Reverse Learning
Delivering professional training using the reverse learning methodology means that the students learn the topics they expect to cover in the coming meeting in advance, and during the meeting itself most of the time is dedicated to explaining the more difficult sub-topics, answering questions the student come with and practice. Given that we already have […]
Software Development Long Running
Unlike many other traditional professions, when it comes to software development it seems that the pace in which new technologies emerge is so fast that it is hardly impossible to stay up-to-date. People that think about becoming a professional software developer should take that into consideration. Becoming a software developer isn’t about taking a single […]
Learning Programming in Small Classes
When teaching more than 14 students in the class it is nearly impossible to maintain eye contact with each and every student. When losing that eye contact it is nearly impossible to sens the students. Many of today students don’t feel comfortable asking basic questions and as a result of that, they are left behind. […]
Learning Object Oriented Programming
Learning object-oriented programming is not simple. It might take years of experience until a programmer gets an in-depth understanding of this programming paradigm. Even when taking a course that is fully dedicated for this topic, the need in the practical experience of a few years (at the minimum) still exists. Sometimes even that doesn’t help. […]
The Scala Programming Language Colloquium
On Sunday Novemebr 22th I will deliver a short seminar about the Scala programming language. The seminar will take place in HIT (www.hit.ac.il) room 424 building 8 (computer science department) at 1500. During this seminar I will overview my thoughts about using this programming language in academic courses and focus on its strengths as a […]
Java, C++, C# and PHP. The Differences.
Many of the students that come to learn in my courses already know other programming languages. In order to assist my students I chose to create a summery for all the differences between the four main programming languages I teach. If there is a topic in which a comparison is required please don’t hesitate and […]
Android Hybrid Applications Remote Debugging
When developing an hybrid application for the android platform we can debug our code in JavaScript using the Chrome DevTools. In order to assist my students I chose to create a short demo for using this remote debugging capability. The application I wrote in Java includes a simple single activity. The following is the code […]
Software Engineering in PHP April 2015
On Thursday April 30th I have started to deliver a professional course for learning how to develop the web application server side in PHP. The course includes 140 academic hours, it takes place in HIT and its cost is 6200 shekels. The following video clip overviews the topics covered in this course. Although it was […]
Android L Material Theme
The material design is a specification for creating user interface. The material design specification is developed and maintained by Google and it aims at all platforms. The new coming Android L platform will include an implementation for the material design. Towards the next coming Android course I am going to deliver in HIT I chose […]
HTML5 Application Cache Mechanism
The HTML5 Application Cache mechanism assists us with the development of web applications that can work offline. Using this mechanism we should create a manifest file that lists the resources (files) we want the web browser to keep their copies offline. The following code sample includes the demo.html file that refers sample.caching. The later lists […]