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Ben Forta
Personal blog · forta.com/blogaiprogrammingculture
Ben Forta's personal blog at forta.com covers ai, programming and culture. Since 2008, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Ben Forta's site for his SQL and ColdFusion books and teaching resources, including Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes and Captain Code, a Python book for teenagers.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Ben Forta — Author, Educator, Technologist
What Hacker News says?
I thought that the CFML was the tag language and CFscript was considered separate, and this particular project didn't take advantage of CFscript, but looking around, people aren't too keen on the interfaces given to CFscript, even today. http://www.clearcrystalmedia.com/pm/full-cfscript-cfcs-not-w... http://www.forta.com/blog/index.cfm/2011/2/4/I-Am-Not-A-Fan-... I can speak to a similar adobe product, Flex (and MXM…
Comment linking /blog/index.cfm/2011/2/4/I-Am-Not-A-Fan-Of-CFSCRIPT
on “Why must you laugh at my back end?”Submitted Ben Forta – How to Generate SQL Statements with ChatGPT as a story · 14 points
HN discussionBen Forta's Teach Yourself SQL in 10 minutes http://www.forta.com/books/0672336073/
Comment linking /books/0672336073/
on “Our SQL interview questions”Submitted AI in the Classroom, Part 3: Where It Earns Its Place as a story · 2 points
HN discussionCheck this recently book, Captain Code, on introductory programming for teenagers 10 - 18 years old based on Python [1]. The resources presented in the book have been used to teach teenagers for over half a decade. [1]Captain Code: Unleash Your Coding Superpower with Python: https://forta.com/books/0137653573/
Comment linking /books/0137653573/
on “Ask HN: What is the best programing language and teaching resource for 10y child”Submitted He Said AI? Sharpen the Pitchforks as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI in the Classroom, Part 2: The Fears, Real and Imagined as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI in the Classroom, Part 1: What's Happening Now as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ben Forta - The UK's Social Media Ban: Necessary, and Bound to Fail as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ben Forta - Does Vibe Coding Change My Answer? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ben Forta: Data Visualization with ChatGPT as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Gartner Recommended WHAT Over ColdFusion? (WHAT == Perl) as a story · 1 points
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