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1. Programming Fundamentals

Goal: To learn the fundamental concepts of programming, without using any specific programming language

• Variables
• Data Types
• Operators
• Functions
• Control Flow
• Lists
• Loops

2. JavaScript

Goal: To learn JavaScript, alongside HTML and CSS, in order to create robust, dynamic and interactive user experiences

Variables are a way of storing values so that we can use them again (and again) throughout our program or change them, if necessary.

Values can be a number or a piece of text.

Variables are a way of saving a piece of info with a specific name. We can reuse a value over and over again, when we give that value a name.

For example, we can pick a variable my_locker_number, and store a value into it.

That way, we can reuse that value over and over again in our code, without having to type out my_locker_number and the value, every single time.

Here goes:

my_locker_number = 223625

my_locker_number / 3

my_locker_number * 5

Two important reasons why we need variables in our code:

• To easily reuse values in different parts of our code – more efficient, avoid repetition, no hardcoding
• To change the values of our variables – more flexible, with multiple options (for example, drop downs)

Hardcoding: When you use a value without assigning it to a variable.

To declare a variable, we give the variable a name and set it equal to a value.

For example, name of variable: my_locker_number and value: 223625 becomes:

my_locker_number = '223625'

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1. Learn How to Code: Codecademy

2. Full-Stack Software Engineer on Codecademy

3. Full-Stack Web Dev Course on Lambda School

4. FullStack Academy – Live Online Coding Curriculum

5. Self-Paced Coding Curriculum (Full-Stack) on Github

As a small business owner, you’ve come to realize that starting a business, although difficult, is hardly the toughest part of owning a business.

No, the more challenging part is the daily struggles that come with growing and nurturing your business. In fact, you might be wondering whether you’re running a business or simply just trouble shooting problems on the daily.

But you’re not alone, and that’s the main premise of this post. I thought I’d share some pressing challenges that the over 30.7 million U.S. small businesses face every day.

That way, you’d understand that you’re not alone, and that having to constantly solve problems, do more with less resources, and put out fires, is more normal in many small businesses than you’d think.

Even more, you’ll see discover that many of these problems can be fixed, if you’ll take a step back, dig into why the problem is happening, and refine your strategy to better reflect what you’ve learnt the first time around.

Here are the various challenges that small business owners face, plus some actionable insights on how you can tackle them.

Typical Small Business Challenges

1. Funding

2. Getting Clients and Customers

3. Differentiation

4. Expansion and Growth

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We just looked at why we need to teach our kids about money, and so the next question becomes:

How, exactly, do we teach our kids about money?

We get the answers to this very important question in our reading today in Dave Ramsey’s Complete Guide to Money book.

Right now, we’re in the third paragraph on Page 39, under the title ‘Following In Your Footsteps’, in Chapter 2 of Dave Ramsey’s Complete Guide to Money.

And here’s my lesson for the day:

As a parent, your children watch what you do; and also do what you say – so your kids need to both hear money lessons and see money actions coming from you.

As parents, we need to be very intentional about teaching our kids about money.

Which means:

1. As parents, we can’t keep getting sloppy about money, and expect our kids not to follow in our footsteps – kids watch what we do
2. We can’t just be doing, and not teaching them what to do (and why), and expect our kids to learn all they need to know about money – kids do what we say, too

Growing up, my parents didn’t have much, and so my siblings and I had to get so comfortable with the idea that my parents wouldn’t be able to provide many of the things we asked for as kids.… CONTINUE READING