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Is there any library for creating animated presentations? Although the question is language-agnostic, I'm specifically biased towards WPF, yet I wouldn't mind you giving examples of libraries for any other language, or a visualization language of some sort.
I know some folks, including Turing Award winner Alan Kay, that use Squeak for presentations. Squeak is an interactive programming environment. It combines objects and all the pleasures of a modern language with the immediate feedback of what-you-see-is-what-you-get document editors.
I donnu if there are tutorials on building presentations with Squeak though.
Dan Ingall's Lively might also be of interest for you.
I realise that this will sound to some like a sick joke, but it isn't: Have you considered Adobe Flash? Sure, it can be used for some questionable purposes, but ever since ActionScript 3 came out, it has a suprisingly decent OOP language attached, and it sure can make visuals and animations.
(Question is very broad, hence my multiple answers - and I don't yet have the rep to add comments, only answers)
If it is high end, high-level mathematics you want, you must of course be aware of Mathematica.
At the other end of the scale, even (ugh) PowerPoint and the like can do what can technically be called an animated presentation.
Could you please be more specific about what you mean?
Here is an excellent presentation in Squeak (Squeak is an interactive programming environment. It combines objects and all the pleasures of a modern language with the immediate feedback of what-you-see-is-what-you-get document editors.): Alan Kay on Ted on how to educate children with computers
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I have used Flash Builder and previously Flash for at least the past 15 years and am looking at the' writing on the wall' concerning the demise of Flash based software. I find ActionScript3 to be a powerful and elegant programming language and am hesitant to move towards what I perceive html5 to be because it appears that the underlying programming language is like taking a step back in time. It does not appear to be fully object oriented and I have yet to see a sophisticated IDE for it. Also, I have not seen an html5 equivalent of the Flash media server to capture and deliver video.
I'm not a professional developer, I'm a college professor who does a lot of design and development work and I need a platform that will be around for a while, that is technologically advanced, and that will continue to evolve. I've worked with xCode, but am concerned that it it too limited to IOS. I'd like to hear from others who can guide me in my decision making.
For web-based stuff, in your case, I'd definitely say to stick it out with AS3 until things become more absolute. Flash has issues that HTML5 doesn't, but the opposite is also true. Flash's issues are more permanent and/or something that Adobe just doesn't care about like it should, but HTML5, from what I understand, is still "growing up" and is not quite mature yet. Flash isn't dead yet, it's still well-established, and you're already really used to using it. So I'd say stick with that for right now, and change later when it's a better time to do so.
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I am not good enough in CSS coding though good hands on Web application development. I just wanted to understand the basic coding standard of CSS and went through some tutorials & did self practice but i feel something missing and don't feel much confidence when i see other coding standard.
Pls suggest me some good tutorials/ share your experience to enhance my skill. I am fade up of reading online tutorials.
My best advice would be to start coding yourself. Just start building web applications and learn as you go; you can get stuck looking for the best tutorials.
With that said, if you haven't stumbled on this yet, http://htmldog.com/guides/cssbeginner/ is the best tutorial in my opinion.
A List Apart is great... read the css articles form the bottom up: http://www.alistapart.com/topics/code/css/
Also i know some people cant grok it and its horribly technical and you have to kind of learn the language but i cant stress enough how much better off youll be if you actually take the time to read and understand the technical definition of CSS an how it works. A lot of things happen form misunderstanding box model and how things lay out, and then how it differences in standards complaint browsers and non-compliant browsers.
CSS 2.1: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/
CSS 3: http://www.w3.org/TR/css-2010/
I've recently watched the PluralSight movies and it was amazing if you looking for a movie tutorial. I know you have to pay to watch it, but first day that it released it was free to watch!
http://www.pluralsight-training.net/microsoft/courses/tableofcontents?courseName=css-intro
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I want to learn Action script 3 what is a good resource to learn it?
