https://salmanfs.ca/tags/teaching/Recent content in Teaching on Salman's BlogHugoen-usWed, 04 Nov 2020 19:28:38 +0000https://salmanfs.ca/posts/get-started-with-programming/Wed, 04 Nov 2020 19:28:38 +0000https://salmanfs.ca/posts/get-started-with-programming/<p>A few friends have asked me about how they can start learning programming. So I&rsquo;ve put together some resources that I hope will be useful to someone trying to self-study programming.</p> <h2 id="development-environment">Development Environment</h2> <p>Many programmers prefer to use Linux since it is much easier to manage packages, libraries and other essential components. If you&rsquo;re coding on Windows 10 and want to use a Linux environment, you can use <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about">WSL</a>. WSL is the easiest way to run Linux on Windows. Setup WSL with a popular Linux distro like Ubuntu and that should make it a lot easier to follow along with most programming tutorials.</p>https://salmanfs.ca/posts/ta-day-0/Thu, 07 Sep 2017 21:03:38 +0000https://salmanfs.ca/posts/ta-day-0/<p>This semester I was offered a teaching assistant position for CMPT 295 Introduction to Computer Systems. When I got the news, I was really excited because when I was applying for the position it felt like a completely useless attempt (like many others). But I still went through with it, mostly because it was a no-BS application (read: no cover letter required).</p> <p>I first got the idea to apply for TA positions from Karol (a sessional instructor I had last year for a software engineering course).</p>