Thoughts on Programming
Introduction Rust is a relatively young language in the field of systems programming. The first stable version appeared in 2015, though it was announced back in 2010. It combines different programming paradigms, namely from functional, object-oriented, and concurrent programming. This means programmers from other languages will quickly find familiar elements, though they may also be … Read more
The path to a user directory can vary depending on the operating system. For instance, if the username is “kendra”, you would deal with the following paths: When writing a Python program for personal use, you could simply use the corresponding path to your user directory (i.e., /Users/<Username>). However, the situation changes when the program … Read more
Introduction Rust is a relatively young language in the field of systems programming. Its first stable release came out in 2015, though it was announced back in 2010. Rust blends several programming paradigms — functional, object-oriented, and concurrent — making it easy for programmers from different backgrounds to find familiar concepts. However, those unfamiliar with … Read more
The Tkinter library is available in Python for creating a graphical user interface. In addition, the CustomTkinter UI library is a modern variant that allows more customization in terms of appearance. This article shows how CustomTkinter can be used to create a window with two text fields (entries), a button widget and a label widget. … Read more
uv is a package manager written in Rust that is an alternative to pip. It allows you to isolate a project, meaning packages installed with uv are only available to the respective Python project. This makes it possible to install different package versions for different projects. When a package is installed with uv, the package … Read more