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From Interior Designer to Registered Nurse

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From Interior Designer to Registered Nurse

“You can make a fresh start whenever you want. Anytime you feel that you are heading for a wall or a dead-end, all you have to do is turn and start walking.”

Ex-interior designer Dimitra turned over a new leaf after returning from maternity leave. She lives in Thessaloniki, Northern Greece with her seven-year-old son.

For several years I had a career in kitchen design that I loved, and it provided a great salary and a good life for my family. However, when I left for maternity leave, I lost my job when the showroom I was working for shut down. After 11 months of unemployment, I found a job in retail selling women’s accessories, but that was a far cry from what I used to do.

When this happened, Greece was undergoing a financial crisis, and I was earning 1/4th of my previous salary working in retail. I was employed under undesirable conditions with poor management. Retail and sales are a high-stress combination — it just wasn’t for me. Once I quit, I had to take some time to figure out what I wanted to do moving forward. I’m so glad that I did!

During that time, I started taking courses on Coursera for fun. Anything that triggered my curiosity was fair game. That’s when I discovered that I had an interest in the health sector.

Take a look at Dimitra’s course list:

  1. Epidemics, Pandemics and Outbreaks by the University of Pittsburgh
  2. Introduction to Global Health by the University of Copenhagen
  3. Introduction to Population Health by the University of Manchester

My courses on Coursera helped me start a new path in my life. At the end of last year, I graduated as a Nursing Assistant with excellence from the University of Patras in Pharmacy. I have applied for nursing positions at four hospitals in Thessaloniki, and most likely I’ll be starting next year at Ippokrateio Hospital, one of the largest hospitals in Northern Greece. I can’t wait to begin practicing!

“I’m very happy with the 180 degree turn my life has taken. Coursera helped me discover what I like to do in life besides design and gave me the push I needed to start over.”

A picture of Dimitra’s time in nursing school illustrated by her son.

Taking courses on Coursera helped me realize that it’s never too late to start something new. Never settle for the wrong job and unhappiness. If I can do it, you can do it too.

 

Coursera and HEC Paris Introduce Stackable Degree Model With New Specialization in Design Thinking

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Coursera and HEC Paris Introduce Stackable Degree Model With New Specialization in Design Thinking

This June, HEC Paris, one of Europe’s top business schools, will celebrate its first graduates of the MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MSIE). The fully online program, launched on Coursera in September 2017, equips current and aspiring entrepreneurs and business leaders with skills to develop business ideas, drive product innovation, or launch new ventures.

On the heels of this graduation milestone, we’re thrilled to introduce a unique stackable format for the MSIE with a new Specialization from HEC Paris: Innovation Management and Design Thinking. This is the first time HEC Paris has announced a stackable program format, which allows learners to start their degree learning with an open course or Specialization that can count toward the degree upon acceptance to the full program. This will bring access to top-quality business education from HEC Paris to even more learners around the world.

Design thinking is a particularly exciting topic for today’s business leaders. This new Specialization will help learners apply creativity and design thinking to drive innovation, whether they’re executing an idea, managing a project, or leading a company. Courses include:

  • Boosting Creativity for Innovation
  • Strategic Management of Innovation
  • Organizational Design and Management
  • Design Thinking

Now more than ever, learners need flexible, affordable ways to obtain advanced credentials that improve their career prospects. We look forward to seeing how this new pathway to a degree helps even more learners transform their lives.

The new Managing Innovation and Design Thinking Specialization is available today. To learn more about the MSc in Innovation & Entrepreneurship and other innovative degree programs on Coursera, visit coursera.org/degrees.

 

Guide to choose Online Courses & Course provider [2018]

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Guide to choose Online Courses & Course provider [2018]

Online courses are, without a doubt, provides a great opportunity to learn anything, anywhere & anytime. There are plenty of course providers like Udemy, edX, Coursera, Udacity, Linux Foundation, FutureLearn, Skillshare, etc… As the number of these provider grow, so is confusion on which one to choose, here is a simple guide on how to choose online courses.

It is not feasible for everyone to join a top university like Harvard, MIT, IIT’s, Stanford etc. in terms of both economically & physically. Online courses make it possible. Quality courses to everyone at fraction of the actual cost with certification.

