Stage West Calgary reaches new heights with The 39 Steps - Calgary Herald

8 February 2012, 4:57 pm

Stage West Calgary reaches new heights with The 39 StepsCalgary HeraldBilled as a cross between Alfred Hitchcock and Monty Python, The 39 Steps has much more in common with the zany theatrical outings of Gene Wilder, or Steve Martin's Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid. There are numerous funny Hitch... Read More »

Getting Started with Python - iProgrammer

8 February 2012, 5:06 am

Getting Started with PythoniProgrammerSo you want to get up to speed with Python. Here's a lightening tour for the beginning to intermediate programmer who is already familiar with some fundamental programming ideas. Well, if you are going to venture into Python you might as well get used ...and... Read More »

First-ever Galway CoderDojo sees 'huge number' of attendees - Siliconrepublic.com

8 February 2012, 3:14 am

Siliconrepublic.comFirst-ever Galway CoderDojo sees 'huge number' of attendeesSiliconrepublic.comWeb technologies covered at CoderDojo Galway include HTML, CSS and Javascript, along with programming languages, such as Scratch. In future classes, it will cover other languages, such as Python ... Read More »

Why You've Learned More Languages Than You Think - Huffington Post

7 February 2012, 12:43 pm

Why You've Learned More Languages Than You ThinkHuffington PostInterestingly, the most surprising postmonolingual turn isn't in the world of natural human languages, but in programming ones. In the technical world, debates over the best programming language, such as Python, Java, or C++, hav... Read More »

Raspberry Pi to go on sale by end of month - Afterdawn.com

7 February 2012, 9:41 am

Afterdawn.comRaspberry Pi to go on sale by end of monthAfterdawn.comThe company is looking to promote the Python programming language, alongside Basic and C among others. For $35 you get a 3.3-inch wide board with a 700 MHz ARM11, 256MB RAM, HDMI-out, SD card slot, a USB port, ethernet, audio jack a... Read More »

ActiveState Delivers Komodo 7 IDE for Dynamic Language Development - eWeek

6 February 2012, 3:07 pm

TechWeekEurope UKActiveState Delivers Komodo 7 IDE for Dynamic Language DevelopmenteWeekActiveState ships Komodo 7, the latest version of its integrated development environment (IDE) for Python, PHP, Ruby, JavaScript and Perl development. ActiveState, a provider of software development environments ... Read More »

Hands-on with Node.js support in Komodo IDE 7 - Ars Technica

3 February 2012, 6:50 am

Hands-on with Node.js support in Komodo IDE 7Ars TechnicaThe update, which is called Komodo 7, introduces several useful new features and support for additional programming languages. Komodo is a high-end commercial development tool for programmers who work with scripting languages such as Python an... Read More »

Programming Opa: Web development, reimagined - InfoWorld

1 February 2012, 3:06 am

Programming Opa: Web development, reimaginedInfoWorldJavaScript, HTML, and CSS in the browser; PHP, Python, Java, Ruby, or the like on the server; MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, or any of a growing list of database servers as your persistent storage back-end. With Opa, an open source Web ..... Read More »

Codecademy Becomes A Platform: Now Anyone Can Write Programming Tutorials - TechCrunch

30 January 2012, 3:08 pm

VentureBeatCodecademy Becomes A Platform: Now Anyone Can Write Programming TutorialsTechCrunchOne of the most buzzed-about startups over the last few months has been Codecademy — a site that looks to make programming accessible to just about anyone, with a variety of interactive, web-based courses... Read More »

Codecademy Launches Peer-to-Peer Coding Lessons - Wall Street Journal (blog)

26 January 2012, 6:01 am

Codecademy Launches Peer-to-Peer Coding LessonsWall Street Journal (blog)Current users will have access to the new content, which will also open up exercises on popular languages like Ruby on Rails and Python Programming Language. Previously Codecademy only offered JavaScript. It will initially roll... Read More »