This course will become read-only in the near future. Tell us at community.p2pu.org if that is a problem.
This challenge will guide you through tasks that involve searching for and reading documentation online, executing an API call to a dynamic data source, processing the results in a language of your choice, and printing them out to a terminal.
A word of encouragement: This is a big challenge and you can expect it to take some time. But you are unlocking the secrets to the information universe! It's ok if it's hard. We all do it wrong 100 times before doing it right, so keep at it and share your trials, tribulations & successes with others in the comments.
Welcome! This is the first "serious" programming challenge in the Webcraft 101 series, and is meant to take you through some important and exciting web programming concepts.
Like all challenges, this challenge is not meant to teach you what you need to complete it, but rather to provide a means for you to demonstrate (and practice) important skills through guided exercises. Some people have already picked up these skills, while others are using the challenge to guide their peer-based or personal study. It's all up to you.
You can take as long as you like to complete the challenges. But keep in mind that research shows it helps to set aside dedicated time when learning new things, and to keep a consistent pace. An exciting side-effect is that often, a fuzzy kind of virtual cohort emerges when several people are actively involved in the challenge. Who knows, you might find yourself being swept along in the excitement :).
To complete this first task, introduce yourself, say a few things about your background ("total n00b" is just fine!), and feel free to share any fears or questions you have about taking the challenge.
Welcome to Programming with APIs!
Hello everyone, I'm Mike. I would like to consider myself as a total noob since I have no previous experience or idea about programming. Nevertheless, I would really want to learn programming a bit and get a general idea. So, I hope this course comes to good use for me. :)
Jonathan, from the UK here. I've been programming in Mathematica for many years and have picked up Python this year. I've played around a little with APIs before but would really like to get a better grounding in this area.
Hi I am skk and this is my laptop best friend hop we will meat soon in programming lab.....
Hi! I'm Zoelle. Have done a bunch of html/css and faked my way through one API integration using python, but basically have no clue what I'm doing.
hey this is ayesha i have learn few proggramming languages but..also wanna learn skills to be a good programmer :) hope this the best place i got!
hi, i'm hadeer ,umm......total n00b would be the perfect expression to describe me :) but i'm excited and i realy wanna learn programming :)
This course seems like one that will help push me to learn some new things.
I'm Martie and after a long break from web design, I'm hoping learn some more about programming!
i am Debashis Nayak
I am a total new to the field of programming, so i want go up stepwise.
Hi I am Madhusudan N. I have basic programming skills and some experience in web development and design. I love to learn more about technology.
Its a nice feeling to start something new. So i think i'm at the right place.
welcome Madhusudan! hope you have fun w the challenge!
hey, I'm Carley. not quite a total noob! yay. I have some experience with C++, Javascript, HTML and CSS. I'm pretty passionate about programming and hope to learn more. Cheers!
great! hope you enjoy the challenge carley!
Hi,
My name is Todd. I'm currently going to school for computer science, so I have had intro classes to C, C++, Java, MySql, html,css, javascript, and php programming languages. I am learning programming for the android at the moment, and am just trying to find anything I can to help me improve my programming abilities.
Hi there, I'm Misifus.
I'm a n00b, both to the site and to the whole programming stuff.
I have done some stuff for my school that relates to programmin, but nothing serious nor challenging so far; just the average C++ "hello world" kind of stuff and some simple visual basic projects.
I can't hold myself with excitement over this place and this challenge in particular.
hi Misifus and welcome! :)
Hello everyone, I'm Tushar and I'm very enthusiastic about almost everything of web.
I appreciate P2PU for taking this initiative for making web a better place.
hi Tushar, welcome to the course :)
Hi, I'm Aaron and I'm a noob with programming and am really interested in it!
I hope I'll learn a lot here with all other people who have the same goal too!
HI, I'm Alex. I'm a teacher and programmer, checking out the platform to see if it'd be useful for my students. I'm not a big fan of twitter, but what the heck, may as well play with it :)
Cool -- thanks for the info. I think cohorts could be a great feature :)
Hi all,
Stefano from Italy, I'm a developer, passionate about technologies and curious about all. I'm interested also on social web and this is why I'm here.
/Stefano