Most of the online course providers can be categorized into three different types.

  1. By Universities or organizations on platforms like NPTEL, edX, Coursera, Udacity & FutureLearn by Harvard, MIT, Stanford University, Michigan university, IIT’s, IIM’s and organizations like Facebook, Google & Microsoft.
  2. By training companies or individual trainers on platforms like Udemy, Skillshare, Plural insight, Masterclass etc…
  3. By training companies like intellipaat, simplilearn, edureka, TreeHousee tc..

Coursera, edX, Udacity and FutureLearn:

Whereas courses on edX, Coursera, FutureLearn are developed by various universities like Harvard, Stanford and Big corporate giants like Google, Facebook and Microsoft.

These courses are delivered by university professors, who usually teaches in-depth basics to build a solid foundation towards research & development and less of job oriented. Course contains recorded video tutorials to watch & learn at your speed.

Though most of the course material is free to access, you are asked to pay some fee to gain access to exercises, practice quizzes & for certifications; Paid Students are given access to discussion forum to discussion with other students.

Across the globe many companies started recognizing these certifications. You can add these certifications in your LinkedIn  profile as well.

Few universities are accepting these courses are part of their regular college courses for credits as well. Ex: American Public university gives credits to students who takes the below coursera or Udacity courses.

university accepts MOOC courses for credits

Trainers on these websites are individuals who mastered a skill or an art, providing lessons on how they mastered it & how you can apply the same tips, techniques.

Udemy is one of the oldest of these, providing lot of quality courses at really low-cost. Cost that is less than a meal, no matter which part of the world you are from these courses are affordable !!

These courses are more of getting you ready for the job. Making you from beginners to Advanced what you need to know, understand & teach & start working, nothing more.

These providers will have forums where learners can post a doubts/queries to trainers and to discuss among themselves. You will not have immediate access to trainer.

Courses contains pre-recorded video lectures/tutorials to learn at your own pace & convenient time.

intellipaat, simplilearn, edureka:

These are privately owned organizations/companies, who choose few trainers and offer courses. They offer both LIVE classes & self-paced courses.

Courses are little expensive compared to other course providers but few of them organizations provide Job guarantee, virtual lab access, 24×7 support, lot of mock interview practice sessions etc..

Most of the courses offered by these organisations are completely job oriented programs, which helps you get a job quicker, perform better at your current job.

Live Vs Recorded (Self-Paced ) Courses:

Great advantage with most of the online courses (Self-paced) is opportunity to learn anywhere & any time. The main disadvantage is lack of immediate access to instructor/trainer to get your doubts clarified. This can be surmounted by joining LIVE training courses, where instructor teaches courses live, you can immediately ask a doubt.

With self-paced courses there is always a chance of procrastination to learn but this is not possible with LIVE courses.  LIVE courses pushes you to take courses on time every session as per the planned scheduled time, helps you stick to your learning goals.

Assuming you have chosen one of the course provider with the information above. Now lets look into how to identify a suitable course for you.

Course Contents/Syllabus

The first thing you need to look at is what are the topics covered in that particular course. Course description & table of contents give you complete idea of what is going to be covered.

Ratings & Reviews

Ratings are something we always looks for while purchasing something online, online courses are no exception. But how reliable are these ratings ??

I request you to choose online courses with more numbers enrollment and ratings. Also read couple of reviews of previous students. This give you a lot of information.

Quality (Money back Guarantee )/Trial periods

Next thing you need to check is if the course provider offers any trial period or money back guarantee !! This is extremely important because if the course doesn’t add any value to you, you can ask for refund !!

  • Udemy offers 30-day money back guarantee ! No matter the reason
  • Coursera offers 7-day free trial
  • SkillShare offers 30-day free trial
  • TreeHouse offers 14-day trail period.

Some other course providers offer partial payment back. You can check it while enrolling !!

Cost: Free Vs Paid courses

With so many FREE courses available, why should someone join a PAID course?

Free courses are usually mainly targeted for beginners, who would like to know what is this topic is all about. With free courses,  students would not have access to quizzes, assignments, discussion forums or any other technical support.

