The ESP32 S3 has two PWM generators - a simple one aimed at driving LEDs and a more complex one designed to make motor control easy. To get you started using it we consider a simple example. This is an extract from Harry Fairhead's latest book, Programming the ESP32 Using C and the Espressif IoT Development Framework.

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Inheritance and function overloading don't play well together in C#. See if you can figure out the reasons that this puzzle doesn't work as you might expect.

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This year the event that aims to provide a coding experience for all school students and anyone else who wants to join in runs between December 9th and 15th and includes new activities. Let's find out all about it!

The Eclipse Foundation’s IoT Working Group has released the results of its 2024 IoT Developer Survey. The industrial automation and automotive sectors and now in the lead industry focus area and connectivity is now the top security concern.

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Swimm, best known for its AI-driven software documentation tools, has announced an extension for GitHub Copilot. The Swimm team says the extension means developers using GitHub Copilot Chat can turn Copilot responses into high-quality, code-coupled documentation, simplifying the process of capturing key insights about users' codebases.

A new security-focused program, the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund, will invest $1.25M across 125 open source projects. The project is backed by the support of organizations including American Express, Chainguard, 1Password and Zerodha.

PlanetScale, the cloud MySQL-compatible database with advanced scaling capabilities, is now upgraded with vector storage and search.

Dynamic Session support has been added to Azure Container Apps. Azure Container Apps is a serverless platform for running containerized applications, and dynamic sessions is designed to provide fast access to secure sandboxed environments.

December 1st is much anticipated among those who like programming puzzles. It is time to start solving small but tricky puzzles on the Advent of Code website with the goal of amassing 50 stars by Christmas Day, December 25th.

Google has added a premium tier to the Google Developer Program. The new tier is described as providing "a tailored suite of services to help developers throughout the learning, building and deployment phases of their journey".

It's Black Friday, the traditional day to indulge in online shopping. Not every item that is included in my selection of gifts is subject to a promotional offer, but where they aren't you might be pointed to similar items that are!

Meta has released an open source project that can be used to automatically convert a PDF file into a podcast. Meta says Notebook Llama can be considered an open-source version of Google's NotebookLM.

pg_parquet is a new extension by Crunchy Data that allows a PostgreSQL instance to work with Parquet files. With pg_duckdb, pg_analytics and pg_mooncake all of which can access Parquet files, is there need for yet another extension?

Author: Richard Urwin
Publisher: In Easy Steps
Date: September 2024
Pages: 192
ISBN: 978-1787910119
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Audience: Developers interested in AI
Rating: 4
Reviewer: Mike James
So many books on AI why another?

This book is written to appeal to anyone who wants to begin coding computer programs. Mike McGrath shows how to quickly create a programming environment on your computer, then, in easy steps, learn the essentials of coding. All features are illustrated using Python color-coding convention, and all code is available to download free. The book includes comparison examples in C, C++ and Java to give you a rounded view of computer coding. This third edition is updated for the latest version of Python, Python 3.13.

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This guide is designed to introduce developers to the Elm functional programming language. Robert Johnson explores Elm’s approach to managing application architecture and state through a clean, predictable model, using the language's robust type system to eliminate runtime errors.

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This book is a collection of Minecraft building ideas, ideal as a stocking-stuffer, featuring more than 50 festive building ideas, games, and activities. Julia March and Christian Glücklich have inspirational ideas and tips for Minecraft holiday builds.

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