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Null Safety

30 May, 201712 March, 2019 pscitechian4 Comments

To java programmers, 'Null Safety' can sound like the 'Holy Grail'. To python programmers, 'Null Safety' can sound like solving a problem they never had. So what is 'null' safety? Firstly, if you any questions on what 'null' is, then check the page None, Unit, Nothing, void and null. Null safety is all about preventing… Continue reading Null Safety

Basics: Origins, ‘Hello World’, Comments

29 May, 20176 February, 2019 pscitechian1 Comment

Python is an interpreted language, often described as a 'scripting language'. Python evolved origins of improving the teaching and prototyping language ABC and being a language ideal for the programmers own projects, to now being a language used in large scale web servers, AI and other substantial projects. Kotlin is a compiled language, targeted from… Continue reading Basics: Origins, ‘Hello World’, Comments

Theory: Variables and Objects

29 May, 201730 July, 2018 pscitechian5 Comments

Introduction The page follows on from the languages page, which reviewed basic concepts of the principles of how programming languages work, by further exploring how 'variables' programming languages work. Understanding this, helps understand the philosophies of python and kotlin. In this page, the language 'c' is discussed, but there is no need to know how… Continue reading Theory: Variables and Objects

Why program in Kotlin instead of Python?

27 May, 201728 May, 2019 pscitechian4 Comments

If you can already program in a perfectly adequate programming language in python, would need to learn Kotlin? There are use cases where Python is virtually unmatched, but there also times Python is just not a match! TL;DR: 1. If you know Python, then learning Kotlin will teach you more about coding, even for when… Continue reading Why program in Kotlin instead of Python?