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Weekly Newsletter (11 Jan 2021)


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Weekly Poll Results

What features are most important to you in a programming language?

Survey period: 4 Jan 2021 to 11 Jan 2021

Not an exhaustive list by any means. Comment to add what's missing for you.

Option	Votes	%
Strong type safety	415	61.48
Automatic thread safety	192	28.44
Lambda functions	166	24.59
Interoperability and compatibility with existing languages	166	24.59
Automatic Memory management	337	49.93
Extension methods	136	20.15
Macros	63	9.33
Optional / nullable types	159	23.56
Dynamic typing (eg dynamic in C#, any in TypeScript)	89	13.19
Immutability	106	15.70
Tuples	79	11.70
A plethora of operators that reduce code (eg ??, .?)	109	16.15
String interpolation	139	20.59
Speed, efficiency	463	68.59
Simplicity in the syntax	458	67.85
Other	69	10.22
Responses	675
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%

This week's survey: Do you use regular expressions in your apps?

Latest Additions

New articles added

Applications & Tools

JavaScript Playground

(2 votes) by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov (updated yesterday)

JavaScript Playground, JavaScript calculator, development, and demo tool

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

AI Hazard Detection on Android with Tensorflow Lite

(3 votes) by Joel Ivory Johnson (updated 5 days ago)

This article series will show readers how to create a real-time AI hazard detector using an Android device.

Loading a TensorFlow Model with AI Hazard Detection on Android

(2 votes) by Joel Ivory Johnson (updated 4 days ago)

In this article of the AI Hazard Detection on Android series, we will add the TensorFlow Lite model to the project and prepare it for processing.

Using TensorFlow Lite Results with AI Hazard Detection on Android

(2 votes) by Joel Ivory Johnson (updated 3 days ago)

In this entry of the AI Hazard Detection on Android series we will interpret the results and provide the relevant information to the user.

Alerting the Driver with AI Hazard Detection on Android

(2 votes) by Joel Ivory Johnson (updated 2 days ago)

In this next entry in the AI Hazard Detection on Android series, we will look at how we can avoid unnecessarily warning the user, and how we can quickly alert them.

Boards / Embedded devices

Interface with Raspberry Pi I2C Sensors, Using .NET/Blazor

(10 votes) by theoldfool (updated 4 days ago)

Using a Blazor Server, running on a Raspberry Pi, to display output from an MCP9808 I2C sensor

Desktop Gadgets

Editor for Folder Metadata in C#

(14 votes) by Martin Henke (1971) (updated 4 days ago)

Edit Metadata for folders by using desktop.ini features

Exception Handling

Using Multiple Return Values instead of Exceptions

(11 votes) by Rick Drizin (updated 6 days ago)

Discussion about how Exceptions are different from expected errors, and how to return errors in your methods using multiple return values.

General Graphics

Ray Tracing has become Diligent

(3 votes) by EgorYusov (updated 3 days ago)

An introduction to ray tracing API in Diligent Engine

Programming Languages

Multi-Machine Parsing #2: Literature Review

(1 votes) by Peter Belcak (updated 12 hours ago)

A short review of the literature on the subject of multi-machine parsing

Programming Tips

Why Software Companies Die

(16 votes) by Łukasz Bownik (updated 5 days ago)

The article describes technical and sociological reasons for software companies deaths.

Simple Introduction to Monads

(3 votes) by ChristianNeumanns (updated 3 days ago)

A simple step-by-step introduction to monads for developers with a background in non-pure-functional programming languages like C#, Java, Python, etc.

Articles updated

Algorithms & Recipes

Randomization and Sampling Methods

(74 votes) by Peter Occil (updated 6 days ago)

Has many ways applications can sample using an underlying (pseudo-)random number generator and includes pseudocode for many of them.

Bernoulli Factory Algorithms

(6 votes) by Peter Occil (updated 5 days ago)

Algorithms to turn biased "coin flips" into biased "coin flips", and how to code them.

C#

Norns.Urd Lightweight AOP Framework

(6 votes) by fs7744 (updated 6 days ago)

Norns.Urd is lightweight AOP framework based on emit which does dynamic proxy

Dialogs and Windows

Customizable WPF MessageBox

(26 votes) by #realJSOP (updated 2 days ago)

Finally, a customizable MessageBox for WPF applications

DirectX

Diligent Engine: A Modern Cross-Platform Low-Level Graphics Library

(92 votes) by EgorYusov (updated 6 days ago)

This article introduces Diligent Engine, a modern cross-platform graphics API abstraction library and rendering framework

Direct2D Tutorial Part 2: Basic Shapes

(5 votes) by Shao Voon Wong (updated 6 days ago)

Direct2D Tutorial on Drawing Basic Shapes

Libraries

Cinchoo - EazyCopy, Yet Another RoboCopy GUI

(11 votes) by Cinchoo (updated 2 days ago)

Yet another RoboCopy GUI tool

Programming Languages

VRCalc++ Object Oriented Scripting Language :: Vincent Radio {Adrix.NT}

(18 votes) by Vincent Radio (updated 6 days ago)

VRCalc++ Engine is embeddable in any Delphi Application using Dynamic Packages

Programming Tips

“The Surgical Team” in XXI Century

(10 votes) by Łukasz Bownik (updated 6 days ago)

Updated concept of "The Surgical Team"

Testing and QA

Unit Test Suite Quality Estimation

(8 votes) by Łukasz Bownik (updated 3 days ago)

A simple method to estimate the quality of a unit test suite that can give some insight into the subject beyond regular test coverage.

New Tips and Tricks added

Audio and Video

Video Screen Capture with Audio

(3 votes) by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov (updated 6 days ago)

Most flexible and comprehensive yet very simple FFMpeg-based command captures all screen activity in a video file, optionally with audio

Programming Languages

Multi-Machine Parsing #1: Introduction

(1 votes) by Peter Belcak (updated 15 hours ago)

Presenting the case for a generalized approach to parser construction from multiple parts

Work Issues

Git - merge against a directory from feature branch

(0 votes) by Martin ISDN (updated 6 days ago)

One of the possible ways to merge a folder from feature branch into master

Tips and Tricks updated

Algorithms & Recipes

How to Turn a Raspberry Pi into a Crypto Trading Bot

(1 votes) by Julian @ Superalgos (updated 3 days ago)

A quick tutorial to set up a Pi as a backend service for trading cryptocurrencies with open-source software

New Technical Blogs added

Mobile Development

Adaptive Layouts for Different Device Sizes in Xamarin Apps

(0 votes) by Ana Carolina Zambon (updated 4 days ago)

In this post, you will learn how to make Apps have a fluid and adaptive UI on different device screen sizes.

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