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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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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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The Standard Report
Bob Schmidt
04 July 2020 16:58:39 +01:00
Guy Davidson reports on the latest developments.
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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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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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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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It’s About Time
Bob Schmidt
02 April 2020 18:47:08 +01:00
How easy is it to make code wait for a time period before doing something? Mike Crowe looks at ways to avoid problems when a system clock changes.
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The Standard Report
Bob Schmidt
02 March 2020 22:49:22 +00:00
Guy Davidson reports from the C++ Standards Committee.
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The Path of Least Resistance
Bob Schmidt
04 February 2020 18:47:24 +00:00
Python’s modules and imports can be overwhelming. Steve Love attempts to de-mystify the process.
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A Secure Environment for Running Apps?
Bob Schmidt
02 February 2020 18:31:30 +00:00
Getting apps from the app store is easy. Alan Griffiths considers this from a security perspective.
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Inside-Out
Bob Schmidt
05 December 2019 18:37:55 +00:00
Sometimes things appear to be inside out. Frances Buontempo considers when a shift of perspective can make things seem better.
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Trip Reports: Meeting C++ 2019 and Embedded C++ 2019
Bob Schmidt
04 December 2019 17:40:32 +00:00
Deciding which conferences to attend is difficult, and we can’t go to them all. Svitlana Lubenska, Hans Vredeveld and Benedikt Mandelkow give us a flavour of what we may have missed.
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Non-Recursive Compile Time Sort
Bob Schmidt
03 December 2019 17:36:24 +00:00
Compile time sorting usually uses recursion. Norman Wilson shows how C++14 features make this easier.
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Quick Modular Calculations (Part 1)
Bob Schmidt
02 December 2019 16:48:44 +00:00
Compilers are good at optimising modular calculations. Can we they do better? Cassio Neri shows they can.
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Afterwood
Bob Schmidt
01 December 2019 16:46:15 +00:00
We are aware of the film Get Carter. Chris Oldwood asks if it should be called Acquire Carter instead.
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Making a Linux Desktop: Painting Some Wallpaper
Bob Schmidt
04 November 2019 18:17:17 +00:00
Alan Griffiths continues his series on coding with the Mir library.
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OOP Is not Essential
Bob Schmidt
04 October 2019 20:03:02 +01:00
People tend to love or hate Object Oriented Programming. Lucian Teodorescu considers a recent OOP claim.