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Python

Creating a Flipping Bits Game in Python With Tkinter

After having proposed a tutorial showing you how to develop a program to create a Sitemap generator in Python, I continue my comeback to the Python language with the creation of a little game. The goal here is to show you how to use the Tkinter GUI library that comes standard with Python. The game I have chosen is not…
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Java

Developing a 15 Puzzle — Game of Fifteen in Java

The 15 Puzzle, also called Game of Fifteen, is a sliding puzzle that consists of a frame of numbered square tiles in random order with one tile missing. To solve the puzzle, the players must place the tiles in order by making sliding moves that use the empty space. In that tutorial, you are going to develop a 15 Puzzle…
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Tutorials

Building A Bitcoin-Like Blockchain In JavaScript

Coding your own Blockchain will help you to understand the internals of Bitcoin. The Blockchain is a real technological revolution that promises to profoundly change many industries in the future. In cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin is the first successful implementation of the Blockchain. This implementation is even a phenomenal success that has made Bitcoin the most successful asset of the decade. The…
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Android

Create a NFC Reader Application for Android

NFC (Near Field Communication) is an international standard for contact less exchange of data in very small range with a maximum distance of 10 centimeters between 2 devices. The specifications of NFC are made by the NFC Forum, a consortium of 170 companies and members including Mastercard, Nokia, Samsung or still Samsung. The Android SDK offers a support to read…
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Android

Develop a Password Strength Calculator Application for Android

Security has become a major IT challenge. At the heart of this security is the need to force application users to define truly secure passwords. Within an Android application, you may have to offer your users the creation of an account with a login/password. To ensure that they define a sufficiently secure password, I suggest you discover how to develop…
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Articles

Create a Bitcoin Price Index Watcher in HTML5

Everyone is talking about Bitcoin. The Bitcoin madness and the Blockchain revolution seem to be taking over the world. So, why not learning how to consume REST Web Services in HTML5 by creating a Bitcoin Price Index Watcher? In that tutorial, you are going to learn how to make AJAX requests in HTML5 by consuming a Web Service provided by…
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Articles

Creating a Rock Paper Scissors Game in Java with a Markov Chain for the AI

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock Game is an extended version of the classical Rock Paper Scissors game first mentioned in the Season 2 of “Big Bang Theory” by Sheldon Cooper. As Sheldon Cooper explains, the rules of RPSLS are the following : “Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard,…
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Kotlin

Build a Binary Converter Android App with Kotlin

A Binary Converter lets users to convert ASCII texts to Binary format. Even better, the inverse operation is also possible : converting a Binary content in equivalent ASCII text. In that tutorial, you are going to build a Binary Converter Android App with Kotlin. Note that you can also watch this tutorial in video on YouTube too: Creating the User Interface…
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