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I write mostly about my experiences programming and teaching programming to kids. I program with Scala, Java and Python, and I teach with Scratch, Python and Kojo (Scala).

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Hi all. I’ve moved my blog to davebsoft.com.

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Blog Moved to davebsoft.com

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