Free Courses do not help intermediate or Advanced learners who knows basics of the topic & looking to go next level. You might find few new concepts, they are not really worth your time.

So if you are a beginner go for FREE courses else go for PAID courses.

Certification Vs No certification

On your resume, certification conveys a little more information than your knowledge.

Certification not only indicates about new skills you learned, it also tells your commitment I  completing a course in-time i.e. sticking to the course deadlines to complete assignments for the entire course duration & getting enough marks to get a grade or certification.

Mere joining a course and going through course material is not enough to master a skill or to crack an interview. I always recommend you to go for certification. Most of these are really low-cost.

Things to Remember:

Finally, please keep these two points in mind before you commit to a course.

Time Vs Money :

It is not money that you would lose, you will lose time if the course is not opt for you. If you are in Intermediate or Advanced stage learner, joining FREE courses might result in losing your valuable time. Time wise be-wise.

Do NOT join same course across multiple platforms. It would only waste your time.

You need a Mentor :

Every champion or every great leader had a mentor at some point of time in their life. Mentor-ship speeds up your learning, helps you in making fewer mistakes, keeps you stay focused & on your track. Learning on your own is also a good way, but that takes a lot of time.

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if we miss any points please feel free to drop a comment below.

Hope this guide helps you !

101 Free Online Courses with Certificates in 2018 [Top Rated]

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101 Free Online Courses with Certificates in 2018 [Top Rated]

We have selected 101 FREE online courses with certificates to learn in 2018. These are all top rated courses from Udemy, Coursera, edX & other course providers. Though Coursera & edX charges for certification, course material is absolutely free for all.

Does Online certification by Udemy, edX or Coursera has any significance or value ?

Yes, Certification is extremely helpful when you are applying for jobs & higher education.

Getting certified either online or offline involves going through course material, tutorials, quizzes and submitting assignments in time. Completing assignments & getting them verified to meet the pass criteria is an indication of your level of learning.

This also shows your willingness to learn new things and commitment to complete the courses though there are no academic grades here.

When it comes to the case of job interviews, certification gets you a good impression in the eyes of interviewer. If they have to choose one among two equally qualifies candidates, one with certification and other candidate without any certification, there is a high chance that the person with certification get priority.

Merely enrolling a course and reviewing the course contents is not enough. It doesn’t really indicate anything.

Improve English & Communication Skills

Communication skills plays an crucial role in understanding & presenting your views. No matter how good you are, there is always room for improving communication skills.

These courses helps you in improving your oral, written (including grammar), business English.

English for Career Development | Coursera

Business Communication

English Composition

English Composition: Research and Writing

Public Speaking

How to Write an Essay

English Grammar and Style

Learn English: Intermediate Grammar Specialization

Academic English: Writing | Coursera

Interview Tips & Getting hired

Having sound technical knowledge is only one part of securing a good job. Presenting your skills in the resume, presenting yourself in front of interview panel is another you should focus while you are looking for jobs. Below courses helps in this part.

How To Land the Job You Want (Capstone Project) | Coursera

Job Success: Get Hired or Promoted in 3 Steps | Coursera

How to Write a Resume (Project-Centered Course) | Coursera

Writing Winning Resumes and Cover Letters | Coursera

Job Interview Skills Training Course

SEO Your Resume: Bypass HR with Keyword Optimization

Bit Coin & Cryptocurrencies

Of late, Cryptocurrency is trending everywhere. Block Chain is the technology that is behind Cryptocurrencies, making them more secure and error free.

Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies | Coursera

IBM Blockchain Foundation for Developers

Programming

Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) | Coursera

Python for Beginners with Examples | Udemy

Java Programming Basics | Udemy

Java Tutorial for Complete Beginners | Udemy

Introduction To Python Programming | Udemy

C++ Tutorial for Complete Beginners | Udemy

Quickstart AngularJS 

Java Multithreading | Udemy

Learn Angular 4 from Scratch | Udemy

Python for Beginners with Examples | Udemy

Javascript Essentials | Udemy

Git Started with GitHub | Udemy

Eclipse IDE for Beginners: Increase Your Java Productivity

Selenium WebDriver Training with Java Basics | Udemy

R Programming | Coursera

Web development

Web Design for Web Developers: Build Beautiful Websites!

