On behalf of GDG Central Florida, GDG Spacecoast and our fellow Florida chapters, we have the joy of announcing our winners for the Google Build with AI Hackathon 2025. We enjoyed seeing our diverse community of developers connect with each other, brainstorm ideas, and roll up their sleeves to build Read more…
Here’s a curated set of 7 video tutorials and 3 blog posts that dive into building a 2D platformer in Unity3D inspired by Super Mario Bros. These resources cover everything from level design and movement mechanics to enemy behavior and polish. ? Video Tutorials for Building a Mario-Style Platformer in Read more…
In this post, I wanted to give a shout out to one of my favorite tools for leveling up with code: FreeCodeCamp. This non-profit organization has the mission to create high value code training for the world. I have a few friends who have engaged in their content for starting Read more…
One of my friends reached out to me curious about trying to build a simple AI bot. In my social circles, I have observed many friends and family showing curiosity in learning to code. Many of these friends do not come from a formal programming background but want a way Read more…
Hi, friends. While looking through old blog post I have written, I discovered that I wrote my first blog post about Google developer group ten years ago. I have enjoyed the journey. In this blog post, I wanted to explore some of my personal motivations, stories and feelings toward supporting Read more…
In this series, we will continue building a small system to capture pictures of my back yard and detect if we see birds. Check out the first post here. In this post, we will focus on the problem of taking pictures every minute or so. For fun, I decided to Read more…
In the Rosario tradition of boldly exploring nature, Sarah and my eldest have gotten into bird watching. It’s been cool to see my son and my wife going on hikes and finding cool birds with a local meetup. My wife gave me a challenge to make a bird watcher device Read more…
In the good old mainframe days, professionals may have used a “dumb terminal.” This terminal had enough power to execute input and output tasks with a user, but the deeper magic happened on more powerful main frame computer. In 2023, student makers may have a Chromebook, a great inexpensive laptop Read more…
Curious about making music with code? As a software engineer and music guy, I have enjoyed seeing the connections between music and computers. The first computer programmer, Ada Lovelace predicted that computers will move beyond doing boring math problems into the world of creative arts. If a problem can be Read more…
Curious about building 2D games with web skills? In this post, we’ll explore tools and patterns to use PhaserJs and JavaScript to make engaging 2D games. We’ll cover tools to make experiences with our favorite language: TypeScript. Reference links phaser.io Get started with gitpod.io and gitpod extension Code from video Read more…