In this blog, I’ll show you how you can help VB programmers to transition to (or understand) Python. Function To get a VB programmer to “map” concept and keywords in Python, here’s a simple guide that you can use: def is to function varname:vartype is to varname as vartype -> vartype is to as vartype …
One major reason why most programmers find it hard to adapt to new programming languages is that they’re stuck in their current programming language perspective or viewpoint. You probably heard the saying “if the only tool you have is a hammer, then every problem looks like nails to you” (or something like that) — and …
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If you haven’t used the “partial” function, it essentially allows you to shorten the signature of your function calls, usually when you keep passing the same initial arguments to them. Simple Use Case Example, say you have a function that multiplies 2 numbers and returns the result: Normally, you’d use it like this: Nothing new …
Why you should know Pythons Partial if you’re using TKinter Read More »
If you’re not into Pigeon Racing, you’re probably not aware that the Philippines has some excellent/premiere Pigeon Clocking computer systems that can definitely compete globally (shout out to YonaPro) 🙂 In this blog, I’ll share with you how such a complex system works (in simple terms) and give you a better understanding or insight as …
A follow up on my previous blog about IOC — this time we’re writing a very simple and short code (bare minimum) to illustrate the idea, and how to implement it. We’re going to write a web framework to illustrate IOC since many of you will be familiar with a web application and/or framework. Once …
Inversion of Control a design pattern that most programmers don’t know about, even if they probably have used (or been using) an implementation of it. In order to understand this “Inversion of Control“, we must first have an understanding of what “control” means in this context. Typical Control What most of us programmers know of, …
Here’s a topic that was discussed on a discord channel back in 2021 and what I proposed to that discussion — what are your options when a publisher (say in a factory/plant) had to change the topic? The reasons could be many, one of which, is that their current topic namespaces are starting to conflict …
Got an idea for a game several months ago, but I realized that I need to learn and re-learn a lot of the concepts so that when I do build the 2D game in my head, it’d be as smooth and as fun as possible. One of the idea I had in my game is …
Though there are more than 3 ways to print strings in Python, here are my Top 3 picks! The % operator and tuple values I like this because it works on both Python 3 and Python 2 so it means you can better standardize how to print strings. The idea is simple, you put some …
You wouldn’t be thinking of doing this unless you’re supporting old/legacy applications that cannot be upgraded. Heck, you might not even know what VB6 is 🙂 That’s exactly why this kind of article rarely ever gets written 🙂 And that’s one of the main reasons I created a blog — so I can post these …
Multi-verse of Basic: Using VB.Net Control in VB6 Application Read More »