Planet Earth III: how cookie cutter nature programming could fail to educate and inform audiences: Perhaps nothing embodies the BBC’s values of inform, educate and entertain more than its nature documentaries. Planet Earth III is the latest in a proud tradition going back to the founding of the BBC Natural History Unit in 1957 and …
Remembering South Africa’s “Grand Geek” Barry Dwolatzky – engineer and programming pioneer: Professor Barry Dwolatzky was passionate about innovation in all that he did. Wits University To some of his former students, Professor Barry Dwolatzky was the “Grand Geek” – a name of which he was very proud. But Barry, who passed away in Johannesburg, …
C vs. Go: Comparing programming languages: C vs. Go: Comparing programming languages Jim Hall Mon, 04/24/2023 – 03:00 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. Go makes it easy to …
BASIC vs. FORTRAN 77: Comparing programming blasts from the past: BASIC vs. FORTRAN 77: Comparing programming blasts from the past Jim Hall Wed, 04/05/2023 – 03:00 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 …
Welcome to Chippendales: why the Disney brand won’t be harmed by provocative programming: A true crime series about male strippers, arson and murder-for-hire, marketed with lines like “Women get horny!” and “Blood will spill”? It’s safe to say that Disney+ isn’t the most obvious destination for a show like Welcome to Chippendales. On the surface, …
Learn the Ada programming language by writing a simple game: Learn the Ada programming language by writing a simple game Moshe Zadka Mon, 01/09/2023 – 03:00 When you want to learn a new programming language, it’s good to focus on the things programming languages have in common: Variables Expressions Statements These concepts are the basis …
6 articles to get you excited about programming: 6 articles to get you excited about programming Jim Hall Sun, 01/01/2023 – 03:00 Programming is at the heart of open source software. Learning programming is a great way to explore new ideas and create programs that are useful for you. This year, Opensource.com authors shared many …
Asynchronous programming in Rust: Asynchronous programming in Rust Stephan Avenwedde Thu, 10/13/2022 – 03:00 Asynchronous programming: Incredibly useful but difficult to learn. You can’t avoid async programming to create a fast and reactive application. Applications with a high amount of file or network I/O or with a GUI that should always be reactive benefit tremendously …
Learn programming at Open Jam 2022: Learn programming at Open Jam 2022 Seth Kenlon Fri, 10/07/2022 – 03:00 Open Jam game jam is happening from October 28 to November 9 this year. Every year for the past several years, programmers from around the globe build open source video games, and then play and rate one …
Why we chose the Clojure programming language for Penpot: Why we chose the Clojure programming language for Penpot Andrey Antukh Sun, 08/07/2022 – 03:00 Register or Login to like Register or Login to like “Why Clojure?” is probably the question we’ve been asked the most at Penpot. We have a vague explanation on our FAQ …
5 ways to learn C programming on Linux: 5 ways to learn C programming on Linux Alan Smithee Thu, 07/14/2022 – 03:00 Register or Login to like Register or Login to like There are many theories about why the C programming language has endured for as long as it has. Maybe it’s the austerity of …
An open source developer’s guide to systems programming: An open source developer’s guide to systems programming Alex Bunardzic Fri, 04/29/2022 – 03:00 Register or Login to like Register or Login to like Programming is an activity that helps implement a model. What is a model? Typically, programmers model real-world situations, such as online shopping. When …
How the C programming language has grown: How the C programming language has grown Jim Hall Fri, 04/15/2022 – 03:00 The C programming language will turn fifty years old in 2022. Yet despite its long history, C remains one of the top “most-used” programming languages in many “popular programming languages” surveys. For example, check out …
Get started with reactive programming with Kotlin on Quarkus: Get started with reactive programming with Kotlin on Quarkus Daniel Oh Tue, 03/22/2022 – 03:00 Up Register or Login to like. Moving to the cloud with event-driven architecture raises big concerns for enterprises using multiple programming languages such as Java, C#, JavaScript, Scala, and Groovy to …
Create an app with this Arnold Schwarzenegger-themed programming language: Have you ever wished programming were more like an action movie? If you answered yes, then I have the language for you. While wandering the internet to find the most obscure and fun open source languages, I came across ArnoldC. ArnoldC is an imperative programming language …
5 ways to learn the C programming language in 2022: I am proficient in several programming languages, but my favorite has to be C. Developed in the 1970s as a systems programming language, C remains one of the most popular programming languages in 2021. If you’d like to explore several features of the C programming …
5 tips for learning a new programming language in 2022: Anyone can get started in programming. We all started somewhere, and you don’t need to have a computer science background to learn to code. That’s the power of Linux and open source—anyone can learn a bit of coding. If you want to learn a new programming …
5 common bugs in C programming and how to fix them: Even the best programmers can create programming bugs. Depending on what your program does, these bugs could introduce security vulnerabilities, cause the program to crash, or create unexpected behavior. The C programming language sometimes gets a bad reputation because it is not memory safe …