#programming

The Pitfalls of Boolean Trap

Good little article about the pitfalls of using boolean values as parameters for a function. Not the first time I've seen this sort of thing (I'm sure I read a similar article years before, and a similar thing in a coding book even earlier).

Still good advice.

At least it's a little better in languages with keyword arguments.

#programming #javascript #api #design

·ariya.io·Jul 2, 2019

The Pitfalls of Boolean Trap

User Inyerface - A worst-practice UI experiment

Really rather funny exploration of some of the worst design elements you can find on the Web.

#programming #design #web #funny

·userinyerface.com·Jul 3, 2019

User Inyerface - A worst-practice UI experiment

Matlab vs. Julia vs. Python | Toby Driscoll

Nice article comparing Matlab, Python and Julia. Not sure I 100% agree with it all, but it made for interesting reading.

#python #programming #matlab #julia

·tobydriscoll.net·Jul 3, 2019

Matlab vs. Julia vs. Python | Toby Driscoll

Agile is Literally Meaningless

Short blog post that nicely expresses how I feel any time anyone invokes Agile at me.

#agile #programming

·dev.to·Jul 5, 2019

Agile is Literally Meaningless

“Perl 6 is Cursed! I hate it!” | Aearnus’ Realm

File under "does Poe's law apply to programming languages?"

#programming #perl #perl6

·aearnus.github.io·Jul 7, 2019

“Perl 6 is Cursed! I hate it!” | Aearnus’ Realm

Kivy: Cross-platform Python Framework for NUI Development

Library that provides a cross-platform application framework for Python. Works with many operating systems.

#programming #python #gui #library

·kivy.org·Jul 7, 2019

Kivy: Cross-platform Python Framework for NUI Development

Python consumes a lot of memory or how to reduce the size of objects? / Habr

Interesting article about the size of data structures in Python.

#programming #python

·habr.com·Jul 11, 2019

Python consumes a lot of memory or how to reduce the size of objects? / Habr

Brian Lonsdorf: Hey Underscore, You're Doing It Wrong! – FunctionalTalks.org

Talk about things to do with JavaScript, functional programming, etc.

#javascript #programming #video #functional

·functionaltalks.org·Jul 13, 2019

Brian Lonsdorf: Hey Underscore, You're Doing It Wrong! – FunctionalTalks.org

Statistics with Julia

PDF detailing using Julia for data stats.

#pdf #programming #julia #stats #data #book

·people.smp.uq.edu.au·Jul 13, 2019

Statistics with Julia

RaGOO/setup.py at master · malonge/RaGOO

Setup for a Python tool I found on GitHub, which is a library and also scripts. This might serve as a good template for pydscheck, as I'd like to get it properly packaged.

#programming #python

·github.com·Jul 14, 2019

RaGOO/setup.py at master · malonge/RaGOO

Fish shell support · Issue #32 · pyenv/pyenv

Issue regarding adding Fish support to pyenv. A very old issue now, but useful in that it details how to configure your shell and why you do it the way you do.

#fish #python #pyenv #programming

·github.com·Jul 19, 2019

Fish shell support · Issue #32 · pyenv/pyenv

How can I use Django permissions without defining a content type or model? - Stack Overflow

Nice answer to the question: how do I make a permission that I can assign to users and groups, in Django, without needing to create a model in the database.

#programming #python #django

·stackoverflow.com·Jul 25, 2019

How can I use Django permissions without defining a content type or model? - Stack Overflow

Emacs users are like Igor

An amusing description of your average Emacs user.

#lisp #programming #emacs #elisp

·chrisdone.com·Jul 29, 2019

Emacs users are like Igor

EmacsConf - Main Page

The Emacs conference. The 2019 conference is online.

#emacs #elisp #programming #conference

·emacsconf.org·Jul 30, 2019

EmacsConf - Main Page

Projectile ignoring .projectile files : emacs

Helpful comment on configuring projectile so that it finds a project under strict control. I want to be fully in control of what appears to be a project, and this is what I needed.

#programming #elisp #lisp #emacs

·reddit.com·Jul 30, 2019

Projectile ignoring .projectile files : emacs

How to support full Unicode in MySQL databases · Mathias Bynens

Bloody MySQL doesn't support full unicode by default. O_o 💩

#sql #database #mysql #programming

·mathiasbynens.be·Jul 30, 2019

How to support full Unicode in MySQL databases · Mathias Bynens

MySQL and storing emoji: proper utf8mb4 with Django | exana.io

The MySQL unicode issue as seen from a Django point of view.

#mysql #web #programming #sql #django #python

·exana.io·Jul 30, 2019

MySQL and storing emoji: proper utf8mb4 with Django | exana.io

YAML: Probably no so great after all

Article that details some of the problems with YAML

#yaml #programming

·arp242.net·Aug 19, 2019

YAML: Probably no so great after all

Placeholder support for contentEditable elements, without JavaScript

Handy method of adding placeholder-a-like text to contenteditable elements in a document.

#css #html #web #programming

·codepen.io·Aug 22, 2019

Placeholder support for contentEditable elements, without JavaScript

coded4: Time-based statistics for Git/Hg repos

Handy little tool that can be used to get a flavour of how long you've spent working on a particular project. While it's not going to be 100% accurate, it will give a vague sense of duration.

#programming #tools #git

·github.com·Oct 15, 2019

coded4: Time-based statistics for Git/Hg repos

A list of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS offerings that have free tiers of interest to devops and infradev

List of online tools and services that are useful for software development, and which have a free tier that allow for testing things out.

#web #programming

·github.com·Oct 22, 2019

A list of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS offerings that have free tiers of interest to devops and infradev

Seq: A high-performance language for bioinformatics

Paper about a language, that is pretty much a twist on Python that's aimed at getting higher performance for bioinformatics applications.

#biology #bioinformatics #programming #paper

·cb.csail.mit.edu·Nov 5, 2019

Seq: A high-performance language for bioinformatics

Seq language

A high-performance, Pythonic language for bioinformatics

#biology #bioinformatics #programming

·github.com·Nov 5, 2019

Seq language

Journeys: A fun coding challenge.

A fun little coding challenge; ideal for getting to know a new language, or testing someone's knowledge of a language.

#programming

·github.com·Nov 7, 2019

Journeys: A fun coding challenge.

awesome-for-beginners: A list of awesome beginners-friendly projects.

A great repo that contains a list of projects that encourage beginners (in programming, in some language, or perhaps even in a problem domain) to work on issues. All have some sort of "low-hanging fruit" tag for issues that would be a good place to build confidence in contributing.

#programming

·github.com·Nov 17, 2019

awesome-for-beginners: A list of awesome beginners-friendly projects.

python - PyLint "Unable to import" error - how to set PYTHONPATH? - Stack Overflow

Very handy solution to the problem of making a project you're working on available to its own tests. While this tends not to be an issue for linting from the command line (I use a Makefile and sort the PYTHONPATH when doing the linting), but from within Emacs with flycheck it can be more awkward.

#programming #python #pylint

·stackoverflow.com·Nov 22, 2019

python - PyLint "Unable to import" error - how to set PYTHONPATH? - Stack Overflow