TipDeck.com » Computer Learning http://tipdeck.com Home of the how to videos and instructions Mon, 01 Aug 2011 04:59:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 How to Learn to Codehttp://tipdeck.com/how-to-learn-to-code http://tipdeck.com/how-to-learn-to-code#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:02:52 +0000 Sofi http://tipdeck.com/?p=7410 How to Learn to Code How to Learn to CodeThe art of learning how to code is extremely important. This is all the more essential in the professional sphere where you need to learn to code for the benefit of working. The right coding makes you work perfectly and thus the better it would be if you can learn the steps with accuracy and fastness.

  1. First you need to listen to the code. What you come to hear is a series of beep sound or dit sound. Between two letters you can hear a short pause sound. All the words are differentiated with the help of a long pause sound. You can even get hold of a code translator which would help you work with better convenience. However, you can also opt to buy a software receiver to be able to discern the code sound.
  2. You need to study the visual copies of the code alphabet. You can also work by trying to write down the alphabets with the help of your hand. Then you can opt to frame sentences with the codes. This is the fastest way of how to learn to code. When you have memorized the code alphabets well you can easily translate what you see or hear. Memorizing the alphabets will help in better handling of the codes. In this way it is easy for you to become codes decipher master.
  3. Practice makes a man perfect – you should always remember this. Without proper practicing you can never master the art of coding. Translating and dealing with the code is a form of a skill which anyone cam learn quite instantly. However, only learning will not do. You have to master the art through regular practice.
  4. Gradually you should develop the habit of transmitting the codes into some audible signals. You can start practicing with the help of a mobile phone where you can constantly beep vocally or you can even take the help of a code trainer. It is entirely up to you what you would be using to make the work done and it should also fit well within your budget. When you are speaking in code while learning a kind of small sound is produced called “dit” along with the emission of a long sound called “dah”.
  5. In trying to learn the code you should not try doing things beyond your capacity. You should begin with the easiest letters. Once you become familiar with the easy letters you start handling the more complex one and in this way you at length develop mastery over the entire letter group.
  6. Once you have learnt the art of coding you can indeed invite your friends to learn the same. The codes make you a better communicator through several processes like blinking the eyes, making use of a flashlight, using a mirror or by tapping of the fingers at the dinner table.

Thus, once you know the art of coding well the better you would be able to apply it in the field of work. Learning codes will help you become more professionally confident.

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]]> http://tipdeck.com/how-to-learn-to-code/feed How to Learn HTMLhttp://tipdeck.com/how-to-learn-html http://tipdeck.com/how-to-learn-html#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:00:57 +0000 Sofi http://tipdeck.com/?p=2879 In today’s date every organization or a business needs a website for proper growth and recognition. Through a website any business over the internet grabs more attention in less time. So for any non-programmer, HTML is comparatively easy to create such a website. The relatively simple codes of HTML, a mark-up language, provide the backbone in the creation and designing procedure of a website. Even a non-technical user or an entrepreneur can also create a website for the prosperity of his business using HTML.

HTML is basically the abbreviation of Hyper Text Markup Language for the web pages. It is an instance of SGML (though it does not follow all the rules of SGML) – Standard Generalized Markup Language (ISO 8879:1986 SGML) is a technology for providing the accreditation to the mark-up languages. It is one of the easiest way of creating links, headings and paragraphs following simple semantics. Through HTML objects and images can also be embedded in a web page. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) or Web browsers are some of the HTML processors that even support the coding of JavaScript to add further value to the appearance of a web page.How to learn HTML2 How to Learn HTML

