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Phiromya Intawongpan / E+ / Getty Images Are you thinking about getting an online programming tutor? It's not a bad idea.  In a rapidly-evolving world that’s become more and more dependent on technological innovations, it can be difficult to keep up. From smart devices to artificial intelligence, robotics to programming, there’s an entire world of contemporary skills that hold the potential to open doors for our academic and professional futures. Now, one of the most prominent sk

urbazon / E+ / Getty Images With the increasing importance of technology in our lives, learning how to code has become an essential skill for students of all ages.  And while there are plenty of online resources available to help students learn coding, such as tutorials and courses, many parents are now turning to online coding tutors to provide their children with a more personalized experience (and many adults are turning to online coding tutoring as well, since it can give them a prof

Maskot / Maskot / Getty Images With the ever-growing demand for tech-savvy professionals in the job market, programming and coding are now becoming essential skills to have.  But what is programming, and how can you learn it with a tutor?   In this article, we’ll explore the answers to these questions and more, including what the difference is between coding and programming, the advantages of learning programming, and the top programming languages to tackle.  What Does a Program

Throughout the week of December 5-9 learners around the world are celebrating Computer Science Education Week and everyone interested in learning how to code will also participate in Hour of Code. This movement was created as a way to democratize computer science, inspire the next generation of technology creators as well as help them learn the fundamentals of coding and how much fun it is to create. What they might not learn is how coding is used in real life. That’s where Take Lessons com

SEO or “Search Engine Optimization” is a digital marketing strategy that targets a website's presence in search results on search engines. Intelligent use of SEO in your writing can increase your visibility in search results. In this article, you will learn what SEO is, and how to effectively use it in your writing. WHAT IS SEO? SEO is a system used to acquire traffic by making a website visible in search engine results through organic or paid techniques. Organic means using unpaid tec

Technology currently powers the world and will continue to power the world for a  long time. Facial recognition systems, self-driving cars, smartphones, cryptocurrencies, and cryptocurrency mining are a result of technology and… coding! Excited at what you can accomplish with coding but still curious about how it works, how you can learn it, and why you should consider learning it at all? By the end of this article, you will not only understand why you need to learn to code but also wi

Learning how to use Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is like creating magic in our computers. Recipes for repeatable effects called Presets, Collections to help us stay organized, along with robust Keywording assistance, are only a few of the magical tools in Lightroom. We'll go deeper here to see just how powerful this program is for our photography.  Review of Key Features In our last article, How to Use Adobe Photoshop Lightroom: A Beginner's Guide, we learned the options to tag your photos f

Maskot / Maskot / Getty Images So Joe has been playing games all his life and he is crazed and amazed at how these things work. He wonders every day how it is possible to create these stunning visual effects and nearly human-like characters that he can control with the click of a button from his gamepad. Fed up with feeling perplexed, he finally decides to check out the magic behind all these things. Reading through an article on a popular blog, he discovered that he needs to learn how to

Do you want to learn JavaScript but don't know where to start? Or are you tired of those long boring videos and looking for the best JavaScript books to guide your learning? This post is the bus stop where you will find the bus loaded with the answers to all your questions. JavaScript is a great programming language to learn because it is used everywhere. Although originally developed for Netscape – one of the earliest Internet browsers to make it smart, most web browsers like Google Chrome

The web - accessed through a web browser and created to share information among people was originally made up of HTML (Hypertext Markup Language – used for structuring web pages) and CSS (Cascading Style Sheet – used to design and light up web pages). This approach and components (HTML and CSS) made web pages static, leaving them with no way of performing any further activities when retrieved by the web browser. But as time went by, something strange and mysterious came along and played a