Web Development By Doing: HTML / CSS From Scratch

Build Your First Website in 1 Week with HTML5 and CSS3

Learn Responsive Web Development from Scratch

Beginner Photoshop to HTML5 and CSS3

HTML and CSS for Beginners – Build a Website & Launch ONLINE

Bootstrap 4 Quick Start: Code Modern Responsive Websites

How To Create A Website using WordPress (Step by Step)

App Development

Become an Android Developer from Scratch

App Design and Development for iOS | Coursera

Game Development

Code Your First Game: Arcade Classic in JavaScript on Canvas

Game Development Crash Course w/Corona SDK: You Can Do It!

Database Design & Management

Introduction to MongoDB | Coursera

MongoDB Essentials – Understand the Basics of MongoDB

Querying Data with Transact-SQL

Big Data & Machine Learning

Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) | Coursera

Machine Learning | Coursera

Neural Networks and Deep Learning

Want to be a Data Scientist? | Udemy

R Basics – R Programming Language Introduction

Hadoop Starter Kit | Udemy

Deep Learning Prerequisites: The Numpy Stack in Python

Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization | Coursera

Introduction to Probability and Data | Coursera

Principles of Machine Learning

Deep Learning Explained

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Digital Marketing

Writing in the Sciences | Coursera

Digital Marketing Specialization

Secret Sauce of Great Writing | Udemy

HubSpot Academy Inbound Marketing Certification Course

What Is SEO? Learn SEO Basics & Optimize Your Website

AdWords 101: The Beginner’s Guide to AdWords | Udemy

SEO Training Course by Moz | Udemy

SEO Tutorial for Beginners | Udemy

HubSpot Academy Email Marketing Certification Course

Hashtag Traffic Generation – Hashtag Marketing

Online Marketing Strategies

Entrepreneurship & Business Management

Entrepreneurship Strategy: From ideation to Exit

Essentials of Entrepreneurship: Thinking & Action | Coursera

How to Validate your Startup Idea | Coursera

Introduction to Project Management | Udemy

Operations Management | Udemy

Build an Online Business

Make Money:The Complete Shopify Aliexpress Dropship course

Stock Market Investing for Beginners | Udemy

Make Money from Home: How to Build an Online Business

Work From Home: The Amazon FBA MasterPlan

How To Start Dropshipping With Shopify & Aliexpress

How to Start an Amazon to eBay Dropshipping Home Business

Cloud Computing

Introduction to Cloud Computing | Udemy

AWS Concepts | Udemy

AWS Essentials | Udemy

Computer Networking

Cisco Networking Basics Specialization

Windows Server 2012 Administration for Beginners

Free CCNA Security 210-260 Course: All About VPNs

MS Excel

Excel Skills for Business | Coursera

Useful Excel for Beginners | Udemy

Excel Dashboards in an Hour | Udemy

Graphic Design

Photoshop for Web Design Beginners | Udemy

Useful Tricks & Tips in Adobe Illustrator

Photography & Other hobbies

Introduction To Fluid Art | Udemy

Introductory Photography Course | Udemy

Photography: Ditch Auto – Start Shooting in Manual

Internet of Things (IOT)

Unpacking the Internet of Things (IoT) | Udemy

Developing IoT Solutions with Azure IoT

Test Preparation

TOEFL® Test Preparation: The Insider’s Guide

IELTS Academic Test Preparation

We have tried to cover every area/subject, if you need some more free courses, please let us know in the comment section.

Hope these free online courses with certificates benefits you in upgrading your skill, knowledge and intern results in getting a job, promotion or admission in good universities.

9 weird online courses you must check out!! 

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Online courses are designed in such a way that their knowledge sharing is profitable, desirable, significant, relevant, and meritorious to students. But there are courses online which, though have significance, are surprising and weird. They are subjects which you would not have even thought of getting trained on. Now check these weird online courses

  1. Antiquities trafficking and Art Crime: The University of Glasgow has developed this course and is available free online. You will learn the social, political, and moral issues associated with the trafficking of antiques and what is the idea and criminological aspect behind the crime. The tutor is none other than Donna Yates, an Archaeologist in criminology.

