Currently, I am working on a project that is a Qt application targeting modern Linux desktop distributions and Windows. The application needs to communicate with some onboard hardware via ZMQ. Normally in a Windows only .Net environment, I'd use NetMQ and C# and be...
If you've ever had the pleasure of enjoying a drink with a .Net developer and stumbled into any form of a C# VS insert language here, then you've probably heard about they dynamic duo of the async and await keywords. Sadly, our .Net loving friends are right that they...
As a developer it's easy to get sucked into the Grid. By that I mean to spend way too much working on programming and software engineering and losing balance in life. There's of course nothing wrong with liking to work on side projects on the weekend or contribute to...
We all know that not having automated tests is a sign of developers taking risky shortcuts. However, we tend to be a little shy as to why we so often feel compelled to take this shortcut — client budgets. Let’s just be honest, we know that we should have some...
Long time readers of this blog and Coder Radio listeners may recall that for the last few Thanksgivings I’ve been writing up or covering on the show my list of open-source tools that I am thankful for that I feel will be significant in the year to come; if you’re...
Sometimes you just have to make a compromise for expedience and for me that’s using Javascript classes.
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