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Newsletter #24
April 19, 2017
Essential news, trends, and stories from Codecademy & the
world of code
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This Week in Tech: Programming Turns 70
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April 12th, 1947: ENIAC (
http://bit.ly/2pv9l4J ), the
world's first general-purpose programmable electronic computer,
ran the first code written in the modern paradigm, marking the
birth of computer programming as a profession.
* This first test code ran computations for the hydrogen bomb.
* ENIAC could perform complex coded operations like loops, seen
today in languages like JavaScript (
https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-javascript?utm_source=customerio&utm_medium=Fortnightly-2017-04-19&utm_campaign=newsletter_b&utm_content=history ), Ruby (
https://www.codecademy.com/learn/ruby?utm_source=customerio&utm_medium=Fortnightly-2017-04-19&utm_campaign=newsletter_b&utm_content=history ) and Python (
https://www.codecademy.com/learn/python?utm_source=customerio&utm_medium=Fortnightly-2017-04-19&utm_campaign=newsletter_b&utm_content=history ).
* These first professional programmers were all women, a fact
that took 50 years to be recognized (
http://bit.ly/2pv9eGt ).
Coding ENIAC to solve a single problem would take weeks.
Today, you can build a website (
https://www.codecademy.com/learn/make-a-website?utm_source=customerio&utm_medium=Fortnightly-2017-04-19&utm_campaign=newsletter_b&utm_content=history ) in a matter of hours!
MAKE HISTORY: CODE SOMETHING (
https://codecademy.com/learn?utm_source=customerio&utm_medium=Fortnightly-2017-04-19&utm_campaign=newsletter_b&utm_content=code_something_CTA_main_story )
In Other News
Apple II at 40: Explore Mac History
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On April 17, 1977, the Apple II (
http://bit.ly/2oiTTYC )
computer was unveiled. 40 years later, your browser can load and
run Classic Mac OS, its successor’s operating system, in seconds.
Relive history: try the Classic Mac OS emulator (
http://bit.ly/2oG3o54 ).
Code Challenge: Test Your Scripting Skills
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Ready to test your talents with the sorts of questions
developers get in job interviews? Try our latest brain-teaser!
The best submissions are featured each week.
Take the challenge (
https://discuss.codecademy.com/t/challenge-unique-characters-in-a-string/82151/1?utm_source=customerio&utm_medium=Fortnightly-2017-04-19&utm_campaign=newsletter_b&utm_content=this_code_challenge ) and see last week's results (
https://discuss.codecademy.com/t/challenge-sum-of-prime-factors/81035/1?utm_source=customerio&utm_medium=Fortnightly-2017-04-19&utm_campaign=newsletter_b&utm_content=last_code_challenge ).
Project of the Week: "Squares Game"
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Chris used the HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery skills
he learned on Codecademy to create a fun browser-based game!
See it in action (
http://bit.ly/2oimg9s ) and share your
project too (
http://bit.ly/2pbqoft ).
Local Community Spotlight: NYC
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Our hometown study group (
http://bit.ly/2oT6uop ) in New
York City has large monthly gatherings and small, casual study
sessions at a café every weekend.
Join a group (
https://discuss.codecademy.com/t/local-community-groups/79204/1?utm_source=customerio&utm_medium=Fortnightly-2017-04-19&utm_campaign=newsletter_b&utm_content=join_group_CTA ) or start your own (
https://discuss.codecademy.com/t/how-to-create-a-local-codecademy-group/80140/1?utm_source=customerio&utm_medium=Fortnightly-2017-04-19&utm_campaign=newsletter_b&utm_content=start_own_group_CTA ).
CODE SOMETHING (
https://codecademy.com/learn?utm_source=customerio&utm_medium=Fortnightly-2017-04-19&utm_campaign=newsletter_b&utm_content=Code_Something_CTA_end )
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