Data Wrangling: Unveiling the Hidden Power of Data for Web and Applications

What is Data Wrangling, what do you need to know about it, and more will be discussed in this article.

Mastering Command Line Argument Parsing with Python 3’s argparse Module

Introduction: Command line interfaces (CLIs) are an essential part of many software applications, allowing users to interact with programs through a terminal or command prompt. Python provides a powerful and flexible module called argparse to handle command line arguments effortlessly. In this article, we will explore the features and functionality of argparse, step by step,

Understanding Dynamic Domain Name Services (DDNS)

Typically, residential internet service providers assign dynamic IP addresses to their customers. These IP addresses are subject to change periodically, making it challenging to maintain a consistent connection to the home network or website.

Introduction to Compilers

This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series Introduction to Compilers

Introduction: Welcome to our series on compiler development using Python! In this series of articles, we will explore the fundamentals of grammars and their role in defining the syntax of programming languages. We’ll also discuss different notation systems used to express grammars, such as BNF, EBNF, and PEG, and their relation to lexical analysis. Understanding

Speeding Up Python Apps With CFFI

Speeding Up Python Apps With CFFI

Calling C/C++ Code from Python Introduction Python is a powerful and versatile programming language, but one of its weaknesses is that it can be slow compared to other languages like C or C++. However, Python can use C/C++ code to speed up the application or simply make use of functionality not available in Python. By

Securing Credentials in Python Apps

Securing Credentials in Python Apps

Python has become a very popular language for software development. Over the decades since it was first introduced, the language has slowly grown and matured while keeping its ease of use and shallow learning curve. This has made it the go-to language for much of the AI and ML communities and many web applications have

Building Machines In Code – Part 9

This entry is part 9 of 9 in the series Building Machines in Code

Tooling for the Tiny-T When we completed the console, last installment, I had said I was unsure what I would cover next. I’m really wanting to begin implementing our audio device, but I felt that adding a GUI for the Tiny-T system was a target much more achievable in the limited time I had. However,

Building Machines In Code – Part 8

This entry is part 8 of 9 in the series Building Machines in Code

Adding a Crude Console Last time, we left off with a working computer system using the Tiny-T processor. I told you that we would add a very crude terminal to the system this time. The terminal I’ll present today is barely a terminal. It won’t have any special functions, text scrolling, or any other features

Building Machines In Code – Part 7

This entry is part 7 of 9 in the series Building Machines in Code

Today’s Project NOTICE: Today’s Code will only work under Python 3.10 and later. In this episode, we will build a new system using a processor with Von Neumann Architecture. We will also be splitting our system into various files and classes to organize our system better. The Memory will no longer be part of the

Building Machines In Code – Part 6

This entry is part 6 of 9 in the series Building Machines in Code

Last issue we built a simple assembler for our TIny-P processor emulator. In this installment, we will build a loader. But what is a loader? Loaders are small programs that load other programs into system memory and prepare them for execution. Most loaders are part of an Operating System however, in the embedded world, there