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Calculating Distance with Python

Play Treasure Island by Clicking Here I am very keen to help people connections between Maths and Computer Science. Above is a game I wrote using JavaScript. When you click on an...

Recursion for A Level Computer Science using Python

Introduction to Recursion in Python

It was a dark night, the night was dark and the robbers were in a cave. One robber said to the other “tell us a tale,” and this is the tale he...

Book Review – Soft Skills by John Sonmez

Soft Skills: The Software Developer’s Life Manual is a fantastic book which has had a big impact on my life. It is about how to level up your life in areas which...

Global Variables in Computer Science GCSE and A Level

Global Variables will Break the Internet

You may have heard that global variables are dangerous and should be avoided at all costs. They may even break the internet. How scary! However, it turns out on investigation that the...

ASCII ART

ASCII character encoding is essential knowledge for Computer Science. It is basically a set of values which represent text characters, enabling the transmission of messages via electronic media. A great way to...

Converting from Decimal to Hexadecimal for Computer Science GCSE and A Level

Conversion from Decimal to Hexadecimal

I want to share a little trick which some of you may not know for converting from Decimal to Hexadecimal as required for Computer Science GCSE and A Level. To use this...

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Insertion Sort for Computer Science GCSE and A Level

Insertion sort is one of the standard algorithms you will come across studying Computer Science for GCSE and A Level. There are many different versions of the code for it scattered across...

Low Level Programming for Cambridge A Level Computer Science – LMC vs 9608 Assembly

The best way to learn about low-level programming is to do it! (At least an emulated version of it using a tool such as the fantastic Little Man Computer simulator available here.)...

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The Euclidean Algorithm on the TI-84 Graphing Calculator

The Euclidean Algorithm an ancient Greek method for finding the greatest common divisor of two numbers. In spite of its age, it is still of great importance in modern mathematics and computing,...

Little Man Computer – Multiplication

Doing multiplication using Little Man Computer instructions can be quite a challenge for newcomers. Once you can do it, you will be well on your way to the level of mastery required...

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