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Making a Linux Desktop
Bob Schmidt
08 September 2020 18:46:41 +01:00
Alan Griffiths adds support for shell components to the desktop environment.
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Piping Software for Less
Bob Schmidt
06 September 2020 18:23:37 +01:00
Paul Grenyer continues his mission to build a DevOps pipeline on a budget.
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Jumping around in Emacs
Bob Schmidt
05 September 2020 18:20:56 +01:00
Silas S. Brown shares a tip for navigating code.
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The Global Lockdown of Locks
Bob Schmidt
01 August 2020 18:08:13 +01:00
Locks can be replaced with tasks. Lucian Radu Teodorescu shows us how.
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C++20: A Simple Math Module
Bob Schmidt
01 August 2020 17:59:51 +01:00
Modules are one big change introduced by C++20. Rainer Grimm describes how to build a mathematics module.
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An Example Confined User Shell
Bob Schmidt
01 August 2020 17:51:32 +01:00
Snap confinement is not just for individual apps but can be applied to a complete GUI environment. Alan Griffiths demonstrates with the Mircade shell.
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Agile Manchester 2020: Testers Edition
Bob Schmidt
01 August 2020 17:48:41 +01:00
Many tech conferences are still going ahead online. Jit Gosai reports on Agile Manchester from a tester’s perspective.
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Static Analysis in GCC and Clang
Bob Schmidt
05 July 2020 17:27:42 +01:00
Silas S. Brown shares some experiences of analysing code.
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The Standard Report
Bob Schmidt
04 July 2020 16:58:39 +01:00
Guy Davidson reports on the latest developments.
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Comment Only What The Code Cannot Say
Bob Schmidt
01 June 2020 21:25:37 +01:00
Comments can help or hinder. Kevlin Henney assesses when to avoid them.
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Refocusing Amdahl’s Law
Bob Schmidt
01 June 2020 21:12:29 +01:00
Parallelising code can make it faster. Lucian Radu Teodorescu explores how to get the most out of multi-threaded code.
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Some Objects Are More Equal Than Others
Bob Schmidt
01 June 2020 19:09:00 +01:00
Comparing objects is a fundamental operation. Steve Love and Roger Orr consider different language approaches.
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Expect the Unexpected (Part 1)
Bob Schmidt
03 May 2020 18:28:21 +01:00
Pete Goodliffe looks into dealing with the inevitable.
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What Is Your Name?
Bob Schmidt
03 May 2020 18:21:19 +01:00
Simon Sebright considers the importance of names as identification.
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Pass the Parcel
Bob Schmidt
07 April 2020 20:39:24 +01:00
Python’s module and package system has many features. Steve Love explores some more advanced ones.
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Quick Modular Calculations (Part 3)
Bob Schmidt
06 April 2020 20:18:25 +01:00
This article concludes the 3-part series. Cassio Neri presents a new algorithm that also works for 64-bit operands.
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Deconstructing Inheritance
Bob Schmidt
05 April 2020 19:09:30 +01:00
Inheritance can be overused. Lucian Radu Teodorescu considers how it can go wrong and the alternatives.
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Using Compile Time Maps for Sorting
Bob Schmidt
04 April 2020 18:51:45 +01:00
Compile time sorting can be interesting. Norman Wilson shows how to sort a map.
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Profiting from the Folly of Others
Bob Schmidt
03 April 2020 21:01:39 +01:00
Code referred to as a hack can raise an eyebrow. Alastair Harrison learns about accessing private members of C++ classes by investigating a header called UninitializedMemoryHacks.h