Programming is a fundamental skill in today’s digital landscape, shaping the way we interact with technology. It encompasses a wide range of activities, from developing software applications to creating websites and automating tasks. This article will delve into the essence of programming, its importance, common languages, and emerging trends. What is Programming? Programming, often referred to as coding, is the process of writing instructions that a computer can execute. These...

The programming language Python was conceived in the late 1980s, and its implementation was started in December 1989 by Guido van Rossum at CWI in the Netherlands as a successor to ABC capable of exception handling and interfacing with the Amoeba operating system. Van Rossum is Python's principal author, and his continuing central role in deciding the direction of Python is reflected in the title given to him by the...

Python is an extremely famous programming language utilized for a wide variety of applications. Despite its several benefits, it suffers from a drawback: it lacks native assistance for multithreading. As a result, developers who intend to write concurrent code in Python ought to count on workarounds or third-party libraries. In this article, we will delve into the motives behind Python's incapability to guide multithreading and discuss a range of preferences that builders can make use of to...

Motor provides a single client class, MotorClient. Unlike PyMongo’s MongoClient, Motor’s client class does not begin connecting in the background when it is instantiated. Instead it connects on demand, when you first attempt an operation. You should use Motor when you're trying to interact with a MongoDB database in an asynchronous context. When you're making something that needs to be asynchronous (like a web server, or most commonly from what I've seen here, Discord...

Reddit began shutting down some third-party apps after weeks of outrage over its API pricing beginning July 1. The API changes entail Reddit disallowing free API access except for certain non-commercial apps, The new API pricing ($12,000 per 50 million API requests) is now a reality. Apollo, BaconReader, Sync appear to have shut down Apollo, an iOS app, no longer loads any content from the platform. In a Reddit post on the eve of its death, Apollo thanked its users. "If they wanted...

This post covers the main tools and techniques for web scraping in Ruby. We start with an introduction to building a web scraper using common Ruby HTTP clients and how to parse HTML documents in Ruby. This approach to web scraping does have its limitations, however, and can come with a fair dose of frustration. Particularly in the context of single-page applications, we will quickly come across major obstacles due to their heavy use of JavaScript. We will have a closer look on how to...

What Is GitBook? GitBook is a collaborative documentation tool that allows anyone to document anything—such as products and APIs—and share knowledge through a user-friendly online platform. According to GitBook, “GitBook is a flexible platform for all kinds of content and collaboration.” It provides a single unified workspace for different users to create, manage and share content without using multiple tools. For example: Individuals can use GitBook to track...

Five Pros 5. Vast Peripheral Support Raspberry Pi comes with 26 GPIO Pins which are very useful indeed for embedded projects and interfacing hardware. These pins are really useful in learning about component interfacing. You can combine multiple digital sensors all together due to the good number of GPIO pins being given. It supports almost all the peripherals supported by Arduino. It has a lot of accessories available for it in the market. You will find many Raspberry Pi cases with...

Golang  Launched in 2011, Go or Golang is an open-source language from Google. Similar to Java, Golang is a statically typed, multi-paradigm, compiled, and general-purpose programming language.  Go’s syntax is close to ‘C’ as the language’s compiler was built in C. But it is now written in Golang, allowing the language to remain self-hosted.  Golang is a concurrent programming language built for modern multicore processors, meaning it can perform...

Python is an outstanding language for people learning to program, and perfect for anyone wanting to "get stuff done" and not spend heaps of time on boilerplate code. Arcade is a Python library for creating 2D video games that is easy to start using, and very capable as you gain experience. In this article, I will explain how to start using Python and Arcade to program video games. Installation Arcade, like many other packages, is available via PyPi, which means you can...

Why simpler? In game development, simpler can mean a lot of things. With a physics engine, simpler usually refers to the complexity of the calculations. Complexity becomes more relevant after you identify the lowest common denominator for your game. Complexity, in terms of calculations, means that the processing may take longer or that the math for the physics may be difficult. To follow along with this article, you will not need a working knowledge of calculus. Since JavaScript works well...

How to Create a 2D Game in Unity To create 2D games, we need to use Unity Hub. Unity Hub is a standalone management application that enables you to download, install, and manage multiple Unity Editor versions. In Unity Hub, choose your version of Unity and select a 2D template project. Give it a name and choose a location for your files. Click “Create,” and Unity Editor will open. Organization and planning Making a game can be time-consuming, so make sure you make the...