This article is excerpted from Chapter 7 of my book Linux Programming by Example: The Fundamentals, published by Prentice Hall (ISBN: 0-13-142964-7). Chapters 1 through 6 cover the standard APIs for ...

When it comes to software developers, there are a few distinct types. For example, the extroverted, chatty type, who is ...

How to use ncurses to manipulate your terminal screen. In my article series about programming for the text console using the ncurses library, I showed you how to draw text on the screen and use basic ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

This course will give you the foundation for using Hardware Description Languages, specifically VHDL and Verilog for Logic Design. You will learn the history of both VHDL and Verilog and how to use ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Good programmers need to create code that efficiently solves problems, using various methods. A ...

Programming a solution to a problem by using the most straightforward method. However, it is typically not a very elegant solution or one that is flexible for future changes, but it gets the job done.