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Creating, Building, and Running a Simple Program in the Go Language

Posted on 2023/03/24 by thiscouldbebetter

The instructions below tell how to create, build, and run a simple program in the Go language on a computer running Microsoft Windows. go build GoTest.goGoTestpause

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Creating a Hello World Program in .NET Core with Visual Studio Code

Posted on 2023/02/18 by thiscouldbebetter

Follow the steps below to create a Hello, World program in .NET Core using Visual Studio Code.

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Installing and Running Angular on Windows 10

Posted on 2023/02/15 by thiscouldbebetter

Follow the steps below to install Angular, create a default application, and run it on Windows 10.

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Creating an Ext4 Filesystem Image File

Posted on 2021/10/23 by thiscouldbebetter

Follow the steps below to create a disk image file formatted for the ext4 filesystem. (Note that steps 2-4 are adapted from a similar tutorial currently posted at the URL “https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-how-to-create-ext4-images.1974014/”.) 1. Open a Linux command prompt in the newly … Continue reading →

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Compiling Java Packages and Subpackages from the Command Line

Posted on 2021/10/06 by thiscouldbebetter

The packaging system in Java can be tricky for the beginner to navigate. Follow the steps below to create, compile, and run a test program that creates a Java program whose classes belong to a root package and a subpackage. … Continue reading →

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Hello World in TypeScript with Classes in a Web Browser

Posted on 2020/06/29 by thiscouldbebetter

Follow the steps below to create and compile a simple TypeScript program that, when run by opening the hosting .html in a web browser, simply displays the message “Hello, world!” in an alert dialog. These instructions use the “tsc” TypeScript … Continue reading →

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A Directory Tree Sizer in C#

Posted on 2019/11/26 by thiscouldbebetter

The C# code below, when run, calculates the size of a given directory and all its subdirectories.

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A Toy Bug Tracker in JavaScript

Posted on 2019/07/06 by thiscouldbebetter

The JavaScript code below implements a rudimentary bug tracker, or, perhaps more accurately, a task tracker. To see it in action, copy it into an .html file and open that file in a web browser that runs JavaScript. It’s not … Continue reading →

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Exploring the ZIP File Format in JavaScript

Posted on 2019/04/13 by thiscouldbebetter

The JavaScript program below, when run, prompts the user to upload a file in .ZIP format. Then the file is parsed and its internal structure is displayed as text in the JSON format. Note that this code does not actually … Continue reading →

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Another RPG Combat Engine in JavaScript

Posted on 2019/03/02 by thiscouldbebetter

The code below implements a rudimentary turn-based combat engine for a Japanese-style role-playing game in JavaScript. I have partially implemented a similar engine in a previous post, but I recently tried to update it and found it very difficult. I … Continue reading →

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