Tag Archives: Nigel Borrington

Pascal a programming language , its history and some example code.

Pascal is just one of many programming languages that you can select in order to learn programming skills and then for developing professional applications. This Wiki page details much about the language of Pascal , Pascal was named in honour … Continue reading

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My first weeks with the Raspberry Pi 2 and using BerryBoot OS Boot loader.

First Month with the Pi 2 and Installing Berry boot on the Raspberry Pi Its been a good month since I received my first Raspberry Pi 2 development board and during this time I have been busy setting it up … Continue reading

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Learning application programming ( Action related V Object related)

Sample Object Orientated code Why is learning to code these days so hard ? If your just starting out trying to learn how to write application code it will not take you long before you hit one of the biggest … Continue reading

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Learning Coding skills the fast way

learning programming language’s the best way Learning to program a computer these days is about as simple and yet complicated as it has ever been, when I firsts started coding commercial applications it was on IBM Mid-range and Main-frame computers … Continue reading

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Andriod 4.4 on a HP 550 Laptop, Second Life Projects….

Android Development and Second life projects As part of my up upskilling projects, something I have been wanting to complete for a while is to port Andriod 4.4 KitKat to ether a Desktop or Laptop PC. To do so opens … Continue reading

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Piface in a case.

Piface in a case During the week I received the very exciting “Piface Digital 2” I/O interface board from New-IT in the UK. It was clear while setting up the card with the Raspberry Pi b+ that the two together … Continue reading

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Well it is here , The Piface Digital 2 – I/O board.

As ever, a part I ordered from NEW_IT in the UK arrived with lighting speed this morning !!! With just lunch time available, I had a quick but very successful go at installing the Piface board onto my Raspberry pi … Continue reading

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Reaching out to the real world : The Pi-face Digital 2

Reaching the real world The fundamental difference between a standard Tablet a Laptop or Desktop computer and a development board system is a little harder to define than you may think ! After all most of the components on a … Continue reading

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Looking at the Linux terminal commands and the Man pages.

Using the Linux command line and the Man pages In one of my previous post I referring to the differences between Linux and MS-Windows, I talked about the fact that Windows has removed itself largely from the command line interface … Continue reading

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The Python Language and a study book (Learning Python 5th edition) free to download!

Its my aim with this blog to share a learning process, in developing application software. Following the processes of putting some hardware systems into place such as the Raspberry pi b+ and B2 along with a Cubietruck, ARM CPU development … Continue reading

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