Link: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/art-crime

  1. Why We Post-The Anthropology of Social Media: Social media is the talk of the century, but ever thought what their impacts are and why do we post on social media. Find out the same in this free online course, which basically teaches you on the various uses and its consequences of social media. Duration of the course is five weeks and is developed by UCL.

Link: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/anthropology-social-media

  1. Babies in Mind- Why the Parent’s Mind Matters: This free online course designed by the University of Warwick, and taught by Jane Barlow- Director of Warwick Infant and Family Wellbeing Unit, and Dawn Cannon- Course Director for Infant Mental Health Online is based on why and what are the influence of parent’s thoughts and minds during pregnancy, on the unborn baby. The course elaborates the concepts of the psychology related to the infant and how parents influence that.

Link: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/babies-in-mind

  1. Lottery of Birth: Study as to where, when, and to whom you were born has affected or can affect the course of your life. How you are being born at a particular time, place, location. Society, community, gender and nation can influence your life? The duration of the course is four weeks and is developed by the Open University UK.

Link: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/lottery-of-birth

  1. Death: The philosophy of the truth of life- Death is being transformed into a free online course by Yale University and is very fascinatingly presented by Professor Shelly Kagan. He, in a very philosophical manner, takes the twice a week, 50 minute class and throws light on subjects like immortality, attitudes towards death, death and evil and much more.

Link: http://oyc.yale.edu/philosophy/phil-176

  1. Music as Biology: Created by the Duke University with Daul Purves this free online course defines in detail how sound, its tone can trigger human emotions? Which tone sets the positive emotions and which are the causes of mind diverting in the not so positive frame? How the mechanics of sound get correlated with the biological sensory stimulus? The perception of sound and its tonalities are discussed in this course and explanations on why we like certain scales and not others? The effect of socioeconomic cultures of music and human emotions are described in the course.

Link: https://www.coursera.org/learn/music-as-biology

  1. Terrorism and Counterterrorism: The twenty-two weeks-long free online course is developed by the Georgetown University and is being created by Jonathan Brown and Daniel Byman. It primarily explores the differentiation of defining terrorism, different philosophies followed by terrorist groups like – Al Qaeda, the ISIS, the Hamas and much The course allows takes you through the technology used by the terrorist, their recruitment process, and how counterterrorism under the rule of law is undertaken.

Link: https://www.edx.org/course/terrorism-counterterrorism-georgetownx-guix-501-03x

  1. Understanding the Origins of Crime: The course deals with the selection of crime as a profession or by chance or may a natural process, by an individual. It discusses the reason as to how criminals take crime as a natural selection? It deals with the process of this selection and what is the behavior of the criminal and how you can predict that. The four-week long course is developed by the Griffith University with Aaron Sell and is available as a free online course.

Link: https://www.open2study.com/courses/understanding-the-origins-of-crime

  1. Calling Bullshit in the Age of Big Data: This astoundingly weird course is designed by the University of Washington and has Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin West as the instructors. The objective of the course is to recognize bullshit and deactivate it. The basis that the world is full of bullshit and you must be armed accordingly to fight them back. You must be in a position to figure out what kind of bullshit you are encountering and why the same is bullshit. Once done, you must frame a satisfactory explanation to counter it.

Link:  http://callingbullshit.org/

The need of all these online courses can only be justified when the benefits are reaped by the students. Nevertheless, everything has a flip side to it and its utility can only decide the significance. Any course taken with a target, a positive attitude and learned properly will surely provide dividends.

5 Things not to do while learning Online

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Online Learning- Flourishing

With the birth of online learning in the 80’s, it has drastically changed the training industry and is showing rapid progress and evolution.

Thousands of free online courses are offered by universities like MITOCW, MOOC providers like edX, Coursera, FutureLearn and NovoEd.

