"The Wonders of Programming"

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Started programming at six using LEGO Mindstorms and later moves to Scala over Bluetooth to control robots; tools mentioned include Scratch, Cojo, Khan Academy, Coursera, Udacity, and Rosalind. Builds include Minecraft mods, a web game (Kidum), Android app WordSteel (on Play Store), a desktop reader for Diary of a Wimpy Kid, a custom PDF page searcher, a bioinformatics library galoa for Scala, and a student-store web app that scans sales and raises $1,000 to Free The Children.

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" chapters (7)

1. 0:00Introduction to programming
2. 1:50Tools for learning programming
3. 3:14Guidance from feedback
4. 6:06Encouragement to keep coding
5. 8:56Community and recognition
6. 12:07Using programming to help others
7. 13:09Conclusion and wonders of programming

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