C vs. Go: Comparing programming languages
Apr24

C vs. Go: Comparing programming languages

C vs. Go: Comparing programming languages Jim Hall Mon, 04/24/2023 – 03:00 Go is a modern programming language that derives much of its history from the C programming language. As such, Go is likely to feel familiar to anyone who writes programs in C. Go makes it easy to write new programs while feeling familiar to C programmers but avoiding many of the common pitfalls of the C programming language. This article compares a...

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10 ways to celebrate Earth Day with open source
Apr22

10 ways to celebrate Earth Day with open source

10 ways to celebrate Earth Day with open source admin Sat, 04/22/2023 – 03:00 Even though we strive to live every day like Earth Day here on Opensource.com, today is an especially good day to discover new ways to help the planet. Open source brings forth many possibilities for people from all areas and levels of technical expertise. There are open source tools anyone can use to explore nature’s magic, whether looking up at...

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The future of the sharing business model
Apr21

The future of the sharing business model

The future of the sharing business model Ron McFarland Fri, 04/21/2023 – 03:00 Younger generations prioritize experiences over assets and quality over quantity in many areas of life, and technology has evolved to help fulfill their desires. That’s the position of Arun Sundararajan in his book The Sharing Economy: The End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-Based Capitalism. According to Sundararajan, these young people do...

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How I teach Python with open source tools
Apr21

How I teach Python with open source tools

How I teach Python with open source tools Don Watkins Fri, 04/21/2023 – 03:00 I love to teach Python. I start by beginning where the learner begins. My first question is, “How would you like to learn Python?” They usually answer, “What’s Python?” That’s when I give them some examples of websites built with Python they might already be familiar with. I also provide examples of using Python in...

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Real-world examples of the sharing economy
Apr20

Real-world examples of the sharing economy

Real-world examples of the sharing economy Ron McFarland Thu, 04/20/2023 – 03:00 Some of the most familiar examples of the online sharing economy started small. Consider Airbnb, which started from three airbeds and became AirBed and Breakfast in 2008. As of 2016, 70 million guests have stayed in a stranger’s home via Airbnb. The internet-based platform connects people who have a resource not used to capacity—excess...

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What you need to know about the Drupal 9 to 10 migration
Apr20

What you need to know about the Drupal 9 to 10 migration

What you need to know about the Drupal 9 to 10 migration thejimbirch Thu, 04/20/2023 – 03:00 Drupal 10 was released in December 2022. If you’re a current Drupal 9 user, you may be strategizing your website’s Drupal 9 to 10 migration. Luckily, the Drupal 9 to 10 migration is being heralded as the easiest upgrade in Drupal’s history. That’s because Drupal 10 is backward-compatible with Drupal 9 and is not a...

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