Explaining how to build a command-line tool that follows key conventions: does one job, reads from standard input, outputs to standard error, and returns proper exit codes. A must for seamless pipeline integration! 🚀 #CommandLine #Tooling #ProgrammingTips

How do functions work in a programming language? We'll show you using our own toy programming language as an example.

Watch the video > www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT7t...

#Cpp #ProgrammingLanguage #ProgrammingTips

A date without a timezone is incomplete.
Name the location.
Create the right time.

https://documentation.xojo.com/api/os/timezone.html

#DateTime #ProgrammingTips #SoftwareDevelopment

Programming Is Changing
#TurnIdeasIntoSoftware #FasterSoftwareDevelopment #ProgrammingTips

Kotlin's Elvis operator (?:) gets all the attention, but the safe call chain (?.let { }) is what actually cleans up nested null checks in real code. #Kotlin #AndroidDev #ProgrammingTips #Coding

Extension functions are Kotlin's quiet superpower. They let you shape a third-party API around your codebase instead of the other way around. #Kotlin #AndroidDev #ProgrammingTips

Kotlin's when(true) pattern for chained conditions reads cleaner than nested if-else, especially once you're past three or four branches. #Kotlin #AndroidDev #Coding #ProgrammingTips

Kotlin's Result type turns error handling into something you model explicitly instead of something that surprises you at runtime. Worth adopting past just try/catch. #Kotlin #AndroidDev #ProgrammingTips #Coding

Sealed interfaces plus exhaustive when blocks quietly prevent an entire category of bugs before they ever reach a code review. #Kotlin #AndroidDev #ProgrammingTips

Extension functions are Kotlin's quiet superpower. They let you shape a third-party API around your codebase instead of the reverse. #Kotlin #AndroidDev #ProgrammingTips