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Getting wxPython apps into the Ubuntu app store
Saturday, April 06, 2019 in Blog
Have you ever dreamt of getting your own apps in the Ubuntu app store? Here’s how. I wanted to get my UML tool for Python, Pynsource, into the Ubuntu/Snapcraft app store for a long time. This is the story of how I made that happen. It certainly …
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Async/await for wxPython
Saturday, March 02, 2019 in Blog
How to build Python 3 GUI apps with asynchronous functionality. Python 3’s support of async/await is the new hotness, allowing cooperative computation with reduced complexity and without needing threads — as long as you use async compatible libraries …
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The second blog post
Saturday, October 06, 2018 in News
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Easy documentation with Docsy
Saturday, October 06, 2018 in News
Photo: Riona MacNamara / CC-BY-CA This is a typical blog post that includes images. The front matter specifies the date of the blog post, its title, a short description that will be displayed on the blog landing page, and its author. Including images Here’s an image …
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Building a Python-Electron App
Wednesday, October 03, 2018 in Blog
Building a normal, deployable application for Mac or Windows, using Python 3 is hard. There is nothing like Visual Studio or Delphi (remember that?) for Python where you can drag and drop to design a GUI, press a button and get an .exe or .app to …
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Python AST Parsing
Friday, June 01, 2018 in Blog
How I used the Python AST capabilities to build the Python to Rpn converter. Python compilation pipeline My program works at the AST stage of the compilation pipeline: Specifically my approach has been to use Python’s built in ability to parse …
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Another Great Release
Thursday, January 04, 2018 in Releases
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markdown samples
Thursday, January 04, 2018 in Markdown Experiments
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UML Layout
Wednesday, April 06, 2011 in Blog
Developing a Layout Algorithm for UML diagrams Intro Presented to the Melbourne Patterns Group, Wednesday 6th April 2011 6:30 PM The Problem: Untangling UML Diagrams Terms Nodes – these are the shapes/rectangles Edges – these are the lines connecting …
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Mocking in Ruby
Saturday, March 19, 2011 in Blog
Easy Dependency Injection and Mocking in Ruby Here is a simple technique where you can inject mock methods into a class that you are unit testing. Given you have a class ClassA class ClassA def hi "hi" end end Using .class_eval You can …