The aim of this challenge is to write a computer program to display a 5-day weather forecast for a specific location chosen by the end-user. You program will: retrieve the city from the end user (input), Use the Open Weather…
Our aim is to create a currency converter to help us convert a sum of money from one currency to another. Currency exchange rates are constantly changing which is why we have decided against the idea of storing all the…
The International Space Station (ISS) is moving at close to 28,000 km/h and orbits the Earth 16 times per day, once every 90 minutes! In this python challenge we are going to use an open source API (Open Notify) to…
In this blog post we will use Glowscript to create a 3D animation of a snowman. Our aim is to create our snowman by adding different 3D shapes such as spheres, cylinders, cones, etc. We will then create a compound…
In star wars movies, most spaceships are fitted with laser cannons to shoot enemy spaceships. To assist the pilot, these spaceships have built-in targeting computers that enable them to aim the cannon and inform them when their target is within…
This periodic table of programming concepts list the main concepts and techniques used in procedural programming. High level procedural programming languages such as Python, Visual Basic, C, etc. enable you to use most, if not all of these concepts in…
For this challenge, you will use your HTML, CSS and JavaScript to create a fully functional calculator as follows: Before attemtping this challenge, make sure you gain a full understanding of how HTML, CSS and JavaScript are used on a…
This algorithm is based on: Test Plan To understand what this algorithm is meant to do, we will predict its expected output for different input values and record our predicted outputs in a test plan. Test # Input Values Expected…
In this blog post we are investigating what are bitmap pictures and how they are stored on a computer using binary code. Bitmap Pictures? Bitmap pictures (also called raster graphics) are computer graphics made of pixels of different colours. Pictures…
A pizzaiolo (a man who makes pizza) has been asked to produce a very large pizza, to sprinkle some Parmesan cheese evenly on the pizza and to spread a full jar of black olives (approximately 80 olives) on the pizza.…