Dev of the Week
http://java.dzone.com/articles/dev-week-steven-lott Yes. Everyone is famous for 15 minutes. And. "On the Web, everyone will be famous to fifteen people."
more ...http://java.dzone.com/articles/dev-week-steven-lott Yes. Everyone is famous for 15 minutes. And. "On the Web, everyone will be famous to fifteen people."
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more ...How does one get started developing software? What's the first step?
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more ...I'm working on yet another Python book. This one looking at functional programming in Python. It doesn't really go with with Mastering Object-Oriented Python and Python for Secret Agents because the focus isn't on Python's strong suit.
In chapter one, a reviewer had this two-word question: "yield from?"
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more ...http://www.oreilly.com/pub/e/3255 I'm a pretty good public speaker. But I've avoided webcasting and podcasting because it's kind of daunting. In a smaller venue, the audience members are right there, and you can tell if you're not making sense. In a webcast, the feedback will be …
more ...Old. But still interesting. Partial Function Application is not Currying It seems like hair-splitting. However, the distinction between bound variables and curried functions does have some practical implications. I'm looking closely at PyMonad and the built-in functools library. I'm finding some benefits in understanding functional programming and how to apply …
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