About INFORMS Journal on Computing INFORMS Journal on Computing ( IJOC ) publishes papers in the intersection of operations research (OR) and computer science (CS). Most papers contain original research, but we also welcome special papers in a variety of forms, including Feature Articles on timely topics, Expository Reviews making a comprehensive survey and evaluation of a subject area, and State-of-the-Art Reviews that collect and integrate recent streams of research. All papers are refereed. We take a very broad view of what constitutes the "the intersection of OR and CS." Topics and formats include, but are not limited to: OR as applied to a CS problem. For example, queueing theory or simulation is used to help design a telecommunications system or a network of computers. CS as applied to an OR problem. For example, advanced data structures are used to improve an optimization or scheduling algorithm. results drawn from both OR and CS. For example, a new heuristic is used to accelerate a data-mining algorithm.

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Open a website and make your browser smaller. Did the page content change its layout to fit the new screen? That’s responsive design. People expect modern websites to look great on their phones and on their laptops. By diving into responsive design principles, you’ll learn how to make websites that scale and adjust themselves to offer amazing experiences regardless of the device. Modern design languages A design language is a set of principles used to organize and unify the design of a product. Google, for example, recently released the specifications for Material Design, a modern design language for responsive websites and mobile apps. Material Design puts a focus on using layers that look and behave as if they were made with colored construction paper. Following a design language will help you create cohesive, intuitive experiences for your users. Frameworks Bootstrap is a good example of this. Frameworks make it easy to structure and build websites. They provide custom CSS classes that ensures that your content looks great no matter the device. Frameworks can help you follow industry best practices and modern design principles. Other frameworks, like Foundation, provide the same kind of structure for your websites. JavaScript frameworks/templating You know how your Facebook page has the exact same layout as all of your friends' pages? That's because of templating engines. Templating engines are key for creating dynamic websites based on data that they pull from back-end servers. Understanding how to use a templating engine is the first step in building a web app. Examples are: Peripheral skills With complex projects, how do you maintain your code? Version control software like Git helps software developers around the world save and maintain their code, even as projects grow to hundreds of developers and dozens of subprojects. Once you’ve made your website, how will you ensure it's fast? By understanding a few simple principles of browser rendering, you'll be able to make sure that you deliver fast, efficient websites to your users.

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The problem-solving process can be described as a journey from meeting a problem for the first time to finding a solution, communicating it and evaluating the route. There are many models of the problem-solving process but they all have a similar structure. One model is given below. Although implying a linear process from comprehension through to evaluation, the model is more of a flow backward and forward, revisiting and revising on the problem-solving journey. Comprehension This stage is about making sense of the problem by using strategies such as retelling, identifying relevant information and creating mental images. This can be helped by encouraging students to re-read the problem several times and record in some way what they understand the problem to be about (for example by drawing a picture or making notes). Representation This stage is about "homing in" on what the problem is actually asking solvers to investigate. Can they represent the situation mathematically? What is it that they are trying to find? What do they think the answer might be (conjecturing and hypothesising)? What might they need to find out before they can get started? Central to this stage is identifying what is unknown and what needs finding. Planning, analysis and synthesis Having understood what the problem is about and established what needs finding, this stage is about planning a pathway to the solution. It is within this process that you might encourage pupils to think about whether they have seen something similar before and what strategies they adopted then. This will help them to identify appropriate methods and tools. Particular knowledge and skills gaps that need addressing may become evident at this stage. Execution and communication During the execution phase, pupils might identify further related problems they wish to investigate. They will need to consider how they will keep track of what they have done and how they will communicate their findings. This will lead on to interpreting results and drawing conclusions. Evaluation Pupils can learn as much from reflecting on and evaluating what they have done as they can from the process of solving the problem itself. During this phase pupils should be expected to reflect on the effectiveness of their approach as well as other people's approaches, justify their conclusions and assess their own learning. Evaluation may also lead to thinking about other questions that could now be investigated. Using and Applying Mathematics Aspects of using and applying reflect skills that can be developed through problem solving. For example: In planning and executing a problem, problem solvers may need to: select and use appropriate and efficient techniques and strategies to solve problems identify what further information may be required in order to pursue a particular line of enquiry and give reasons for following or rejecting particular approaches break down a complex calculation problem into simpler steps before attempting a solution and justify their choice of methods make mental estimates of the answers to calculations present answers to sensible levels of accuracy; understand how errors are compounded in certain calculations. During problem solving, solvers need to communicate their mathematics for example by: discussing their work and explaining their reasoning using a range of mathematical language and notation using a variety of strategies and diagrams for establishing algebraic or graphical representations of a problem and its solution moving from one form of representation to another to get different perspectives on the problem presenting and interpreting solutions in the context of the original problem using notation and symbols correctly and consistently within a given problem examining critically, improve, then justifying their choice of mathematical presentation presenting a concise, reasoned argument.

If you’re looking to build a website—whether you’re considering doing it yourself or hiring a web developer to do it for you—you’ve likely heard the term ‘web development’ come up very frequently. Familiarity with the concept is fine, but if you’re serious about learning how to develop a website, you should have a solid understanding of the term. So for our first post in the Web Development 101 series, we’ll start at the beginning—what is web development, anyway? What is Web Development? Web development is the process of developing websites or webpages hosted on the Internet or intranet. Think about your favorite website; whether it’s an e-commerce store, blog, social network, online video streaming service, or any other type of Internet application, it all had to be built by a web developer. But what does that look like? The web development process can be divided into three main components: server-side coding, client-side coding and database technology. Client-Side Coding When you are viewing or using a website, you are known as a ‘user’ or a ‘client.’ So web applications or computer programs executed by a user’s web browser are referred to as client-side scripts. That means the program requests any files it needs to run from the web server, and then runs within the client’s web browser. This allows a webpage to have unique and alternating content depending on a user’s input or other variables. Ajax, Flash, JavaScript, jQuery, Microsoft Silverlight, HTML5, and CSS3 are some examples of popular languages, plugins and libraries used in client-side scripting. Server-Side Coding In contrast to client-side scripts, server-side scripts are executed on the web server whenever a user requests a document or service. The server then produces the document, usually in the form of HTML, which can be read by the client’s browser. The document sent to the browser may often contain client-side scripts. ASP.NET, PHP, Java, ColdFusion, Perl, Python, and Ruby are examples of languages used for server-side coding. Database Technology For any website to function on the Internet, it must be hosted within a database on a webserver. The database contains all the files required for a website and its applications to function. Websites typically use some form of a relational database management system (RDBMS); the leading RDBMS options are Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Apache, and IBM. Open-source RDBMS are also very popular, led by MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MariaDB.

Maybe you’re looking to build a website for the business you’re bootstrapping from the ground up. Maybe you’d like to enter the world of web development and are looking for an introduction to coding. Or maybe you’re just trying to stay a step ahead (or behind) your hacker kid. Whatever the case, we’ve got the resources to help you get started. Here’s a list of the 10 best web development tutorials for beginners. It’s almost like a university course, only you control when and where class happens. Codecademy’s...