Functional Programming and Python
This article introduces a few concepts of functional programming, and the constructs in Python that are useful for it. It is aimed at those with a basic understanding of Python (like Python prompt,…
Joy of Programming: Liskov’s Substitution Principle
LSP is a cardinal rule to follow in object-oriented designs. In this column, we’ll introduce LSP to those new to OOP (Object Oriented Programming), and discuss a couple of examples from JDK that…
Lisp: Tears of Joy, Part 8
Lisp has been hailed as the world’s most powerful programming language. But only the top percentile of programmers use it because of its cryptic syntax and academic reputation. This is rather unfortunate, since…
FOSS is __FUN__: Free Your Mind
Golf, par, handicaps — and sub-classing, abstraction and lines of code. Sounds interesting? Last month, I have had the privilege of listening to two presentations on two radically different subjects. The only thing…
Lisp: Tears of Joy, Part 4
Lisp has been hailed as the world’s most powerful programming language. But only the top percentile of programmers use it, because of its cryptic syntax and academic reputation. This is rather unfortunate, since…
Lisp: Tears of Joy, Part 1
Lisp has been hailed as the world’s most powerful programming language. But only a few programmers use it because of its cryptic syntax and reputation for being appropriate for only those in academia….
Exploring Software: ZODB, a NoSQL Database
Let’s explore how to use ZODB, a NoSQL database, from Python, with an example that stores and retrieves ‘album’ and ‘track’ data from the database. Most of us are accustomed to using a relational…
Up Close and Personal with NoSQL
Aimed at Web developers, DBAs, programmers, et al., this article covers the basic concepts about NoSQL databases, the different types and their features. When you think of choosing a database for your application…
Let’s GO: A First Look at Google’s Go Programming Language
Go is a new systems programming language launched by Google, and has received wide attention in the programming community. This article gives you an overview of this language, with some specific examples to…
May 22, 2013
amitsaha — Thank you for your kind comments everyone. I am glad it's been of help.
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May 22, 2013
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May 22, 2013
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May 21, 2013
JKR — More efficient? Probably. More readable? Definitely not.
May 21, 2013
Prashanth Joshi — The author assumes that the first article being introductory in nature is for the beginners. So there is no question...