Organizations prefer online training and development courses for their staff to save massively on cost and time, and at the same time sharpen their skill-sets. Fortune 500 firms organized 73.6% of their technology-delivered training through online methods (workforce.com). 28.1% revenue (that is $56.2 billion out of the total $200 billion) of the corporate training industry comes from eLearning (Global Industry Analysts).

Challenges

Though online learning is totally different from traditional classroom training in terms of attending classes and interacting with trainers & students, it is no different when it comes to actual learning. It comes with its own challenges in the time of distraction. Either you are a beginner or advanced learner, there are few things which should be avoided while learning online to get maximum benefit out of it.

  1. Enrolling without Complete Info: A common mistake made by students, sometimes even by professionals, is to enroll, just because someone referred or is pursuing that certification. You must not do this, as your goal, caliber, knowledge; future plans for career progression and affordability may or may not match with someone else’s. Even if you want to pursue a specific course you must go through the complete information on the course, match it with your needs, and verify its accreditation, market value and the support services they extend. There can be another academic advisor whose programs has a better marketability than yours.
  2. Wait or take things for granted: The beauty of the online ecosystem is that nobody is visible, so you must feel the presence and show your presence to your academic advisor. You must ask a lot of questions, doubts, information and queries. You must explore the possibilities and opportunities of finding answers from websites like stackoverflow, Quora and other forums as well. Another beauty of online learning is, flexibility in timings, you get your answers anytime, any day even midnight.
  3. Surrender to Procrastination: Chances of developing procrastination are quite high unless you have a fixed scheduled time every day, just like a traditional classroom hours. This makes you stick to the plan & develop a habit of persistence as well. Along with having a scheduled time, you also need to make sure you turn off notifications on phone especially social media notifications. Plan your day and schedule your study time so that you do not stay behind.
  4. Feel alone: It is usually felt that when you are learning online you are alone. The fact is you are not alone, but have hundreds and thousands of similar people doing the course, instructors and advisors. The benefits of interacting with others is, you get new information, share ideas, concepts and grasp concepts faster. When you do not do you miss learning new and innovative things. Try to socialize in this environment to learn better and faster. Do not limit yourself; explore things, people, groups who can enrich your online learnings. This is also a way by which you can resolve or clarify and question or query.
  5. Do Not Celebrate: People get bored and lose interest slowly while learning online. The Very common reason behind it is they do not celebrate their accomplishments. You must celebrate your achievements, even if they are small, like finishing a chapter which you felt was quite lengthy and tough. Like how you managed to complete a field activity, without hampering your daily official responsibilities. All these will keep you motivated and you will elevate your mood and rejuvenate yourself. In the ecosystem of online learning, the possibilities of getting praised are very minuscule.

Your decision to opt for an e-learning course can get you dividends only when the direction chosen is correct and you follow the order. Your sense of commitment, time-management, self motivation and temperament are the key to learn things faster, smoother and adapt to learning online effectively. You just must align all these to the online learning ecosystem.

Best Compilers/Interpreters to Practise Programming Online

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There are numerous programming languages available these days for developers and every language comes with some amazing features and supported tools to suit various programming needs. Many of these programming languages are either compiler based or interpreter based, so programmers would require a Compiler or an Interpreter software to execute and test the codes.

Most programmers use an offline compiler program to support their programming needs, but there also many online compilers and interpreters available which coders can utilize. An online compiler helps a programmer write and test his codes online without the need to install any software on his/her system. Online compilers and interpreters are also better since they are mostly cloud based and help improve the productivity of a programmer.

Below we are mentioning some of the most popular online compilers and interpreters available where a programmer can learn and practise programming.

  1. CodePad

Codepad is an online tool for coders to compile their code and collaborate with teams. The tool provides the coders a specific URL for their code which they can share with others. It is a simple online tool where a programmer can code and execute it. This easy to use tool also works on mobile devices perfectly. The languages which this tool supports are C, C++, D, PHP, Ruby, Python, Perl and many more.

Codepad can be accessed online at www.codepad.org

  1. Ideone

Ideone is an online IDE and debugging tool with support for more than 50 languages. This is not just a pastebin like codepad, but it is a full featured debugging tool. The tool also provides the functionality of making code private or public. Public codes are viewable publicly on the recent codes section. The users can sign up for an account and save their codes in an organised manner.

