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Continue reading →: Amazon Alexa CommandsWith the November Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals flying about some readers may be tempted to pick up an Amazon Alexa. So today I thought I would post a brief article on some of the easter egg type voice commands that you may like, after all Alexa can do…
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Continue reading →: Go Go Functions! The Basics Of Functions (Go)So far I’ve introduced Go with a “Hello World” and looked at the basics of variables. With today’s blog post I hope to take a look at the basics of functions within Go. I am going to give examples of a few functions that I have learned and then in…
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Continue reading →: Variable Basics (Go)
Variables and programming languages go hand in hand, and Go is no different. In Go variables can be defined using the keyword var, the variable name and the variable type for example: var name_of_player string var player_score int Or multiple variables can be defined using var () for example: var (…
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Continue reading →: An Introduction to Go with “Hello World”(Go)
This week I started looking at Go and as I am new to Go, decided that a few blog entires was needed to help me learn and remember details. History Go, also known as Golang, is a programming language that started as an idea in 2007 and saw its first…
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Continue reading →: Virtual Box – Scripting and Network Options (Mac OS X / Linux)As well as allowing for the creation of virtual computers, Virtual Box also gives several settings for virtual networks. Following on from my last blog post (here) I am now going to take a brief look at the Virtual Box network settings. Virtual Box Network Settings Virtual network settings can…
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Continue reading →: Virtual Box (Mac OS X / Linux)
When learning about new systems, applications or trying new settings I find the best way to learn is with a hands-on approach. However, learning hands-on doesn’t always end well and the last thing anyone wants is to have to reinstall their computers operating system (host OS) after it was destroyed…
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Continue reading →: Creating A Repository in AWS Git, a.k.a. CodeCommit (AWS)AWS has its own Git repository system called CodeCommit. Here is what AWS have to say about it: “CodeCommit is a secure, highly scalable, managed source control service that hosts private Git repositories. CodeCommit eliminates the need for you to manage your own source control system or worry about scaling…
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Continue reading →: Creating AWS S3 Buckets (AWS)
Today I am going to look at the storage solution that is AWS S3 (Simple Storage Service), and creating buckets via the web management console and the AWS CLI. Note: This post forms part of my (slightly new) AWS category of posts. What is AWS S3? AWS Simple Storage Service (S3)…
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Continue reading →: Using Ansible To Create And Manage Users (Linux / Raspberry Pi)If you have multiple Linux devices (e.g. multiple Raspberry Pi computers) and multiple user accounts that need access to those devices (i.e. maybe a Code Club of pupils) and want their own user accounts on the devices it could be a lengthy process managing the accounts and devices. Which is…
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Continue reading →: Launching A Virtual / EC2 Instance Via AWS CLI (AWS)
So far my AWS posts have dealt with launching an EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instance via the AWS web management portal and installing the AWS CLI. This blog post looks at using the AWS CLI to launch an EC2 instance, and then how to stop/start the instance. First up, we…
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