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2024-08-21 |
Read Iterators for Free
and learn how to get a free iterator by implementing __getitem__.
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2024-08-15 |
Eleven chapters of Procedural Python are now in place. Chapters 10 and 11 are under active development. |
2024-08-15 |
New version of regex_beta.pdf. A section on using groups is planned and there is a stub in for it. | 2024-08-02 |
The file regex_beta.pdf contains a unit on regular expressions that is going into my new book Procedural Python. Take a look. Feedback is invited at morrison __at__ ncssm __dot__ edu. You will notice some dead ends and missing details that are not yet filled in, but there is enough material here for a beginner to get a nice start on regexes. |
2023-11-29 |
The new YouTube Materials Site is now being created and it will link into my existing YouTube channel. |
2023-11-29 |
vscode.pdf has a new edition and addresses configuring VSCode for WebDev and Java, in addition to Python. |
2023-10-15 |
Cheating on Word Games was a class given at NCSSM Alumni Weekend 2023 on 14 October 2023. It displays some of the awesome powers of the BASH shell. |
2023-10-03 |
BASH for Teachers offers three professional development workshops for teachers (or others) who want to master the command-line interface. This is a skill every serious programmer, developer, or teacher of computing should have. |
2023-09-26 |
thisWebsite explains how this website works. |
2023-09-18 |
Java Records shows you how to use Java Records to shorten your code when creating data-bearing classes. |
2023-09-18 |
Writing
equals() shows you how to properly
test for equality of objects in Java. |
2023-09-08 |
There is a new version of p0.pdf. This weeds out some typos and adds a new look for terminal sessions. |
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