Copying and pasting has long been stigmatised in education as an easy shortcut, or even outright plagiarism. Yet in practice, copy-and-paste can be a powerful learning tool when used appropriately.

“Learn to Code!” This imperative to program seems to be everywhere these days. Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg recently donated ten million dollars to Code.org, a non-profit that believes that “every ...

Copying objects is a common Java programming operation that has one serious trap. Here's how to avoid copying from an object reference and only copy the instance and values you want. Copying objects ...