a given jQuery exercise to clear its cache and register that I submitted a correct solution. Bleeeeh. :P On the bright side, the Code Year exercises are fun!]

Dynamic HTML is the spawn of the underworld.* D| On the bright side, the Code Year Javascript courses seem clearer than the default courses, which is a good thing to know.

*It actually isn't that bad, but the jQuery interface is weirdly buggy, so I can't tell whether it's refusing to pass me onto the next exercise because I got it wrong or because the system hasn't understood that I have the correct input in there yet. And then it passes me half the time when the code is blatantly working not as it should. *facepalm* The Q&A Forums have had the right answers so far, so that helps.

In real life, got homework turned in, and am feeling better than usual about life! On the other hand, have touch of stomach flu. -_-;; Probably got it from the neighbors or fellow classmates... Not so bad, really, except, y'know, it wears you down for a few days. I'll be fine soon, though!
Need to do research. Need to... get more sleep and slack off less, really. :\ *zonks out*

I finished the JavaScript track!

Now, I... er... yeek!

*recovers* I think I'll tackle jQuery next. It seems to be the... shortest of the remaining courses. Mm, yep. Definitely the shortest.

I might also dabble in the Code Year track for extra projects - the Objects part of the Javascript course was hard for me to remember (and it didn't help that I did much of that course after midnight on various nights), so it will be good to have a review.

console.log("Hey, 20 days ago, I didn't know a single line of Javascript, and now I can program in it!");
console.log("...A little, at any rate.");
console.log(" ");
var me = {me.recitation();

(...And with my luck, I completely botched the syntax of that one. *checks* Huh, no, actually, I got it right! ...Wonders never cease.)

Unfortunately, they only have the first section up right now... But they'll keep writing it as time goes on!

"Create an object called BMW, which should
have 3 properties: a cost of "too much",
a speed of 220 and country of
"Germany""

(And yes, this is getting to be my favorite icon. It fits so many things... and I really like green.)

...I should note that I really, really DO recommend Codecademy with the fervor of any new convert. With all due respect to all the other fun activities on the web, it's the only recent one that I can remember that made me actually learn something. XD And it's fun! Really!

Notes:
Contrary to what you might think...
At least at first (i.e. with the HTML/CSS and early JavaScript portions)...
1) It requires absolutely no mathematical or logistical abilities.
2) It requires nothing more than a working keyboard and internet connection.
3) If there are any problems, the Hint will usually tell you what you should be doing.
4) You can probably finish a few exercises in about the same amount of time it takes to mass-click 300 Pokemon in the Berry Feeder on GPXPlus while mashing the 1,2,3,4,5 keys at full speed.
4a) The amount of time it takes to finish a full section feels like about the same amount of time it will take to mass-click those Pokemon.
Also...
5) To be really cynical? ...It's set up in the rapid action-reward system that hypnotizes people with ADHD-like traits. >_> Put music on, sit down in a comfortable chair, and drift happily through the lessons. Heck, open up tabs and jump between track courses and non-track courses - it isn't going to stop you. Just make sure said courses are all in the same programming language so that you don't end up bewildered by syntax errors. :P

(Remember, you can always go to Codecademy Labs to run code of your own for Python, Ruby, and JavaScript. No on-computer compiler needed!)

[...Also, the "high" mood refers to the feeling of doing courses, NOT ingesting any controlled substances. I was off of caffeine again as of Friday. :P ]

Here you go. (Assuming my code is sound, that is. And I very much hope it is, because if it isn't, then I need to go headdesk a few times...)

I would advise only typing in numbers under 100,000, as it starts to lag around there. And I don't want to blow up your browser. >_> And, er, it should go without saying that you'd have to do a lot of scrolling if you put in a number that large and didn't specify that you only wanted to see so many primes less than that number...

...What, precisely, is your definition of a "month"?

Behold! (As always, remember to hit Run.)

Alas, as it's a randomized system, the only control you have over it is the ability to set parameters (to make your victory super-likely or super-improbable). Maybe, if I ever come back to it, I'll add more...

But, for now, you can at least note the snide introduction. Sorry, I'm a (warped) humor writer by default. :P

It's here.

(*cringes* Literally. I think I've written better things on calculators.)

*HEADLAPTOP*

Click here.

Remember to hit Run!

Ha ha.

Very funny.

I'm not terribly happy that my calculator has a function that an actual programming language doesn't.

I did manage it in the end, but having to use setTimeout is annoying.

((Since I keep advertising it but seem not to have remembered to describe it... >_>))

Codecademy is a site that offers free courses in various kinds of code, including HTML (and thus CSS), Javascript, Python, and Ruby. No, it doesn't bombard you with ads or malware - as far as I can tell, it's a genuine power-of-the-people effort.

The interface is easy and enjoyable. It introduces you to a concept, has you do a simple exercise, and then goes onto the next concept. The only problem so far is that the HTML course occasionally glitches up and doesn't respond to the Submit button properly, but it's not grading you, so you don't have to worry about that affecting anything. And yes, you can go back and review a previous exercise at any time - it's pretty well laid-out, so you'll be able to find your way back.

It also has a little scoring system so you know how many exercises you've done today and how many days you've been going at Codecademy without interruption. So, if you're feeling competitive, you can work on racking up as many points as you can in any given day. :P Wonderful procrastination tool...

Apparently I've been on there for twelve days and done very little in that time.

Why do I recommend it for the casual LJer/Dreamwidther? Because it will enable you to actually read CSS stylesheets without it all looking like Greek (er, or... Chinese or something, in aikaterini 's case >_>), it will allow you to program up short little things for your own entertainment and use, and because it's a browser-game-like site that will actually increase your knowledge and be useful in the future. I mean, with all due respect to Dragon Cave, GPXPlus, and the like, mass-clicking doesn't benefit you in the long run. Learning programming languages will - even if it's as a side hobby and the most you do with it is create custom journal layouts and run amusing little text programs.

So please do check it out, if you have a minute. I promise that you won't regret it.

console.log("Huh");
if (javascript === C++)
   {
        console.log("Are you kidding me?! It's really weird...");
   }
else
  {
       console.log("Bugger, this is rather strange.");
   }

And I probably botched the syntax

I know I'm getting repetitive, but - it really is fun. And useful.

Behold! I have a button!

Free website dedicated to teaching people how to code in-browser. Teaches HTML, jQuery, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, and more!

I just found my new "But it's productive, really!" procrastination site. :D