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Low-Code

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Emptying Offices Prompt Adoption of Low-Code to Build Work Apps
By Agam Shah
May 15, 2020
https://www.wsj.com/articles/emptying-offices-prompt-adoption-of-low-code-to-build-work-apps-11589535001

a form of application-building called low-code

Forms of low-code have been around for decades, but its adoption has grown during the pandemic in the rush to quickly develop applications

Microsoft’s suite of productivity software that includes a tool called Power Apps
https://powerapps.microsoft.com

OutSystems
https://www.outsystems.com
a low-code platform for building enterprise solutions

ProntoForms
a low-code app development platform
https://www.prontoforms.com

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Can’t Code? You Can Still Make Your Own Apps
By Aaron Tilley
WSJ. March 4, 2020
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cant-code-you-can-still-make-your-own-apps-11583347927

Microsoft’s suite of productivity software that includes a tool called Power Apps
https://powerapps.microsoft.com

SalesForce
https://www.salesforce.com

ServiceNow
https://www.servicenow.com

Smartsheet
https://www.smartsheet.com

The Coming Software Apocalypse (2017)

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The Coming Software Apocalypse
A small group of programmers wants to change how we code—before catastrophe strikes.
The Atlantic, September 26, 2017
James Somers
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/09/saving-the-world-from-code/540393

model-based design and code generation

Visual Studio Community 2015

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workspacesVisual Studio Community 2015
https://www.visualstudio.com/products/free-developer-offers-vs

Get Started 
https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/getting-started

Build an app
https://www.visualstudio.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=Community&rel=15#

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31654960/where-is-the-visual-studio-html-designer

Right click any HTML file in the Solution Explorer in Visual Studio and click on Open with
Select the HTML (web forms) editor
Click on Set as default
Click on the OK button

Text editor

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Simple text editors:

How to Use Git and GitHub
https://www.udacity.com

Using Python to Access Web Data
University of Michigan
December 2015
https://www.coursera.org/learn/python-network-data/supplement/mrLy4/notes-on-choice-of-text-editor

Command line instructions
https://www.udacity.com/wiki/ud775/command-line-instructions

http://linuxsurvival.com

Mercurial SCM
https://www.mercurial-scm.org
free, distributed source control management tool

Apache™ Subversion®
https://subversion.apache.org
an open source version control system

How simple can things get …?

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There’s No Such Thing as a “Pure” Programmer   
Big Think
Jun 13, 2011
With applications like Ruby on Rails lowering the bar for creating web applications, some programmers may complain about “the unwashed masses” overrunning their “beautiful, pristine programming communities.” Hansson thinks that attitude is …

How simple can things get in terms of programming?

10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Coding Bootcamp
Kristen Leake
May 17, 2016

Programming Languages to Learn in 2016

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Top 10 Programming Languages to Learn in 2016
Aug 6, 2015
Chris Hawkes

1. JS
2. Java
3. Python
4. C++
5. C# (the language of the .NET framework)
6. Swift (Apple)
7. Ruby
8. PHP (built specifically for the web. Powers WordPress)
9. GO (developed at Google)
10. C

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Larry Wall: 5 Programming Languages Everyone Should Know  
Big Think . 2011.

  1. JavaScript
  2. Java. The Cobol of the 21st century.
  3. Haskell. A functional language. A modern Lisp.
  4. C. Close to the metal. Almost all of the languages that you see (Java, Perl, etc.) are actually implemented in C.
  5. Python. Ruby. Perl.

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Bjarne Stroustrup: The 5 Programming Languages You Need to Know  
Big Think. 2011

C++
Java
Python
Ruby
JavaScript
C
C#
a functional language

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It’s not as fast as many languages due to its dynamic duck typing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMxuDrVs0HE
a lot slower than compiled languages such as C++ or C#

Using Python Requests to Log Into a Website
Chris Hawkes
May 22, 2014