Programming

Learn Tcl/Tk and Wish with this simple game

JamesF — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 07:00:00 +0000

Learn Tcl/Tk and Wish with this simple game JamesF Mon, 04/24/2023 - 03:00

Here's an easy coding project to get you started with Tcl/Tk.

Explore the basic language constructs of Tcl/Tk, which include user input, output, variables, conditional evaluation, simple functions, and basic event driven programming. My…

C vs. Go: Comparing programming languages

Jim Hall — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 07:00:00 +0000

C vs. Go: Comparing programming languages Jim Hall Mon, 04/24/2023 - 03:00

Use a simple counting program to compare the venerable C language with modern Go.

Go is a modern programming language that derives much of its history from the C programming language. As such, Go is likely to feel familiar to anyone who writes programs in C…

BASIC vs. FORTRAN 77: Comparing programming blasts from the past

Jim Hall — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 07:00:00 +0000

BASIC vs. FORTRAN 77: Comparing programming blasts from the past Jim Hall Wed, 04/05/2023 - 03:00

I explore the FOR loop in BASIC and FORTRAN 77 by writing a sample program to add a list of numbers from 1 to 10.

If you grew up with computers in the 1970s and 1980s, as I did, you probably learned a common programming language for personal computers called BASIC, or the Beginner's All…

Write a cute program with Emojicode

cherrybomb — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 07:00:00 +0000

Write a cute program with Emojicode cherrybomb Sat, 04/01/2023 - 03:00

This fun open source language is seriously perfect for learning to code.

In this article, I'll cover the greatest coding language to learn how to make anything! It's called Emojicode. Created in 2014 by Theo Belaire, Emojicode is an open source…

Why you should use Python and Rust together

Moshe Zadka — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0000

Why you should use Python and Rust together Moshe Zadka Tue, 03/28/2023 - 03:00

Rust and Python have complementary strengths and weaknesses. Prototype in Python and move performance bottlenecks to Rust.

Python and Rust are very different languages, but they actually go together rather well. But before discussing how to combine Python with Rust, I want to introduce Rust itself…

My first pull request at age 14

neilnaveen — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0000

My first pull request at age 14 neilnaveen Fri, 03/17/2023 - 03:00

Age is not a barrier for contributing to open source.

My name is Neil Naveen, and I'm a 14-year-old middle schooler who's been coding for seven years. I have also been coding in Golang for two years. Coding isn't my only passion…

Control your Raspberry Pi with Lua

alansmithee — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0000

Control your Raspberry Pi with Lua alansmithee Tue, 03/14/2023 - 03:00

Learn how to use the Lua programming language to program Internet of Things (IoT) devices and interact with General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) pins on a Raspberry Pi.

Lua is a sometimes misunderstood language. It’s different from other languages, like Python, but it’s a versatile extension language that’s widely used in game engines…

How the GDB debugger and other tools use call frame information to determine the active function calls

wcohen — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 08:00:00 +0000

How the GDB debugger and other tools use call frame information to determine the active function calls wcohen Fri, 03/10/2023 - 03:00

Get the active function call from your debugger.

In my previous article, I showed how debuginfo is used to map between the current instruction pointer (IP) and the function or line containing it. That information is valuable…

Compiler optimization and its effect on debugger line information

wcohen — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 08:00:00 +0000

Compiler optimization and its effect on debugger line information wcohen Thu, 03/09/2023 - 03:00

Learn how to decipher the output of debugging line information, and what tools you can use to look deeper.

In my previous article, I described the DWARF information used to map regular and inlined functions between an executable binary and its source code. Functions can be dozens…

Learn Lua with our new downloadable guide

sethkenlon — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 08:00:00 +0000

Learn Lua with our new downloadable guide sethkenlon Thu, 02/23/2023 - 03:00

Whether you want to want to learn Lua to get into the gaming and media industry, or you're just interested in an easy scripting language with no upper limit, Lua is an…

Lua is a programming language designed for simplicity and performance, used by video game and multimedia companies as a front-end scripting language. It's also used by the…