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Yet another exciting opportunity for Dundee, a city of aspirations and dreams. Although I think a regenerative project would be better than using Camperdown.
EXCLUSIVE: Eden Project in talks to create new Dundee attraction - The Courier
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A parochial house, Craggy Island
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Seán Ryan playing the whistle, Leap Castle
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National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
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Day 15 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI: lunchtime doubly so
Swift introduction and review complete, and still really enjoying the language. Nothing new for me in this, but I figure if I don’t build the habits I wont complete the 100 days. Looking forward to playing with SwiftUI ’tomorrow'.
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Day 14 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI: (not) recording progress
My next step should really be to set up a GitHub repository in advance of the coding projects - practice what I preach. It’s always positive to record and reflect on your progress through a course.
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Day 13 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI: in review
Paul Hudson (@twostraws) has produced a fantastic amount of Swift programming resources, including many that would be suitable for high school #CompSci students. Take a look at Hacking with Swift.
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Day 12 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI: optionals?
Optionals at first seemed like over-engineering to solve a problem that was already “solved”, but the more I use them the more I appreciate them. Things like the nil coalescing operator just enhance that appreciation.
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TL;DR - key to positive wellbeing is getting good sleep and having good relationships.
UK Department of Education publish a report on Children and Young People’s Wellbeing
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TES pick one part of a DoE report and run with a clickbait headline:
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Day 11 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI: Nigel Tufnel’s happy hour
Having worked or hobbied with many languages over the years, I think protocols are the magic sauce that turns object-oriented programming gourmet. Turns OOP up to 11, if you will.
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Day 10 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI: that’s class?
To change struct property a ‘mutating’ function prefix is needed. This doesn’t work on constant structs, only variables - reasonable. But why need a mutating keyword at all? Oddities like this are why students think programming is hard.
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Day 9 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI: lazy is as lazy does
Lazy execution is a powerful concept. It’s like a sophisticated type of procrastination, but with authority.
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Day 8 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI: for the record
The humble struct of K&R days has given way to a much more powerful and capable descendant.
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Day 7 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI: closure closure
Closures are all very fine and good. Having not programmed in anger, or much more than mild irritation, for so long now, I still need to get my eye in. How do other languages handle closures?
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Day 6 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI: the λ-calculus calculus
Almost makes me want to dig out my old Haskell knowledge, dust it off, and… well, almost. One thing at a time.
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Day 5 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI: get a func on
The game really gets raised on day 5. On top of the usual functions and parameters, we have variadic functions and error throwing! And TIL: you can use otherwise key words (e.g. for, while) as external parameter labels in Swift.
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Day 4 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI: goto 10
Breaking out of loops to a label always feels a bit ‘goto’-like and reminds me of my youth spent hacking “space invaders” in Sinclair BASIC.
Loops. ✅ Loops. ✅ Loops. ✅ Loops. ✅ Loops. ✅ Loops. ✅ Loops. ✅ Loops. ✅ Loops. ✅ Loops. ✅ …
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Day 3 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI: the secret life of modulo
No idea why the operator is not named today, Some words are magical. For me ‘modulo’ is one of such word, as are ‘plethora’ and ‘dowp’. Operations and conditions are fine.
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WalesOnline: School completely bans mobile phones and teachers say kids’ behaviour changes
Or perhaps a highly visible and empowered staff are making a positive impact on improving relationships?
