G-code is effective, easily edited, and nearly ubiquitous when it comes to anything CNC. The format has many strengths, but space efficiency isn’t one of them. In fact, when it comes to 3D printing in ...

If you have been following our earlier posts, you may already be aware that OneDrive (SkyDrive) now lets you edit many kinds of text files in the browser. OneDrive.com already offers Office Web Apps, ...

As I'm spending some time back in the land of low-level C, I'm trying to fully get my head around best-practices for header files and code organization, so I thought I'd toss out some questions. (NOTE ...

Developers who want a safe space to host their code repositories, and to distribute their programs to users, tend to choose GitHub, and rightfully so. The platform is home to over 65 million ...

VS Code is one of the most popular open-source (mostly) applications out there, and for good reason: It does everything you ...

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If you've ever wanted to create a .zip file from your application, the System.IO.Compression.GZipStream will let you do it, assuming that you're comfortable with your file being in the ...

One nifty little feature in the brand-new Visual Studio 2022 17.1 Preview 2 is automatic Code Cleanup on Save. Code Cleanup was actually introduced way back in 2018 with Visual Studio 2019 Preview 1.