Category Archives: programming

Emacs: The universal writing machine.

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Mark Adrian Bell

Emacs is a program for writing and editing. Many people use it to write and test computer programs, but you can use it to write your own text, and many other things besides! Two important things about Emacs are that it's … Continue reading →

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Programming for young learners with Python

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Mark Adrian Bell

Python is a free open source programming language. At an advanced level, it’s a powerful and flexible language, but it’s clear and straight forward syntax, and it’s forgiving nature, make it a great way to introduce people to programming and computer science. Younger learners can start … Continue reading →

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