A non-coders attempts at writing useful code
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 2nd, 2009
Command lines interfaces to programs are very empowering. I started using computers with the Linux command line and I have never strayed too far from programs that are predominantly command line based. Whether it was rasmol , povray , phenix or ffmpeg I always found that the command line gave the program a more transparent [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 7th, 2009
Almost two years ago I first started writing the codeitch weblog about my code ambitions on wordpress ( codeitch.wordpress.com) .This blog was driven by a strong desire to get better at writing code and importantly building solutions that enabled better science. To do that I had decided to pick up python , Java [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 24th, 2008
One of the fun parts of learning a programming language yourself is when you get stuck at solving a trivial problem . When this happens I generally try to do a few things generally involving searching . I have tabulated these activities and also the apparent value to me , both for my short-term solving [...]