A tutorial and case study on developing an image processing application with Python — Introduction This is the second part of a tutorial and case study that details how to develop an image processing application with Python. The first article focused on setting up a virtual environment with Pipenv and installing our application’s package dependencies. …

A tutorial and case study on developing an image processing application with Python — Introduction Python allows development projects to be approached in a goal-orientated way. Programs written in Python are interpreted rather than compiled, which enables features such as dynamic typing and automatic memory management behind the scenes. This means more time can be invested in things like adding functionality and improving an application’s…

A tutorial on how to build and install game projects using CMake and SFML — Introduction The Simple and Fast Multimedia Library (SFML) is a cross-platform development library that provides simple APIs for creating games and multimedia applications. SFML can compile and run on Linux, Mac OS and Windows. The project is also working towards being able to compile Android and iOS applications out of the…

A tutorial on using CMake to configure compilers and their flags for development projects — Introduction The CMake program makes it possible to write simple configuration files to control a project’s compilation process and generate native build files across platforms. It is also possible to configure the compilation process based on the host system’s environment in a granular way. This tutorial details how to inspect, configure…

A guide on integrating CMake and the YouCompleteMe engine with Vim — Introduction This guide details how to turn Vim into a powerful C and C++ development environment. After working through each incremental step you will finish with a Vim configuration and boilerplate C++ project that you can use as a starting point for future applications. …

A hands-on tutorial for learning AWK on Linux — Introduction The AWK utility is known for running programs that perform text processing and data extraction, and is often pre-installed on Linux and UNIX based operating systems. This article adopts a hands-on approach to introduce the AWK programming language. Many sample programs are provided as new AWK concepts are discussed throughout…

Render clean status lines and prompts in Vim, Bash, i3 and tmux — Introduction Productivity tools on Linux often include both a status line and a prompt. The function of a status line is to display important information relevant to the program’s current context; and a prompt identifies where a program is expecting some input from the user. …

Build your own editor to facilitate programming with Vim — Introduction The Vim text editor is often used as a tool for editing configuration files on a Linux system. For this purpose, Vim does the job exceptionally well by providing unique features such as buffers, macros and bookmarking to name a few. As well as a text editor, Vim also ships…

Exploring the tar utility and standard compression tools on Linux — Introduction Archiving is the process of combining multiple files into a single package called an archive. This archive can then be easily distributed to another machine, backed up in a repository somewhere, or simply kept on your own machine as a way to organize and cleanup your file system. Archives are…