In the last post introducing Python, I demonstrated how to make a simple app using variables and conditional statements. In order to do anything really powerful in a given programming language though, ...

Learning how to define a function in Python is one of the most important steps to mastering the language. Functions are blocks of code that perform a specific task and can be “called” from any point ...

I am teaching myself C++ using 'Accelerated C++' by Andrew Koenig and Barbara E. Moo. In the past, I have taught myself some rudimentary Java, have had a semester of C, and can hack VB well enough.