The learning process of HTML can be categorized in the followings steps:-

  • The effectiveness of HTML – HTML holds the grass roots of any web page. Common features like the font size, background color, borders, images and other minute details that can distinctively define through HTML codes for a web page.
  • Availability of proper resources – Useful and easily understandable resources counts the most for the efficient learning of HTML. For the beginners, sources to learn HTML can be a book (with adequate examples and explanations), tutorials, from the internet or even from a close pal. Besides, if anyone interested to be a programmer, joining a course in your nearby institute or even downloading detail informative e-books are available on the internet that can come handy at the most. Some popular sites are http://www.ebooks-space.com, http://etutorials.org.
  • Practice to gain more interest – To understand the HTML codes better and in a way boost the confidence, practice is a must. To a minimum of 4-5 codes a day in the desire time slot for the beginners, leaning and developing the creativity through HTML becomes relatively easy. Such a practice can be initially put down on a notepad or a WordPad. So the baseline to gain more self-belief and interest over the HTML codes is the proper practice through completely understanding.
  • How to learn HTML1 How to Learn HTMLOutput of your effort – To self analyze as to how far you have grab the codes, try using the commonly used browsers like (Opera, Mozilla Firefox or the Internet Explorer). To incur the errors made by the beginners, live posting over the internet helps to a maximum limit. Also installing softwares like Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS4, Adobe® Framemaker® (version9) can help the beginners to correct their errors after executing the HTML codes. Initially, working the HTML codes on a personal computer to find out the desired result is recommended.

So pursuing the above steps, HTML can be leant which in the process will help in creating a website.

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]]> http://tipdeck.com/how-to-learn-html/feed How to Create Your Graffitihttp://tipdeck.com/how-to-create-your-graffiti http://tipdeck.com/how-to-create-your-graffiti#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:08:30 +0000 Sofi http://tipdeck.com/?p=2640 How to Create Your Graffiti How to Create Your GraffitiIn this article we shall know more about how to create graffiti fonts on your own. Graffiti artists around the world are busy creating their own letter forms and artistic glyphs and are trying to make them more exciting and interesting. Supposing you have your own style of graffiti, try turning it into a font and you can make your art visible to the entire world online. Though the process is a bit difficult but with some practice and a passion to make your art form famous you can surely flaunt your graffiti style with your own graffiti font. The step by step guide given below can help you in making the task easy and simple:

  • You have to begin by designing your letter forms. This can be done by writing out the characters separately. However while doing this one has to keep certain things in mind. Remember that the complete font would need more than just the letters A-Z. You have to think about the method of handling the upper case letters versus the lower ones. You also have to keep in mind the accents, punctuation characters etc. Another very important thing is to think about ligatures. Ligatures are like connections between letters that allow one letter to flow into another. Ligatures are an integral part of graffiti style. However ligatures usually are dependent upon the specific combinations of letters and this makes them tricky to include in a font.
  • How to Create Your Graffiti1 How to Create Your GraffitiThe next step is scanning your letters. This is the point where your art moves from being physical to virtual. The letters have to scanned at a reasonable resolution that later makes things easier during the conversion process. However one has to remember that the resolution in which one scans the artwork isn’t the same in which the letters are going to get printed later. Setting the resolution too low can make you lose some of your finer detail work. It is advised that you scan the letters individually or a whole sheet at once and then separate them later while doing the graphics program.
  • Now we have to convert the scans to outlines. You can notice that while you scan the letters, they get visible as bitmap type graphic images. They are still not letters rather they are pictures of letters. Now you have to convert them into postscript outlines. It is advised that you use Adobe Illustrator while doing this because its Live Trace feature is uniquely designed to do this. After the conversion process you can see the letters as outlines studded with small adjustment handles.
  • Now one has to load these particular outlines into a font. For doing this one will need a font creation and editing program. The usual program for this purpose is the Fontographer. You can also use any other program that suits the purpose. It basically allows the user to specify which outline represents which character. It is more or less a copying and pasting kind of an activity in which you put the right graphics in the right boxes. After doing so, turn the program loose and allow it to convert the outlines into a usable font.
  • The final step is testing the font by opening up word processor and trying out how the font works. Cross check all the characters and combinations. You have your own graffiti font ready to be used!

