This article will explain the map() function in Python and show you how to use it. The Python map() function applies a given function for all items in an iterable (iterables are things like lists, dictionaries, sets, or tuples – collections containing items that can be looped over). The syntax… Read More »Using the Python ‘map()’ Function to Process a List, With Examples
This article will show you how to use the Python reduce() function to aggregate data from values in an iterable (iterables are things like lists, dictionaries, sets, or tuples – collections containing items that can be looped over) and reduce them to a single accumulated value. The code and examples… Read More »Using the Python ‘reduce()’ Function to Aggregate Data, With Examples
PHP and JavaScript are the most commonly used programming languages on the web – so which one should you use for your project? Check out our recent article on JavaScript vs. Node.js for another commonly searched programming comparison. Choosing which programming language to use for… Read More »PHP vs JavaScript – The Best Choice For Your Project
This article provides a combined tutorial for the PHP timezone functions, showing how to change the timezone globally or temporarily for a script/object. Timezones are a huge hassle. If your app has users from around the world, you’ll eventually run into the annoying task of… Read More »PHP Timezones- How to Set/Change Timezone, With Examples
This article will show you how to use the JavaScript forEach() method to loop over an array. Pretty much any application of any complexity will require the looping over arrays (lists) of data. The JavaScript forEach() method, which is built into JavaScript array variables, does just this.… Read More »Looping over Array using JavaScript forEach(), With Examples
This article will discuss the differences between typescript and JavaScript, the problems they solve, and which is best to use. I really like TypeScript, and I use it a lot. It solves so many of JavaScript’s problems and makes writing good JavaScript code much easier (once… Read More »TypeScript Vs JavaScript – What’s the Difference & Which Should You Use?
This article will explain how to use recursion in Python functions, with some example code to illustrate the concept. A recursive function is a function which calls itself one or more times until a condition is met. If a function that uses recursion calls itself too many… Read More »Using Recursion/Recursive Functions in Python, with Examples
This was only meant to be a two-parter, but I couldn’t leave well enough alone. Raspberry Pi & Python Powered Tank Part III is an update with better Python code and an improved design. I’ve gone back to fix the biggest issues that were left… Read More »Raspberry Pi & Python Powered Tank Part III: More Tank
This article will show you to build a DIY soldering extraction fan (to ventilate fumes) using an Arduino and a temperature sensor to activate the fan when the soldering iron is hot. Before you read this, why not open up my other projects in some… Read More »DIY Arduino Powered Soldering Extraction Fan
This tutorial covers converting Bytes to a string variable (and a string to Bytes) in Python versions 2 and 3. What is the difference between a string and a byte string? A string is a series of characters. When stored on disk, the characters are converted to a series of bytes. What… Read More »Converting Bytes To String In Python [Guide]