Users can access this debugging tool at www.ideone.com

  1. JDoodle

This is another simple online editor and compiler which supports numerous programming languages. JDoodle has support for all standard online libraries, so that programmers can conveniently utilize the tool to edit, execute and share codes online. There are also features to do peer programming. Account holders can watch other programmers coding and make corrections to their programs.

The website link for JDoodle is www.jdoodle.com

  1. W3Schools

The most famous online tutorials website for web programmers also comes with online compilers for various scripting languages. This is probably one of the best websites to learn programming online and also practise codes side by side on the compiler functionality provided. The website contains tutorials and tools for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, AngularJS, PHP, ASP, SQL, NodeJS and various other web technologies.

The official website is www.w3schools.com

  1. Hacker Earth

This online compiler supports nearly 36 programming languages and needs to be logged in to gain acquaintance to online compiling by programmers. HackerEarth can record all your changes as a video as well. The website also hosts various programming competitions for its users. HackerEarth is a big community of programmers and the website also supports companies to hire the best technical talent online. Henceforth, the users also get opportunities to prove their talent and get hired in good technical companies through this website.

Programmers can access the tool here code.hackerearth.com

  1. Coding Ground

This is another good online tool which allows coding and executing programs in multiple languages. The parent company TutorialsPoint also has a huge knowledge base of tutorials which the coders can utilize to practise and learn programming online. Coding Ground provides multiple useful options which include creating a new file, saving a file, organizing files my creating projects, etc.

The online tool is available at www.tutorialspoint.com/codingground.htm

  1. Codechef

Codechef is a competition based programming website. Being one of the best options for running programs online, it also accentuates your skills as you are constantly in talks with other competitors and experts. More of a learn and do facility, codechef caters practice and competition at different levels of skills.

This tool can be accessed at www.codechef.com/ide

  1. Rex Tester:

RexTester helps programmers to execute their codes online. Initially started as a regular expression tester tool for dotnet, rextester now supports more than 40 languages. This is an easy to use tool with a simple UI. Users can also share their codes on the “Code Wall” section and ask for live cooperation from other coders.

The tool is available online at www.rextester.com

  1. JS Fiddle

JSFiddle is an online coding and collaboration tool for HTML and JavaScript programmers. Coders can write and test their HTML, CSS and JavaScript or CoffeScript codes online on JSFiddle code editor and also share their codes with others. This is probably one of the best tools for Web Programmers with four different sections for HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Result respectively.

This tool is available online at www.jsfiddle.net

  1. GCC Explorer

GCC is a web based tool specially launched for C++ programmers. It is a very useful tool for debugging and researching. This tool provides features wherein a programmer can explore the output of the code. The supported languages are C++, D, Rust and Go. Programmers can also share their codes through a URL which the tool generates for every code. There is a share option the right hand side and the tool also has options to change the view.

The website to access and utilize GCC Explorer is https://godbolt.org/

  1. DJGPP Public Access Cross-Compiler

The DJGPP Compiler, being managed by Delorie software is an easy to use, convenient tool to compile and run code online. If a programmer wants to compile a DOS program and he does not have access to a DOS machine, he can use this tool.

The web link for the tool is http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/compile/

  1. ShiftEdit

An online compiler for languages like PHP, Ruby, Python, HTML, and Java, this is basically a compiler for web site development programs. This is a paid tool which also includes features for GitHub Integration, BitBucket Integration and deploying AWS servers or Linode. The pricing structure starts from $6 per month, which includes real time collaboration facility.

The official website is www.ShiftEdit.net

  1. Source Lair

SourceLair is a cloud based IDE tool which lets the programmer code and test scripts online. The tool is very simple with an attractive UI. SourceLair is a paid tool, but they provide a free trial so the users can test the tool before trying paid account. Account holders of sourceLair can also group up their works and organize them in folders. SourceLair also has a mobile app and a chrome store app which the programmers can utilize.

The users can utilize the tool by logging on to the www.sourcelair.com/home website.

