Writing an emulator has been on my programming ‘bucket list’ for a long time now. My earliest programming experiences were on early 8-bit microcomputers, and I’ve always enjoyed returning to writing code that is close to the ‘metal’. My initial idea was to write a Atari 2600 VCS emulator because its architecture is absolutely fascinating. However, that architecture also makes[…]
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Mandelbrot. How to build an app to view a set
The Mandelbrot set is the set of complex numbers (c) for which repeatedly applying the function fc (z) = z2 + c produces values for which the modulus does not exceed a given value. It this has left you confused, I highly recommend this video which explains all of this is simple terms – there’s no point in me trying[…]
Read moreLearn functional Python in a fast way
I found a very useful resource: an article, where you’ll learn what the functional paradigm is as well as how to use functional programming in Python. You’ll also learn about list comprehensions and other forms of comprehensions. Functional paradigm, map and lambda expressions In a functional paradigm, you don’t tell the computer what to do but rather you tell it[…]
Read moreFree programming book from Stack Overflow Documentation
A free programming notes for professionals books made and based upon the original Stack Overflow Documentation. Not perfect books, not big Internet guru books, only the re-adapted notes caught from the documentation section of the Stack Overflow community. Programming Notes for Professionals books. They said Some months ago, on Hacker News, an interesting link appeared: Programming Notes for Professionals books.[…]
Read moreVim for normal people
Vim, the steroids powered *nix text editor, is a must for geek, power users, and programmers, but what about the normal people. Vim isn’t easy and it’s really basic, no frills, no deep functionalities, but Vim has a world of plugins behind. Let’s see which plugins fit the needs of the normal people and how is Vim for dummies. Vim[…]
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