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Stop writing lambda expressions in Python
Note: This post was originally titled “Stop writing lambda expressions in Python” but I’ve changed the title after deciding that it was a little...
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Announcing TypeScript 3.1
Today we're announcing the release of TypeScript 3.1!If you haven't heard of TypeScript, it's a language that builds on top of modern JavaScript and adds
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The future of Java and OpenJDK updates without Oracle support
This post describes the furture support for Java and OpenJDK updates, now that Oracle has announced that soon it will no longer supply free binaries for JDK releases or write patches for bugs.
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Oracle’s Java 11 trap
TL:DR; Java is still available at zero-cost , you just need to stop using Oracle JDK and start using an OpenJDK build, such as this one o...
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How we rolled out one of the largest Python 3 migrations
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PyQt5 Tutorial: Create a Python GUI in 2018
This PyQt5 tutorial shows how to use Python 3 and Qt to create a GUI on Windows, Mac or Linux. It even covers creating an installer for your app.
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Creating a bash completion script
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Crafting Interpreters: Strings
“Ah? A small aversion to menial labor?” The doctor cocked an eyebrow. “Understandable, but misplaced. One should treasure those hum-drum tasks that keep the body occupied but leave the mind and heart unfettered.”
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Another Week with Bad Software
In the midst of my September job hop I headed to Kazan for the weekend. I don't know exactly why — probably because I could. I had a hotel booked via booking.com, but once I arrived there the receptionist told me it was the first time he's heard of my booking, and he told me that they had no more rooms, and he told me…
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Create QR codes in Excel
Great to create and know the algorithm of QR code... very information! Thanx Bala
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Postgres 11 – A First Look
Postgres 11 is almost here, in fact the latest beta shipped today, and it features a lot of exciting improvements. If you want to get the full list of features it is definitely worth checking out the release notes, but for those who don’t read the release notes I put together a run down of some what I consider the…
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Functional core, imperative shell (2012)
Purely functional code makes some things easier to understand: because values don't change, you can call functions and know that only their return value matters—they don't change anything outside themselves. But this makes many real-world applications difficult: how do you write to a database, or to the screen? In…
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Inside cpyext: Why emulating CPython C API is so Hard
cpyext is PyPy's subsystem which provides a compatibility layer to compile and run CPython C extensions inside PyPy. Often people ask ...
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What’s the difference between an integer and a pointer?
The Standard does not require that implementations define intptr_t nor uintptr_t. It also does not require that implementations define integer-to-pointer conversions in any meaningful fashion unless they define those types. Conforming implementations are certainly allowed to document some integer-to-pointer…
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Marzipan: Porting iOS Apps to the Mac
With macOS Mojave, Apple is adding support to bring apps written in UIKit to macOS without the requirement of having to rewrite the UI in AppKit. This is not yet officially supported — this post will explore what we can expect in 2019 and how you can use Marzipan today.
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Becoming a Better Software Developer: A Handbook on Personal Performance
Explore Appfire's Blog for everything from ITSM and Workflow and Automation to System Administration, Software Development, and DevOps.
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Xamarin Forms: it works
In July 2017, I received a call from a former colleague asking me wether I wanted to begin a new app journey with him. The client would be Paris Turf, an editor specialized in horse races results. My lovely lovely lovely horse [1] They wanted to diversify and launch a
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The Making of Underrun – A WebGL Shooter in 13kb of JavaScript
I participated in this year's js13kGames , a JavaScript game development competition with a file size limit of 13kb, including code, assets and everything else. My entry was Underrun , a twin stick shooter using WebGL.
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Flutter Release Preview 2
Flutter is Google's new mobile app toolkit for crafting beautiful native interfaces on iOS and Android in record time. Today, during the keynote of Google Developer Days in Shanghai, we are announcing Flutter Release Preview 2: our last major milestone before Flutter 1.0.
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Javascript: call functions without using parentheses
A nice to know feature, good for impressing others
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Falling in love with Rust
Let me preface this with an apology: this is a technology love story, and as such, it’s long, rambling, sentimental and personal. Also befitting a love story, it has a When Harry Met Sally feel to it, in that its origins are inauspicious…
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Electron 3.0.0
The Electron team is excited to announce that the first stable release of Electron 3 is now