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a homeschooling blog about Simon, a young mathematician and programmer, and his little sister Neva. Visit https://simontiger.com

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By Geeks out of the Box Posted on February 27, 2017

jQuery as an alternative to CSS

Simon has tried using jQuery instead of CSS to style a couple of webpages. The code comes from a Derek Banas tutorial.   These buttons have quite amusing effects:

Categories: Coding, CSS, JavaScriptTags: 7 year old programmer, Coding, CSS, Derek Banas, JavaScript, web development
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on February 25, 2017

Sound Visialization

Simon has followed another batch of wonderfully enriching tutorials by Daniel Shiffman on p5.js, this time all about sound, and made these sound visualisations. The first one is based on … Continue reading Sound Visialization

Categories: Coding, JavaScript, PhysicsTags: 7 year old programmer, amplitude, Coding, Daniel Shiffman, equalizer, frequency, P5, Physics, sound effects, sound visialization, soundwave
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on February 24, 2017

C# in VisualStudio

Simon downloaded VisialStudio, one of the ide’s in which you can write in C# on a pc, and has played with it writing a programme for a calculator in C#.

Categories: Coding, Murderous MathsTags: 7 year old programmer, c++, calculator, Coding, math, VisualStudio
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on February 21, 2017

The Most Dangerous Place

Simon talking about the most dangerous place in the world:

Categories: Coding, Milestones, Python, UncategorizedTags: 7 year old programmer, Bash, Coding, Python, Python consoles, sudo python, terminal
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on February 21, 2017February 21, 2017

Calculator in C#

Simon has been into learning about C# the last couple of days. Yesterday he built a calculator. He didn’t actually compose the code himself as one might think after watching … Continue reading Calculator in C#

Categories: Coding, Milestones, Murderous Maths, Simon makes gamezTags: 7 year old programmer, c++, Coding, math
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on February 21, 2017

Smart Rockets

Smart Rockets, a coding challenge by Daniel Shiffman. It involved creating a genetic algorithm from scratch and makingĀ “smart rockets” (based on a simulation by Jer Thorp). The rockets evolve the … Continue reading Smart Rockets

Categories: Coding, JavaScript, MilestonesTags: 7 year old programmer, Coding, Daniel Shiffman, genetic algorithm, Jer Thorp, P5, Smart Rockets
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on February 15, 2017February 21, 2017

Simon is on GitHub!

Yesterday Simon created an account on GitHub! He had followed a number of tutorials by both Daniel Shiffman and LearnWebCode to learn how to upload his projects on GitHub using … Continue reading Simon is on GitHub!

Categories: Coding, MilestonesTags: 7 year old programmer, Coding, Git, GitHub, web development
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on February 6, 2017

Simon’s first Android app

Simon built his first Android app (in Java) this weekend. Now every time I turn my phone on I see this: The code comes from Processing for Android > Getting … Continue reading Simon’s first Android app

Categories: Coding, MilestonesTags: 7 year old programmer, Android, app, app building, Coding, Java, Processing
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on February 6, 2017

Simon thinking aloud

“Mommy, it’s amazing how many styling CSS buttons there are!!” WhenĀ Simon walksĀ outside, often running along as I bike, you’ll most probably hear him talk passionately, about programming.

Categories: Coding, CSS, Notes on everyday lifeTags: 7 year old programmer, Coding, CSS, notes
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on February 4, 2017February 4, 2017

Shared Drawing Canvas in Cloud9

Simon has discovered a very powerful online editor (featuring over 40 languages): Cloud9. You can find it atĀ https://c9.io Simon got himself an account and tried out his first project in … Continue reading Shared Drawing Canvas in Cloud9

Categories: Coding, JavaScript, Simon makes gamezTags: 7 year old programmer, canvas, Cloud9, Coding, Daniel Shiffman, JavaScript, Node.js
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on February 4, 2017

Simon’s XML Lecture

Simon’s spontaneous lecture on XML extensions and turning XML into HTML:  

Categories: Coding, htmlTags: 7 year old programmer, Coding, html, whiteboard, XML
By Geeks out of the Box Posted on February 4, 2017

Simon’s JS JSON Tutorials

Simon asked me to film him giving tutorials on JavaScript JSON. He was using w3schools.com as his source.            

Categories: Coding, JavaScript, MilestonesTags: 7 year old programmer, Coding, JavaScript, JSON

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