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The Meta-Guide To Learning Ruby
By Russ Olsen
Feb 1, 2011
Really mastering a new programming language, certainly one as flexible and fluid as Ruby, is not easy. Russ Olsen offers some tips to ease the pain and speed yourself down the road to Ruby mastery.
Understanding Python Basics
By Richard Blum, Christine Bresnahan
Feb 3, 2016
In this chapter from Python Programming for Raspberry Pi, Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours, 2nd Edition, you will learn some Python basics, such as using the print function to display output. You will read about using variables and how to assign values to variables, and you will gain an understanding of their data types. By the end of this chapter, you will know how to get data into a script by using the input function and write your first Python script!
Using Threads within a UNIX Process
By W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago
Jun 18, 2013
This chapter, from Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, 3rd Edition, looks inside a UNIX process to see how multiple threads can be used to perform multiple tasks within the environment of a single process.
Why I’m a Part of PyLadies
By Katie Cunningham
Oct 15, 2013
Katie Cunningham talks about PyLadies, why she got involved, and why you should consider joining, too.

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