Are you interested in learning how to code? Or do you know how to code and are looking for a challenge? If so, Coding club is for you!
Coding club is a good place to start if you are considering taking the grade 11 programming course, but students of all skills and level of interest are invited to join!
Attention grade 9s and 10s: If you plan on writing the Beaver Computing Contest in November, come in for help preparing!
Students with programming experience will get an opportunity to try past ECOO and UW programming contests to prepare for those contests in February and March, and participate in Project Euler online to test their programming prowess!
When we meet
Come to room 216 any day at lunch!
Club facilitator
Useful links
Contests and Competitions
- ECOO-CS.org: Official site of the ECOO programming contest
- Project Euler: A website dedicated to the fascinating world of mathematics and programming.
- Beaver Computing Challenge: Information about the BCC on the UW website (for grade 9 and 10 students only).
- Canadian Computing Competition: Information about the BCC on the UW website (open to all programmers).
If you want to prepare for the University of Waterloo’s Beaver Computing Challenge, you can look at past contests and try out some of the questions.
- Questions from the 2023 contest
- Questions from the 2022 contest
- Questions from the 2021 contest
- Questions from the 2020 contest
- Questions from the 2019 contest
- Questions from the 2018 contest
- Questions from the 2017 contest
- Questions from the 2016 contest
- Questions from the 2015 contest
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Programming Languages
Java
Geeks for Geeks Java tutorials
Python
python.org: Home site of the python programming language
learnpython.org: Teach yourself Python using on line tutorials
guru99.com: Python Tutorial for Beginners: Learn Programming in 7 Days
Python4Everybody: An online tutorial site with PDF textbook you can download for free
CodeSkulptor.org: An online environment to code in Python; save and load files locally
- More sites will be added to this list! If you come across any neat websites dealing with programming and coding, please forward them to Mr. Milardovic.
Latest news…
UW’s Canadian Computing Competition is on Wednesday, February 21! Make sure you try some of the previous contests on the UW website, and get your Project Euler submissions in to Mr. M!
Project Euler top 5
| Name | Solved |
|---|---|
| Sol K | 36 |
| Ivan M | 29 |
| Abdullah Z | 24 |
| Fareed R | 14 |
| Luqman K | 14 |
And in other news…
Various Scholarships: Scholar Tree Canada
We (Scholar Tree) currently have 101 scholarships, equating to 567 awards and a total of over $1.6 million, with the application periods ending this month. So, there is still time for students who have put off applying for scholarships throughout the school year.
Students can sort their scholarship list (https://scholartree.ca/scholarships) by the deadline using the sort-by option at the top of the page.
A reminder of a scholarship available nationwide:
- Pathfinder Scholarship Award – Students studying Business or Tourism
- Future on Tap Scholarship – Non-Binary or Woman studying STEM
- Geotab Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Engineering Scholarship -Will be launching soon
Dream Scholarship – Dream Unlimited Corporation
Value: $10,000 (x8)
Due: May 18th, 2025
With a strong commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Advancement, we are offering four Scholarships that aim to financially contribute to post-secondary education within a Real Estate related field.
- Applicant must be entering their first year to fourth year of post-secondary education.
- Applicant must be entering a program (degree, diploma, certificate) that is related to Dream’s operations, i.e., Business, Business Technology, Civil Engineering, Community Development, Construction, Electrician, Engineering, Information Technology (IT), Maintenance Management, Marketing, Office Administration, Project Management, Real Estate, Urban Development, or Urban Planning
- High Academic Achievement
- Volunteer and Community Contribution
- Application available through Scholar Tree (sign -up required)
https://scholartree.ca/scholarship/dream-scholarship/NXVVRzKiMD
DOCTOR WHO CLUB: Coming May 9th
What is life like after you’ve raced across time & space with the Doctor? This week we revisit former companion Ruby Sunday, as she attempts to get on with her life, post-Doctor…but what if her new boyfriend has other ideas? This week we explore post-TARDIS life in LUCKY DAY. Join us for this real-ish life adventure this Friday May 9th, after school in room 226.
