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Understanding the Discrete Fourier Transformation with small examples. A Python tutorial.

rgargente — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 22:12:29 +0000

It's been a while since I share anything here but I thought these examples about the Discrete Fourier Transform might be worth a post here. Here's the intro to the tutorial, and the link: https://github.com/rgargente/exdft/blob/master/notebooks/exdft01.ipynb There are plenty of good explanations about both the math and the application of the Discrete Fourier Transform (or DFT)… Continue reading Understanding the Discrete Fourier Transformation with small examples. A Python tutorial.

The TDD mindset: a video tutorial

rgargente — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 18:30:21 +0000

I decided to create my very first development video tutorial. It has been quite an interesting experience and also a lot more work than I had imagined (I guess than this being the first time doesn't make it any easier). I talk about Test Driven Development, how to get started with it, and why I… Continue reading The TDD mindset: a video tutorial

Developing plugins for X-Plane

rgargente — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 10:57:15 +0000

When I started thinking about developing some little things for the X-Plane fligtht simulator I had to start thinking about it as a development platform, and not just a simulator. It has a powerful C++ SDK that is reasonably well documented. Pretty cool stuff. What I didn't expect is that X-Plane would become a great… Continue reading Developing plugins for X-Plane

Getting GitPython to work on Windows

rgargente — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 09:00:00 +0000

So I was getting this very annoying error trying to use GitPython on Windows: It's easy to find lots of places advising you to set up the GIT_PYTHON_GIT_EXECUTABLE environment variable. However I still was having issues while trying to do it inside my script (I didn't want to set up directly in Windows). The trick… Continue reading Getting GitPython to work on Windows

How to access a JAR from Jython

rgargente — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 08:00:38 +0000

When you want to access Java code from Jython, the interpreter must be able to find it in some way or another. You have several options: you can have the classes in the classpath, you can modify the classpath to include the directory where your classes are stored... In my last Jython sample app, I… Continue reading How to access a JAR from Jython

The Tsiolkovsky Plotter: Using Jython and Java to create graphic plots

rgargente — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:50:25 +0000

Python is a great language. It's fun and quite easy to learn, but when you start digging into it you realize how much potential it has. There are lots of great Python libraries and the language is a good tool for lots of different tasks. Jython is just Python implemented in Java. That may not… Continue reading The Tsiolkovsky Plotter: Using Jython and Java to create graphic plots