Learn Lua from JavaScript, part 3: Object-oriented behavior
JavaScript’s prototype-based classes compared to a Lua class pattern.
Software Engineering
Ideas, insights, and strategies for today’s software engineers.
Learn Lua from JavaScript, part 2: Control flow and data structures
The guts of Lua: functions, loops, and tables.
Augmenting the electric car experience
Combining CAD, simulation, and AR to change how we repair and use cars.
Roof Design with Revit Architecture
Learn time-saving techniques for creating any kind of roof in this free Revit Architecture training video.
Learn Lua from JavaScript, part 1: An introduction to Lua
If you know JavaScript, learning Lua is a snap, as Tyler Neylon explains in this first in a series of three posts.
Jonathan Bachrach on the hardware-software interface
The O’Reilly Hardware Podcast: The tools of the “new industrial revolution.”
Testing in Swift
Learn about automating the tedious yet essential task of testing a complex app in this excerpt from Learning Swift.
Optimize string use: a case study
This chapter from the book Optimized C++ discusses performance-tuning principles to optimize string handling functions, which are among the most used features of the C++ standard library.
Building a better code review process
By approaching change as if you're the customer and knowing the risks involved when making changes to your code base, you can reduce the amount of churn in the review process and increase the chances of shipping code that sticks around.
An automated operations approach to filling the DevOps gap
A policy manager can handle at run time many of the tasks that programmers currently specify when scheduling jobs.
Manu Prakash on microscopy for everyone
The O’Reilly Hardware Podcast: Building tools for a curiosity-driven community.
Fluent Python: The Power of Special Methods
You’ve used Python for years. Do you really know it? Be brave and skin that Python. In this cut, Luciano Ramalho probes deep into special methods and the Data Model. Become fluent with idiomatic Python.
Cory Doctorow on losing the open Web
The O’Reilly Hardware Podcast: Digital rights management goes deeper into the Web.
Using open source methods for internal software projects
How innersourcing can create collaboration within organizations.
5 reasons you need to learn to write Python decorators
Decorators can massively magnify the positive impact of the code you write.
Rob Chandhok on connecting sensors to the Internet
The O’Reilly Hardware Podcast: Building wireless links for the IoT.
Computer vision with the Raspberry Pi
Learn how to set up the Raspberry Pi to "see" and analyze images to recognize faces, text, and other items of interest.
Ken Shirriff on the hidden complexity of power supplies
The O’Reilly Hardware Podcast: Tearing down everyday electronics and discovering unexpected sophistication.
Marcin Wichary on the evolution of the keyboard
The O’Reilly Hardware Podcast: How computer keys got where they are.
Overproduction in theory and practice
A hidden pain point in project management.
What is maintainability?
Difficult-to-maintain source code is a big problem in software development today, leading to costly delays and defects. Read the first chapter from Building Maintainable Software, Java Edition, to learn exactly what maintainability means and how it has an impact on business.
Star Simpson on designing beautiful circuit boards
The O’Reilly Hardware Podcast: The art of designing and manufacturing every aspect of hardware.
For your next Arduino project or a prototype, consider using the humble pine board
A wood base is an inexpensive, easy-to-use construction component for professional-looking Arduino projects.
Conquer the Internet of Things in 20 minutes
How to use the Tessel 2 and Node.js to build an IoT device.