The main category
This is a quick guide to getting started with Golang on Ubuntu 20.04 with the bash shell. Download From the Golang website, download the latest version of Go for Linux to your Downloads folder, as of this writing it is: go1.16.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz Install Open a bash terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) and make sure you are in your home […]
This post is an addendum to installing Ubuntu, if you are missing any packages, please see the Essentials section in that post. Let’s get cracking! Install Java Not absolutely necessary, but I prefer to use the default JDK: Setup Virtualization The Android Emulator runs faster when virtualization software is used. Before proceeding, please make sure […]
I just installed Ubuntu 20.10 on my Lenovo Thinkpad X13 and I must say I’m blown away. It is beautiful, fast, and sleek. My Apple Silicon envy faded instantly. This is a list of steps I did after installation, it’s useful for me as a reference, I hope it helps you too. For anyone interested, […]
Git with tea… Gitea is a lightweight interface to Git written in Golang. It is easy to set up. Here are my notes for a simple install on an Ubuntu 20.04 server. I find them useful, I hope they may be of use to you. Firstly. make sure you are using a static IP address. […]
A couple of years ago I took a quick look at Kotlin and came away with the impression that it felt like a band-aid over Java. Not much to see here. Recently, however, I had to use Kotlin to complete a coding challenge for a job application. I was pleasantly surprised. Not only is the […]
Recently I’ve had to jump onboard a Java Spring Boot project. Not having used Java for a long time, I was surprised that my code was throwing null pointer exceptions (NPEs). In C#, I rarely encountered an NPE. Indeed, I thought the new compiler work on null-reference types was a waste of focus. The only […]
Someone recently shared this in a C++ Builder group on Facebook: It reminded me of what we used to do on the Commodore 64: I’m all for safe programming, etc..but…fun times 🙂
Temperaments is now free on the Playstore, no ads etc. It contains Fr. Conrad Hock’s classic book and more. Hope you may find it helpful. See here for more.
Macros, like the goto statement, have become somewhat frowned upon nowadays, but (IMO) I think that’s a little excessive. Macros, used judiciously, can be beneficial. For example, you may want code to execute in debug but not release, you can define the symbol accordingly and avoid hundreds of #ifdef’s throughout your codebase. Arguably, you could […]
Nowadays Agile is pervasive throughout the software development industry, yet many developers are not happy using it. And that includes developers in all shapes and sizes, from beginners to industry luminaries. Perhaps the first person to critically evaluate Agile, its pros and cons, was the legendary Bertrand Meyer, whose findings are in his book Agile!: […]