Conclusion

In today’s world, everyone wants to learn the basics of programming, but setting up a programming environment offline (in a computer system) can be difficult for beginners. The advantage of using online compilers is that the user doesn’t need to have own PC or laptop to learn, all one needs is just a web browser with an internet connection. Users can save their programs online & can access from anywhere. The users can select any online compiler or interpreter to suit his or her programming needs. The tools mentioned above work online and help their users practice and learn programming online conveniently.

Learning With: ‘Need a Refresher on the War in Afghanistan? Here Are the Basics’

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2. How did the war begin? What did the Bush administration hope to achieve?

3. Why are American troops still in Afghanistan? What are they trying to achieve now?

4. Who are the Taliban and how much control do they have in Afghanistan?

5. On Jan. 28, American and Taliban officials announced a preliminary framework for peace. What are the terms of this framework and why is it significant?

6. In what ways has the United States’ approach in Afghanistan changed under President Trump?

7. What is one major reason this war is unpopular with Americans?

Finally, tell us more about what you think:

In December, the Trump administration announced the withdrawal of United States military forces from Afghanistan. But in January, the Senate, in a bipartisan rebuke to Mr. Trump’s foreign policy, voted overwhelmingly to advance legislation to express strong opposition to the withdrawal of troops.

Should American forces remain in Afghanistan? Or is it time to end this country’s longest war? Two Opinion pieces offer differing opinions:

In “Our Longest War Is Still an Important War,” Michael E. O’Hanlon writes about why the United States needs to keep troops in Afghanistan:

There is still a strong case to sustain America’s longest war — especially if we redefine it, away from nation-building and toward something more like an enduring partnership with the Afghan people against regional and global extremism. Indeed, Washington should stop looking for an exit strategy and view Afghanistan as one pillar in a broader regional web of capabilities against Al Qaeda, the Islamic State and related movements that show few signs of dissipating. Over time, we can gradually reduce our forces, but we will want selective intelligence and military capabilities in South Asia for many years to come …

There will of course be no outright victory in Afghanistan anytime soon, and any peace deal with the Taliban remains a long-shot. But the United States-NATO mission in Afghanistan can continue to protect the West from large-scale terrorist attacks originating in South Asia, while gradually declining in size in years to come. And Afghans can still sustain the patient hope that their country will stabilize and strengthen over time.

In “End the War in Afghanistan,” the Editorial Board counters:

Any reckoning with the longest war in this country’s history must also grapple with one of its gravest miscalculations. We need to recognize that foreign war is not a vaccine against global terrorism. In fact, the number of Islamist-inspired terrorist groups has grown worldwide since 2001, often in response to American military intervention.

Nearly two decades of terrorist attacks — here and abroad by attackers both foreign and domestic — have shown the obvious: that terrorism is a tactic, not an enemy force that can be defeated, and it knows no borders. It can be thwarted in certain instances, but it cannot be ended outright.

If efforts to deal with international terrorism are to be sustainable indefinitely, they need to rely principally on intelligence and interdiction, diplomacy and development — not war without aim or end.

The troops have fought bravely in Afghanistan. It’s time to bring them home.

What’s your opinion? Based on what you have read and viewed, do you think the war should continue? Or is it time for it to end? If you’re still not sure, what additional information would help you form an opinion?

Globe and Books

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What do you think this image is saying? Can you relate to it personally in any way? What is your opinion of its message?

Tell us in the comments, then read the related article to learn about the inspiration behind this illustration.

Find many more ways to use our Picture Prompt feature in this lesson plan.

Word + Quiz: geniality

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Word + Quiz: <strong></strong>geniality

Note: Our Sixth Annual 15-Second Vocabulary Video Challenge is underway. It will run until Feb. 18.

: a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)

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The word geniality has appeared in five articles on The New York Times website in the past year, including on July 17 in the obituary “Dr. Alan S. Rabson, Influential Cancer Researcher, Is Dead at 92” by Gina Kolata:

In addition to his scientific and administrative achievements, colleagues say, what made Dr. Rabson stand out were his kindness, his empathy, his geniality and his willingness to help anyone with a cancer diagnosis who was seeking advice or a referral to an oncologist.

“You could not be in his presence without smiling,” said Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, of which the National Cancer Institute is part.

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