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Hurrah !! you are up tomorrow
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Clickity[^]
The code for the site is open-source - in fact the quiz itself is hosted on GitHub Pages.
The idea is that someone could create a similar quiz site for Star Trek, the Marvel Universe, Batman v Superman, etc by simply tweaking my code. I might even write a CP article about how I built it, depending on how popular it becomes 
Feel free to share it around, post it to Reddit, etc... my gut feeling is that this could go viral 
I also created a Facebook page[^] for the people who enjoy liking those things.
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A.
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I did the test and failed miserably with 2/6 in Level 1 ... 
BTW, very nice concept and implementation, but I did not look into the code yet,
Cheers,
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Tachyonx wrote: very nice concept and implementation
Thanks! 
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A.
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Nice quiz passed 2 levels.
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Nice way to induce epilepsy!
- Request the page over HTTP;
- HTTPS Everywhere redirects the page to HTTPS;
- Page redirects to HTTP;
- HTTPS Everywhere redirects the page to HTTPS;
- Page redirects to HTTP;
- ...
The end result is a black and white strobe effect. 
Also, it seems to be broken in Firefox 43. It just shows a block of blue squares with one cyan square moving round it. No questions ever come up. (Works fine in Chrome, though.)
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
modified 16-Dec-15 8:11am.
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Why can't people just go and enjoy a movie . . . and then get on with their lives?
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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"Lord of the Rings" is misspelled as "Lord of the Rngs". 
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Perfect on the first two levels. 4/6 on the last two levels. Three of my correct answers on level 3 were flat out guesses.
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Nice. 
We should be building great things that don't exist-Lary Page
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Apologies if this has been posted to incorrect forum. Feel free to suggest alternatives.
Requirement: University unit must cover Web Site creation and Programming Concepts.
Audience: A mix of students. Some have programmed. Others have not. Some will seek career in IT but not as code developers. Some are business students who just want exposure to some simple Web Dev.
Question: Which prog language?
Current Plan (very flexible):
Cover very basic concepts of Web Servers, Web Browsers, HTML5 / CSS3. Enough to understand that a web page is a collection of files etc . Students will create some very simple web pages.
Next, use WordPress instead of 'low level' HTML5 & CSS3.
Students experience Themes, Plug-ins, configuration, backups etc. Many students create quite sophisticated sites.
Previously VB.NET and VBA (excel macros) were used for programming.
Negatives:
* .NET requires purchase of s/w and install and .Net framework
* VB syntax does not help newbies read/understand c-style syntax used in most other languages that they may experience
* Simple desktop apps don't fit into web space
* C# is OK, but cost, install, framework etc are still an issue
Pluses:
* Simple to learn. Useful code. Allows students to automate excel, or have little trouble writing a small scripts or even manage to write a simple stored procedure (they also do some DB work in other units)
So, any suggestions on which language you think would be best in such circumstances? (The reason I'm asking this question here is that many people in my workplace have set ideas that haven't changed in years (decades?)). Thanks, Peter
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MIT === Mythology Institute of Technology
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Shouldn't they choose Delphi to be consistent with the Mythology thing ? 
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Delphi belongs to the department of Archaeology...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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While VB/VBA may be more relevant to them when working with office etc I would not recommend using it as a teaching tool. There is a vast number of support resources out there on the web and the bulk of them are in c#.
There is no financial cost difference between c# and VB.net, both are available as express versions (free) and they will certainly meet your students requirements. VBA comes with office (at a cost) but you are talking web sites!
However you are about to get feedback/recommendations on a whole range of web development tools which you are going to need to consider.
No doubt someone will downvote your question because you are new to the site and this may be construed as a programming question by some prat, ignore the downvote when it comes and persist!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I argue that C# is simpler than VB.net anyway. It flows better and it has fewer reserved words -- and reserved words have a negative side-effect in that they tend to hinder globalization.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: I argue that C# is simpler than VB.net anyway
Possibly but if they have already worked with VBA then they have been polluted with the VB syntax and there is a learning curve to moving to c#. It is worth the cost in effort just to access the support resources on the interweb.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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By the same token, with my C and C# experience I had difficulty learning the basics of VB.net ; old dog / new trick. I find VB.net just too restrictive and inflexible.
I'm saying that for they with no experience in either of these two languages, the choice should be C#.
A non-serious student with some experience with one of these two languages should probably continue in that language.
Serious students, of course, need to learn several.
I was speaking with one of my nephews-in-law this past weekend and he has learned some Java, Python, and C# so I think he'll be alright.
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mr_peter wrote: * C# is OK, but cost, install, framework etc are still an issue
What cost? It's free. And you don't even need Windows, so it's double free.
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I thought C# ran only in a .Net / Windows environment.
Tell me more...
Peter
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Visual Studio Community Edition is free for use in classrooms or individual use[^].
And the few limitations[^] there are compared to Professional edition, is probably nothing to worry about for your needs.
If you want another environment than windows you should check out Mono[^].
modified 16-Dec-15 2:59am.
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How about PERL. A book I once read explains that PERL is written in simple English.
But seriously folks...
I vote for Python simply because it is quite easy to learn and it is free.
I may not last forever but the mess I leave behind certainly will.
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Learn Perl or die?
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