Programming News and Articles

Designed for students, the BBC micro:bit, in conjunction with MicroPython and the Mu editor, can help you get started with microcontroller programming.

Creating your own clients to interact with your friends in the Fediverse is easy. A bit of Python and an off-the-shelf module will do the trick.

With its innovative scripting language, Oil, the Bash-compatible Oil shell aims to make life easier for script developers.

When it comes to working at the command line, using Bash history effectively can save you time. McFly extends the Bash history's features and helps you find past commands more quickly.

The kernel supports performance analysis with built-in tools via the Linux performance counters subsystem. perf is easy to use and offers a detailed view of performance data.

The Scapy packet manipulation program lets you analyze and manipulate packets to create incident response reports or examine network security.

EasySSH lives up to its name and starts SSH connections at the click of a mouse.

When you update the kernel, the old version remains on the disk. If you clean up, the reward is several hundred megabytes of free disk space.

The Linux /proc virtual filesystem offers a window into a running system – look inside for information on processes and kernel activity.

The best way to save money on software development is to get it right the first time. Pair programming, an agile technique, saves development costs by putting two coders to work on the same code. Visual Studio Code and tmate bring the promise of pair programming to remote workers.