I've been using feedly since Google decided RSS wasn't a thing any more, and have been pretty happy with it. It wasn't as good as Google Reader, but good enough. The ads are gradually becoming more invasive though, and there's less of the minimalist feel it had when I first started using it, s...
Continue reading...The 2nd edition of Python for Kids is coming October 2022. What's new? Not an exhaustive list, but it has been completely refreshed for the latest version of Python, as well as being updated for the latest versions of Windows and Ubuntu. New Raspberry Pi instructions are there for those who want t...
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Janick writes:
Continue reading...My son got "Python for Kids" (the dutch translation) from Sinterklaas last december (Sinterklaas is the local Santa in Belgium and the Netherlands). He really enjoyed it! The weeks following he read and coded almost every day until he finished the book. Some days after, I ment...
The Vietnamese translation of Python for Kids is now available from the publisher Sputnik Edu. I think that's something in the region of 12 languages in total now (including English)! 👍
Continue reading...I've built a Docker image for running single-node Spark and Hadoop (one worker) on a Raspberry Pi, since I couldn't find anything to experiment with. Certainly not suitable for anything other than experimentation, but the image can be found on Docker hub here:
hub.docker.com/repository/docker/...
Continue reading...I wanted to boot my Raspberry Pi 4 from an external SSD connected via a USB-to-SATA cable. According to Jeff Geerling's video, it's pretty straightforward using the latest version of the firmware - but try as I might I couldn't get it to start. Tried re-imaging the SSD; also used the SD card copi...
Continue reading...Sherry W writes (excerpted):
Continue reading...Excellent book so far for my grandson.
On page 78 should it read?:
while True:
lots of code here
lots of code here
lots of code here
if some value == False
breakBook is written very well for that age group. It’s great to h...
Suranga writes:
Continue reading...My son and I have been learning Python with your great book. Unfortunately, we hit an issue with Colorchooser - the problem appears identical to this one: https://jasonrbriggs.com/journal/2013/05/01/tkinter-colorchooser-problems.html In the solution, you suggest we revisit Ch...
I was reading Tim Bray's recent blog posts (here and here) about his Topfew utility with interest, and wondered how my go-to systems programming language (Nim) stacks up compared to Go. I knocked up a quick and dirty implementation and then ran against a 900MB access_log from my own site...
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Lennier M writes:
Continue reading...I am on page 202 of your book, but when I followed your instructions, the ball stopped moving, instead of moving in multiple directions. Here is my code:
class Ball:
def __init__(self, canvas, color):
self.canvas = canvas
self.id = canvas.create_oval(...
