Godot Engine Logo by Andrea Calabró is licensed under CC BY 4.0 If you’ve never done video game development before, the barrier for entry can seem high. Those were my thoughts also before finally deciding to try out game development. However, you’ll see that thanks to great open source tools […]
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5 Creative Python Project Ideas For Beginners | Challenge Accepted 🏁
The python programming language continues to grow in popularity especially amongst those new to coding. This is due to several reasons. For example, python’s syntax is simple to pick up compared to other languages. It also maintains good documentation and has huge support within the programming community. It’s for good […]
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Scheduling commands on Linux using crontab: A step by step guide
Often when developing a program involving automation we want to schedule when and how often the program will run. This can be achieved easily on Linux systems using the crontab utility. Crontab let’s you set a schedule for commands you want to run by setting the date, time and frequency […]
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Sending emails with Python: Quick and easy guide
This is a quick and easy guide on sending emails with python. You’ll learn how to send an email from your email server to any email address. We’ll go through how to send emails containing plain text, an image and a HTML styled message.
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Github API use case: Automate git local and remote repo setup with Python
The Github API provides an interface that allows performing functions and retrieving data from Github through a software application. This is useful for automating actions we often perform on the Github website. What better way to get used to Github API using a practical example! We’ll go through how to […]
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A beginner friendly guide to making your first open source contribution
Open source generally refers to applications anyone can use for free while also having the freedom to view and modify the source code. Open source projects allow contribution from the public. This means anyone (yes, even you!) can modify the source code or make other forms of contribution to the […]
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Why you need to get involved in Hacktoberfest as a developer (2020)
What is Hacktoberfest? Hacktoberfest is an online event running throughout the month of October that encourages developers to make contributions to open source projects on GitHub. GitHub is an online hosting platform for git repositories. An open source project is simply a public repository that the creator accepts contribution from […]
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11 Interesting examples of Embedded Systems in daily life
Attention embedded engineers! We’d like to invite you to sign up to EmbeddedHub.io, an exciting new space just for embedded engineers. Sign up early to be a part of the journey🚀 Embedded systems are devices that consist of hardware and software components to perform a designated function. They are driven […]
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Learn web scraping with Python in minutes: The basics using selenium
If you’re looking for a super simple, quick, yet comprehensive introduction to web scraping, you’ve come to the right place. What will you learn? This is a beginners guide to learn web scraping using the selenium python package. No previous knowledge of web scraping is needed, although you need some […]
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5 Crucial non-technical skills every developer needs to work on
A big assumption we may make as developers is thinking technical skills are the single and most important factor needed to accomplish our tasks. However, technical skills is only one aspect of being a developer. There are non-technical skills that are equally important for developers. For example, if not more […]
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