Kids Code & Computer Science

Links from the bottom of all the March 2014 articles, collected in one place for you to print, share, or bookmark.

An Overview of Circuit Diagrams

https://www.kidscodecs.com/an-overview-of-circuit-diagrams/

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How to Read Circuit Diagrams

http://makezine.com/2011/01/25/reading-circuit-diagrams/
http://www.instructables.com/id/HOW-TO-READ-CIRCUIT-DIAGRAMS/
http://www.epemag.net/how-to-read-circuit-diagrams.html

How to Draw Schematic Diagrams

http://opencircuitdesign.com/xcircuit/goodschem/goodschem.html
http://www.rapidtables.com/electric/electrical_symbols.htm

Circuit Diagram Software Tools

http://www.circuitlab.com
http://www.digikey.com/schemeit
http://opencircuitdesign.com/xcircuit/welcome.html
http://www.epanorama.net/links/software.html

Circuit Diagram Libraries

http://www.circuitstune.com/

Components

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_diagram
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/switches-in-electronic-circuits-poles-and-throws.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitors
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diodes
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/basic-electronic-components-and-what-they-do.html

History of Electronics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronics#History_of_Electronics_Timeline
http://tc3.iec.ch/history/tc3_history.htm

Baghdad Battery

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad_Battery
http://ibnbattuta.berkeley.edu/
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1354-ibnbattuta.asp (edited)
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/IHSP-travelers.html

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How to Use a Breadboard

https://www.kidscodecs.com/overview-of-electronic-breadboards/

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How to Use a Breadboard

https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/how-to-use-a-breadboard
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-use-a-breadboard/?ALLSTEPS

What is a Breadboard?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breadboard

Breadboard Tutorials

http://learn.adafruit.com/search?q=breadboard
http://www.instructables.com/id/Use-a-real-Bread-Board-for-prototyping-your-circui/
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Elec_primer-simplecircuit.shtml

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JSON

https://www.kidscodecs.com/json/

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JSON

http://www.json.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON
http://www.w3schools.com/json/
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb299886.aspx
http://www.techterms.com/definition/json
http://www.copterlabs.com/blog/json-what-it-is-how-it-works-how-to-use-it/

Douglas Crockford

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Crockford
http://crockford.com/

Node.js

https://www.kidscodecs.com/node-js/

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Node.js

http://nodejs.org/
https://npmjs.org/
http://devopsangle.com/2013/04/01/the-birth-of-node-where-did-it-come-from-creator-ryan-dahl-shares-the-history/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node.js

Node.js Support

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/nodejs
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/nodejs-dev
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/node.js

Understanding Express.js

http://evanhahn.com/understanding-express-js/

Concurrency

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concurrency_%28computer_science%29

Event Driven Architecture/Programming

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_driven_programming
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_driven_programming

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Brackets, Semicolons, or Nothing, Oh My

https://www.kidscodecs.com/programming-style/

Programming Style

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_style
http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~pxk/417/notes/content/Cstyle.pdf

Coding Conventions

The bottom of this article also includes links to conventions for specific languages.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coding_conventions

Naming Conventions

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_convention_%28programming%29

PEP 8: Style Guide for Python Code

http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/

Erlang Programming Style

http://www.erlang.se/doc/programming_rules.shtml

C Programming Style Guides

http://www.maultech.com/chrislott/resources/cstyle/
http://www.maultech.com/chrislott/resources/cstyle/indhill-annot.html

Version Control Software

https://www.kidscodecs.com/version-control-software/

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Version (Revision) Control Software

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_control
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_revision_control_software
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_revision_control_software
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/09/18/the-top-7-open-source-version-control-systems/
http://martinfowler.com/bliki/VersionControlTools.html

Subversion (svn)

http://subversion.apache.org/

Mercurial (hg)

http://mercurial.selenic.com/
http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/UnderstandingMercurial
https://bitbucket.org/
http://code.google.com/
http://www.codeplex.com/

Git

http://git-scm.com/

Github

https://github.com/

Unfuddle

https://unfuddle.com/

CVS (Concurrent Version System)

http://www.nongnu.org/cvs/

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Non-Relational Databases

https://www.kidscodecs.com/non-relational-databases/

DynamoDB

http://aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/

Bigtable

https://developers.google.com/appengine/?csw=1
https://developers.google.com/appengine/articles/storage_breakdown?hl=en

MongoDB

http://www.mongodb.org/

CouchDB

http://couchdb.apache.org/

Riak

http://docs.basho.com/riak/latest/
http://docs.basho.com/riak/latest/theory/why-riak/

NoSQL

Their front page has a list of dozens of NoSQL database with links to each technology.
http://nosql-database.org/

Non-Relational Databases

A fairly quick overview of how NoSQL databases work and what they offer.
http://www.slideshare.net/ramtrilper/non-relational-databasesno-sql

Zina Nicole Lahr

https://www.kidscodecs.com/zina-lahr/

The Brief Wondrous Life of Zina Lahr

http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/media/The-Brief-Wondrous-Life-of-Zina-Lahr.html

The Work of Zina Nicole Lahr

http://player.vimeo.com/video/80973511
http://normallyodd.com/
http://normallyoddzina.wordpress.com/
http://stormypyeatte.com/

Mourning Friend Creates Portrait of a Young Artist

http://aspenpublicradio.org/post/mourning-friend-creates-portrait-young-artist

How to Build an Origami Crane

http://www.wikihow.com/Fold-a-Paper-Crane
http://www.wbu.com/doc/WhoopingCraneOrigami.pdf
https://www.google.com/search?q=origami+crane+how+to+fold&safe=off&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=FJMDU_jTGuOFyQH_0YGwCQ&ved=0CCkQsAQ&biw=1508&bih=1041

Off Beat: Barbed Wire and Patent Trolls

https://www.kidscodecs.com/barbed-wire-patent-trolls/

The Development and Rise of Barbed Wire

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~class/am485_98/cook/develp.htm

The Early Years: A Brief History of Barbed Wire

http://www.rushcounty.org/barbedwiremuseum/bwhistory.htm

Fencing the Great Plains

http://www.nps.gov/home/planyourvisit/upload/Barbed%20Wire%20Brochure,%20final.pdf

Barbed Wire (Wikipedia)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbed_wire

Amazing Barbed Wire Patents

http://www.insanetwist.com/2011/08/amazing-barbed-wire-patents.html

Barbed Wire

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/barbwire.htm

Last Word(s): Users and Makers

https://www.kidscodecs.com/users-and-makers/

The STEM Crisis is a Myth

http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/education/the-stem-crisis-is-a-myth

Debunking Myths About Highly-Skilled Immigration and the Global Race for Talent

http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/06/its-not-about-skills-shortages/

The Rise, Fall, and Rise of Electronics Kits

http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/education/the-rise-fall-and-rise-of-electronics-kits

CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards

https://csta.acm.org/Curriculum/sub/K12Standards.html

Amateur (aka Ham) Radio

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio