Paul Lefebvre

Play: I am a father, husband, baseball player and technology geek. Work: Xojo Software Engineer.

USA Joined on Jan 2, 2017 https://www.xojo.com

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Software Engineer at Xojo

Paul Lefebvre

Dec 7 '20

XojoTalk 037 – 2020 Release 2 Extravaganza

#linux #mac #technology #windows

1 min read

What are the best IDE for beginners?🤔

Xojo is a great choice for beginners. The IDE is self-contain...

May 9

The Black Friday 🎁 and Cyber Monday 💝 Thread 2020

Save 20% in the Xojo store now through Monday, November 20th ...

Nov 25 '20

Definition of Junior and Senior Developer

At many organizations the difference is just seniority, but t...

May 11 '20

Android Tutorial: How to Develop an Android App

This is a great summary! I suggest you mention that as of M...

Mar 7 '20

Cross-Platform Development Is on the Rise

You can use the Declare command to directly call macOS APIs...

Feb 20 '20

How I Deal With Bad User Feedback

I read once: "Unsolicited feedback is always for the sender...

Dec 17 '18

The Best Remote Work is Delightfully Unglamorous

I also work from my boring home office 95% of the time. But...

Dec 17 '18

Anyone still writing desktop applications?

When I was doing consulting, most of the apps I made were d...

