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FarmBot 1.0

FARMBOT 1.0 FarmBot Genesis is the first FarmBot to be designed, prototyped, and manufactured. Genesis is designed to be a flexible FarmBot foundation for experimentation, prototyping, and hacking. The driving factors behind the design are simplicity, manufacturability, scalability, and hackability. Genesis is a small scale FarmBot primarily constructed from V-Slot aluminum extrusions and aluminum plates and brackets. Genesis is driven

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How a 3D Printer Works

HOW A 3D PRINTER WORKS PRINT BED The print bed is the surface that your objects are printed on to. Typically it will consist of a sheet of glass, a heating element, and some kind of surface on top to help the plastic stick. Most print beds are heated in order to prevent the object from warping while it is

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3D Printed Nintendo NES

3D PRINTED NINTENDO NES Sorry Nintendo, our 3D printed mini-NES is way better than yours. It was inevitable… I have a Raspberry Pi, I have a 3D printer, I’m a huge nerd… At some point I was going to print a case for it in the shape of the old Nintendo Entertainment System. In the end, this project turned into more

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Practical guide to build Serverless applications with Netlify and React.js

Serverless technology is taking over the back-end development world. Some businesses are already dumping microservices infrastructure and switching to serverless. However, the learning curve for serverless is pretty steep and it comes with great complexity. Netlify is trying to solve that problem by providing create & drop functions. In this article, we learn about the main concepts of serverless technology

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Hash Tables Simplified

Hash table is a data structure designed for quick look ups and insertions. On average, its complexity is O(1) or constant time. The main component of a hash table is its hash function. The better the hash function, the more accurate and faster the hash table is. High level process of implementing a hash table is as follows: data is

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Strapi.js – A new way to build Node.js APIs

Strapi.js is the most advanced Node.js Framework and Headless CMS out there. Even though it is not as popular as Express.js, it has the power to save weeks of development time for teams working on Node.js applications. With built-in admin panel and Koa.js under the hood, strapi can help you build your next awesome product. Pre-requisites: Basic knowledge of JavaScript

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Exploring React Native

In the previous article, titled “Getting Started with React Native”, we briefly went over what React Native is. We went through the installation process for the Expo CLI and the React Native CLI. The last thing we did was create an Expo and React Native project and made changes to the code, then run the projects. But at the end

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Intro to Processing: Creating Colorful Brush Strokes

If you’ve ever wanted to learn to create art and games with programming, you might have heard of Processing. Processing is a kind of coding sketchbook, used by programmers and artists alike. By using basic programming concepts, you can create beautiful visuals, games, and animations. It also can be used with different languages — you can use their own Java-based

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Getting Started With React Native

React Native In this article you will learn how to set up your computer to begin developing apps using React Native. Before we begin, what is React Native? As stated on the official React Native website, http://facebook.github.io/react-native/, “React Native lets you build mobile apps using only JavaScript. It uses the same design as React, letting you compose a rich mobile

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What are React Hooks and why you should care about them – Part 2

Required version of React: 16.8+ What are React Hooks and why you should care about them – Part 1 Outline Context Hook Custom Hooks Important Rules with Hooks Sample application In the first part of the blog, we discussed the main concepts of React Hooks and the reasons for using them. We compared the traditional ways of creating components and

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