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]]> http://tipdeck.com/how-to-create-your-graffiti/feed 2 How to Get My Ip Addresshttp://tipdeck.com/how-to-get-my-ip-address http://tipdeck.com/how-to-get-my-ip-address#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:05:36 +0000 Sofi http://tipdeck.com/?p=2637 How to Get My Ip Address How to Get My Ip AddressInternet Protocol or IP refers to a unique number that differentiates your computer from the hoard of other computers in an intranet or internet environment. The IP address is like a telephone number that you get when you take a new connection. This number is not duplicated and given to anyone else so that when somebody calls you are the one to pick it. Similarly, IP address of a computer is unique number which is not assigned any other computer. Usually there are two types of IP address, one is for your device and the other for your internet connection that can be seen by others as well.

Usually the IP address has four numbers that are separated by end dots. For example, you IP address would look like 121.02.01.1. Your internet service provider is provided with a specific set of numbers depending on the country and region it operates in. That is why the IP The internet IP address can be used to find your location as well. So when you wish to look for your IP address first of all you need to understand which IP address you want to know. For better reference we have provided the steps for finding out both the computer’s IP address as well as the Internet IP address.

  • Each computer in a TCP/IP network has an IP address. Steps to find computer’s IP address:
  • How to Get My Ip Address1 How to Get My Ip AddressClick on the start menu in your windows operated computer.
  • Click on ‘run’ option.
  • Type CMD in the text box in ‘run’.
  • Once Command pop up appears, type IPCONFIG after your computer’s name.
  • Click enter and you would get something like
  • Windows IP Configuration
    Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.35
    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
  • So, your computer’s IP address is 192.168.1.35

As you use internet through a local router, your Internet IP Address is different from the computer’s IP. Here are the steps you can follow to get your IP.

  • Use the internet to open websites like www. whatismyipaddress.com/, www.whatismyip.com/.
  • Once you open one of these websites you can view your IP address in full.
  • Also if you want you can check your general location.
  • Even some softwares are there which can be installed to find out other’s IP addresses.

There might be an error when you want to get your IPCONFIG address, in such cases you can seek the help of an expert to find out the IP address. Also if you want you can change the IP address of your computer in an intranet operated environment but you must remember to take a unique number so that there is no IP address conflict else you may be able to connect to the intranet server.

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]]> http://tipdeck.com/how-to-get-my-ip-address/feed How to Learn SQLhttp://tipdeck.com/how-to-learn-sql http://tipdeck.com/how-to-learn-sql#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:00:05 +0000 Sofi http://tipdeck.com/?p=2343 How to Learn SQL How to Learn SQLSQL or Standard Query Language is the means by which we can access databases. ANSI (American National Standards Institute) has proclaimed it to be the standard language for relational database management systems (RDBMS). You can use SQL statements to update and retrieve data from a database. Oracle, Sybase and Ingres are some common RDBMS. Most of the database systems used a customized version of SQL. But the commonly used statements of “Select”, “Delete”, “Insert”, “Update”, “Drop” and “Create” can work anywhere and is enough to accomplish any work. Let us get to know how to use SQL.

  1. Relational Database: This is a simple set of tables used for storing data. Each table is given a unique name and can relate to other tables using the common values stored in them.
  2. Tables: A collection of rows and tables make up a table. Tables can also be referred to as entities or relations.
  3. Row: Data is stored in rows which is valid for a single item or record in the table. You can also refer to them as tuples or records.
  4. Columns: A specific characteristic of the records is identified in a column. Fields or attributes are other ways of referring to them.
  5. Relationships: This is a link between two tables which can retrieve data in one How to Learn SQL1 How to Learn SQLtable which is valid for a specific record in the other table.
  6. Datatypes: Each of the columns can have only a single type of data. For example, the Name column can have a varchar(30) datatype which means that it supports a string of 30 characters. There are many datatypes which are supported on different RDBMS.
  7. Primary Keys: There are groups of columns in tables which can be used to identify records. For example a “Students” table might have “Roll No” as a column. This is unique for every row and can be used as a primary key to keep track of records and also to relate one record with another.
  8. Foreign Keys: Foreign keys are identified by columns which create a relationship by linking to primary keys in other tables.

These are the basics of SQL. You will need to know and understand these before you proceed to use actual statements for accessing the RDBMS. Since there is a lot to know and understand in SQL, it is better to opt for a complete course which will help you learn SQL and use in manipulating the database.

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