Foo.co.za - Neil Broers. Itux.co.za - the Experiments. Netram Technologies - Distributors of Arduino, Netduino and specialised prototyping hardware! Let's Talk Geek. 7 programming languages on the rise | Developer World. In the world of enterprise programming, the mainstream is broad and deep. Code is written predominantly in one of a few major languages. For some shops, this means Java; for others, it's C# or PHP. Sometimes, enterprise coders will dabble in C++ or another common language used for high-performance tasks such as game programming, all of which turn around and speak SQL to the database. Programmers looking for work in enterprise shops would be foolish not to learn the languages that underlie this paradigm, yet a surprising number of niche languages are fast beginning to thrive in the enterprise.
Look beyond the mainstays, and you'll find several languages that are beginning to provide solutions to increasingly common problems, as well as old-guard niche languages that continue to occupy redoubts. All offer capabilities compelling enough to justify learning a new way to juggle brackets, braces, and other punctuation marks. Can I Teach my 4 Year Old to Program?
First steps with the Raspberry Pi « Random Hacks. Yes, I was awake at 6am on the 29th of February and it was partially my fault that the element14 and RS components sites went down. I’m sorry. It does mean that I now hold in my hands one of the first batch Raspberry Pi’s! So what to expect right now? First, if you too are an early adopter, congratulations! If this is your first time you’ve bought something like this with expectations that it will immediately do everything you think it might, I have to tell you a few truths about newly-minted low-budget hardware, and embedded devices (note, NONE of this is specific to the RasPi, but generally true about all very new and unseen devices): Start by expecting that nothing works and that you, or someone like you, will have to put the time and effort in to make it do what you want.Be supportive and congratulatory of anyone who improves that situation.
So, what works? Actually, given what I’ve just said, a truly surprising amount works just fine! “hello_pi” – accessing the hardware. Linux Sound? The Raspberry Pi: A Review « I Am, Therefore I Think. Even if the Raspberry Pi is under-powered for desktop work, I have only high regard for the stated goal of the design: an affordable platform for the next generation of hardware and software designers.
Considering that the higher-end model is a mere US$35 (plus shipping, handling, and tariffs), the actual bang-for-the-buck is amazing. My Raspberry Pi, wired to a Commodore Amiga monitor. The future, and the past, connected. The main board of the Raspberry Pi Model B really is no larger than a credit card, except for the lack of rounded corners. The system-on-chip is a Broadcom BCM2835, which incorporates an ARM1176JZF-S CPU (including Thumb, Jazelle, vector FPU, and security extensions [but not Thumb2-ed.]).
Having a runnable system requires only two components: power and an SD card with a suitable, bootable image. Customized system settings may be manipulated through the config.txt file in the boot partition. I am not a hardware hacker, despite my previous post. Like this: Like Loading... I have no idea how to use this thing! Eben’s talk at TEDx Granta.