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Karim Diff
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- Java applications for physics education
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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Welcome to Codetown!
Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.
Created by Michael Levin Dec 18, 2008 at 6:56pm. Last updated by Michael Levin May 4, 2018.
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Great seeing you today. I hope your students will find Codetown a little more fun than plain old programming. I bet once they get involved here, they'll see things in a different light. See you Wed. Don't forget to RSVP, please. The meeting announcement (where you RSVP) is in the Events section. Best, Mike