Sites
http://www.paultrani.com/blog/
Flash Mobile
http://www.flashmobileblog.com/
Videos
Presented by the great Lee Brimlow
http://www.gotoandlearn.com/
Books
Two books I know are good (in my opinion)
Learning Actionscript 3
Very concise book:
http://www.amazon.com/Learning-ActionScript-3-0-Beginners-Guide/dp/059652787X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208191030&sr=8-1
ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook
My favourite
http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596526955
Since ActionScript wasn't my first language, I can't give the same opinions as to which are great resources as someone just starting out with programming could.
However, I have a few sites bookmarked which I have heard great things about from other beginners to AS3:
AS3 101 - by ActiveTuts
Flash and ActionScript 911 - by Untold Entertainment
Learn to create an AS3 avoider game from scratch - by Michal James Williams
Plus, for once you get better at AS3, a list of the top mistakes you will definitely make (these are the types of questions that are asked on the Kirupa forums nearly every day!)
6 common ActionScript mistakes made by beginners
Finally, if you need a forum to belong to and a place to ask questions when you get stuck, I would really recommend the Kirupa fourms. It is a fantastic and very friendly community. :)
The official livedocs are great:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/index.html?filter_flashplayer=10.2#top
Just pick a class that sounds interesting, and there should be examples for the important methods.
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I'm a programmer for some time now yet I haven't found the right websites which offer me the information I'm interested in. I've looked at TechCrunch, Slashdot, etc. but there wasn't so much actually about programming.
When something urgently important happens in the programming world, where could I read it first?
What are some good sites/communities around programming?
Try:
reddit - programming
Hacker News - Although this is not strictly programming
There are a billion, i would first start with XKCD to start your day off right.
I would have reccomended Joel On Software, but he has moved on. There are still plenty of articles to read on that site.
Ever since Joel stopped writing I have turned to SlashDot as well as TechRepublic
When something urgently important
happens in the programming world,
where could I read it first?
I doubt that there's a CNN for all of "programming". Maybe the reason that you haven't found it is that it doesn't really exist or your expectations need calibration.
What are some good sites/communities
around programming?
I would say you're posting at one of the best.
Well you're on a good one already, StackOverflow.
Have a look on InfoQ that's good.
I generally like http://www.reddit.com/r/programming and http://news.ycombinator.com/
Also, if you're interested in copyright and IP concerns in the programming world, http://www.arstechnica.com is generally good there.
Personally I always use:
http://channel9.msdn.com/
It is obviously geared towards developers using Microsoft Products but the plethora of different articles and videos is really useful.
I use DZone to keep up-to-date with the latest programming trends. It's similar to Reddit but has a better selection of links for my taste.
for news on coding, technology, design and stuff like that, i can recommend www.newtnetnews.com
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As I browse through the site, I find a lot of terms that many developers just starting out (and even some advanced developers) may be unfamiliar with.
It would be great if people could post here with a term and definition that might be unknown to beginners or those from different programming backgrounds.
Some not-so-common terms I've seen are 'auto boxing', 'tuples', 'orthogonal code', 'domain driven design', 'test driven development', etc.
Code snippets would also be helpful where applicable..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_(Computer_science)#Boxing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuples
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthogonal#Computer_science
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_driven_design
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_driven_development
Someone may have beat us to it ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_%28Computer_science%29#Boxing
thats the correct link for boxing as related to computer science :D
Better yet, a site domain dictionary, containing a definition (over time) for every programming term on Stackoverflow, with the definition itself modded according to the Wiki-like aspects Atwood and others have been discussing.
There are coding dictionaries out there but they're all either a) crap or b) not extensible or editable in a collaborative way.
Right now if I come across an unfamiliar programming term or acronym my first stop is Google, followed by Wiki, followed by one of the many dedicated dictionaries. No reason why Stackoverflow shouldn't be on that list.
The c2 Wiki kicks butt. Great combination of concise definitions and examples, plus discussions that break it down when there are different interpretations.
It may actually be helpful to go around adding the tag 'glossary' to specific questions (I recently saw one about Expressions vs. Statements, for instance).