Dec 11 '18

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Paul Lefebvre

Sep 2 '20

XojoTalk 036 – 2020 Release 1

#web #xojotalk

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Aug 29 '20

Mistel Barocco MD770 Split Mechanical Keyboard Review

#keyboard

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Jun 26 '20

How Installing a Dishwasher Made Me a Better Software Developer

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Sep 27 '19

Kotlin Class Computed Properties

#kotlin #android

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Mar 8 '19

How I Learned to Program

#beginners #programming #basic #learning

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Feb 27 '19

Programming Pitfalls

#devtips #productivity #beginners

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Paul Lefebvre

Jan 21 '19

Microsoft Ending Windows 7 Support in 1 Year

#windows

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Paul Lefebvre

Jan 11 '19

SQLite is Not a Server

#sqlite #database

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Paul Lefebvre

Jan 10 '19

SQLite 3.25 Adds Window Functions and Improves ALTER TABLE

#database #sqlite

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Dec 14 '18

Pragmatic Programming

#devtips #pragmatic #learning

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Nov 26 '18

My Developer Origin Story

#discuss #history #origin

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Oct 23 '18

Adventures in Regular Expressions

#regex #regularexpressions

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Oct 11 '18

Useful Raspberry Pi Tips

#raspberrypi

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Paul Lefebvre

Aug 29 '18

Format XML with XSLT

#xml #xslt #format #tip

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Paul Lefebvre

Aug 24 '18

Just Code Challenge - NetTank networked clone of old Atari Combat game

#challenge #udp #atari #networking

2 min read

Paul Lefebvre

Aug 22 '18

OOP 201: Design Concepts

#oop #inheritance #encapsulation

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Paul Lefebvre

Aug 16 '18

Software Made Simple

#design #simple #productivity #devtips

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Aug 10 '18

Just Code Challenge: JumpStart App Launcher

#challenge #xojo #learning #atari

2 min read

Paul Lefebvre

Aug 3 '18

Just Code Challenge: Dogs Up

#challenge #ios #xojo

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Aug 2 '18

App Naming Tips

#naming #marketing

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Jul 23 '18

Xojo Dojo - Free and Easy Way to Program Raspberry Pi

#raspberrypi #scripting #learn

5 min read

Paul Lefebvre

Jul 17 '18

Video: Object-Oriented Programming Concepts

#oop #objects #overloading #inheritance

1 min read

Paul Lefebvre

Jul 12 '18

OOP 101: Understanding Classes

#oop #xojo #learning

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Paul Lefebvre

Jul 11 '18

Just Code Challenge Week 1 & 2 Recap

#challenge #justcode #xojo #learn

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Jun 20 '18

Just Code Challenge

#challenge #code #contest #xojo

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May 25 '18

Some of my Favorite Software Technology Books

#books #pragmatic #reading #learning

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Paul Lefebvre

May 22 '18

The SoundEx Algorithm

#sqlite #soundex #searching

3 min read

Paul Lefebvre

May 21 '18

Flash a Window with Xojo Using a WinAPI Declare

#winapi #win32 #declare #xojo

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Paul Lefebvre

May 15 '18

Quick Tip: Get MySQL version

#mysql

1 min read

Paul Lefebvre

May 15 '18

Quick Tip: Get PostgreSQL version

#postgres

1 min read

Paul Lefebvre

Apr 10 '18

What I've Learned After Working Remotely for 10+ Years

#work #remote #productivity #career

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Paul Lefebvre

Apr 2 '18

Compilers 109 - Linking and Wrap-Up

#llvm #compiler

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Mar 27 '18

Compilers 108 – Code Generation

#llvm #compilers #assembly

2 min read

Paul Lefebvre

Mar 22 '18

Getting to Know Git

#git #sourcecontrol

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Paul Lefebvre

Mar 19 '18

Compilers 107 - Optimizer Loop Unrolling

#llvm #compiler #learning

2 min read

Paul Lefebvre

Mar 14 '18

Pi Day: Estimating the value of Pi

#pi #math #piday

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Mar 7 '18

Pi Day: Estimate Pi with a circle

#pi #math #piday

2 min read

Paul Lefebvre

Feb 22 '18

Binary Basics: 10 Types of People

#binary #beginners #computerscience

3 min read

Paul Lefebvre

Feb 13 '18

Don't get bit by PostgreSQL case sensitivity

#postgres #database

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Paul Lefebvre

Feb 9 '18

30+ Years of Computing

#atari #basic #history #mac

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Paul Lefebvre

Feb 8 '18

Compilers 106 - Optimizer

#compiler #llvm #optimizer

3 min read

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Feb 2 '18

Compilers 105 - Back End Overview

#compiler #llvm

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Feb 1 '18

Compilers 104 - IR Generation

#llvm #compiler

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Jan 30 '18

Compilers 103 – Semantic Analyzer

#llvm #compiler

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Jan 22 '18

Compilers 102 - Parser

#llvm #compiler #parser

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Jan 19 '18

Compilers 101 - Overview and Lexer

#compiler #llvm

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Paul Lefebvre

Dec 12 '17

First Impressions Matter: Surefire User Interface Design Tips

#ui #design

3 min read

Paul Lefebvre

Dec 5 '17

7 Reasons You Should Be Using PostgreSQL

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Paul Lefebvre

Nov 22 '17

Cross-Platform Development Is on the Rise

#crossplatform #multiplatform

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Paul Lefebvre

Nov 16 '17

6 Ways to Work More Efficiently From Home

#business #remote #work #home

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Paul Lefebvre

Nov 13 '17

Get Unstuck

#programming #tips #stuck #xojo

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4 min read

Paul Lefebvre

Nov 6 '17

Speed up SQLite with Write-Ahead Logging (WAL)

#sqlite #database

2 min read

Paul Lefebvre

Nov 1 '17

Some Truths About Starting a Consulting Business

#consulting #business #company #career

8 min read

Paul Lefebvre

Oct 31 '17

Take A Core Dump: What to do when your app crashes on Linux

#linux

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Paul Lefebvre

Oct 30 '17

SQLite Rocks and Here's Why

#sqlite #database

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Paul Lefebvre

Oct 31 '17

XojoTalk 033 – Talking from Tomorrow

#podcast #windows #xojo #xero

1 min read

Paul Lefebvre

Nov 8 '17

XojoTalk 032 – Copy, Paste, Search and Replace

#xojotalk #enterprise #podcast #vb

1 min read

Paul Lefebvre

Nov 10 '17

XojoTalk 031 – Virtual Office Rules

#community #marketing #podcast

1 min read

Paul Lefebvre

Nov 15 '17

XojoTalk 030 – We Like Our Customers

#xdc #apple #mobile #iphone

1 min read

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