Series

Developing MeshTalk - My approach to programming and learning

In this series I will show you my development process, the way I explore and learn, and hopefully end up with a decent working product at the end. MeshTalk

Articles in this series

Don't be afraid to explore

Sep 9, 20212 min read204 views

Something I always struggle with is getting set in my ways. When you learn to code a certain way, with certain tools, it always seems easier to keep...

Don't be afraid to explore

Learn by contributing - Find a problem and try to help solve it

Sep 9, 20212 min read504 views

Contributing to a project or a pool of knowledge is a great opportunity for learning. When I saw a person asking for help with reading messages from a...

Learn by contributing - Find a problem and try to help solve it

Adding command line parameters to a python program

Sep 9, 20211 min read222 views

I wanted MeshTalk to have command line parameters for the following: send message receive messages time to wait before exiting To do this in Python...

Adding command line parameters to a python program

Parsing command line parameters and using that data to control your program

Sep 9, 20213 min read152 views

In the previous article I showed how you can include and check input parameters in Python. But all we did was check for the existence of the...

Parsing command line parameters and using that data to control your program

Adding your project to GitHub

Sep 9, 20212 min read129 views

MeshTalk development series - 4 · Now that I have a working program, time to add it to GitHub ERROR: Developer should have done this on day one but was...

Adding your project to GitHub

Creating a text based user interface with Python and Curses

Sep 11, 20213 min read700 views

Retro look and highly functional · As I work on my MeshTalk project, the most difficult part is not learning new commands or tools but simply stopping...

Creating a text based user interface with Python and Curses