How to Wrap Dynamsoft Linux Barcode SDK for Node.js
From version 4.x to 5.x, Dynamsoft improved Barcode SDK performance with a big leap. Unfortunately, only Windows edition is available for download so far. In this post, I will share how to create a...
View ArticleBuilding Python Barcode Extension with DBR 5.2 for Linux
According to the statistics of Stack Overflow traffic, Python is the fastest-growing major programming language in high-income countries. Python seems to be promising in the future. I have noticed that...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi Live Streaming with USB Webcam
For the past week, I was looking for a live streaming solution to broadcast video from a USB webcam that connects to Raspberry Pi. This post will help you set up a live streaming server on Raspberry Pi...
View ArticleBuilding Swift Barcode Reader with DBR 5.2 for Linux
A few weeks ago, Apple released Swift 4.0 which is available for macOS and Ubuntu 14/16. In this post, I will share how to implement a simple Swift barcode reader (command line tool) with Dynamsoft...
View ArticleHow to Port C/C++ Barcode Extension to Python 3
When porting code from Python 2 to Python 3, it is not as easy as you imagined no matter whether the primary programming language is Python or C/C++. Re-compiling the Dynamsoft Barcode extension for...
View ArticleA Simple Web Document Management App with OpenCV.js
Document Scanning is nothing new for mobile apps. I remember the first time that I installed a document scanning app was in 2010. However, Apple, Microsoft, and Google the giant tech companies got...
View ArticleMy First C/C++ App Built with CMake on Windows
If you have a program designed for multiple platforms, you definitely don’t want to waste time configuring and maintaining the building environment. I was thinking how to compile my C/C++ code for...
View ArticleCMake: Build C++ Project for Windows, Linux and macOS
Last week, I shared how to create a CMake project for Windows. Since CMake is a cross-platform software building tool, I am going to make my C/C++ project support Linux and macOS. Download Dynamsoft...
View ArticleInstalling LLVM on Windows, Raspbian & macOS
I had no idea about LLVM(Low-Level Virtual Machine) until the day I installed Emscripten for learning asm.js and WebAssembly. Emscripten Compiler Frontend (emcc) uses Clang to convert C/C++ files to...
View ArticleBuilding Debian Package for Dynamsoft Barcode SDK
Dynamsoft Barcode Reader for Linux is released as a .tar.gz file. To use the barcode SDK, first, you have to download and extract the compressed package. Then, copy the shared libraries to /usr/lib...
View ArticleHow to Create a Private Debian Repository with Reprepro
Last week, I built a Debian package for Dynamsoft Barcode Reader. Installing .deb file is apparently more efficient than using the .tar file on Linux OS based on Debian. Despite this, I believe most of...
View ArticleUsing Chocolatey to Manage Software Package on Windows
Most windows users like to download an installer to install software. However, for developers, probably they would rather like to use a command line tool (APT, Homebrew, etc.), like they get used on...
View ArticleMoving Chocolatey Packages with PowerShell
Last week, I built a package for Dynamsoft Barcode Reader using Chocolatey. One thing disappointed me that I can’t specify the installation directory if I don’t have a licensed Chocolatey edition. It...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi Barcode Reader with DBR 5.2
Dynamsoft finally released Barcode Reader SDK v5.2 for Raspberry Pi. It is time to make an update. In this post, I will show you how to install the SDK, as well as how to write a simple Raspberry Pi...
View ArticleMy Failure Experiences of Making a Homebrew Formula
It is the first time that I want to write something I failed. A week ago, I tried to submit dbr (Dynamsoft Barcode Reader) to homebrew/core. In spite of passing auto checks, my formula was finally...
View ArticleBuilding JavaScript and WebAssembly ZXing on Windows
If you are looking for a barcode SDK for web development, the ideal outcome is to find a pure JavaScript SDK. The pure JavaScript SDK means JavaScript APIs do not rely on any server-side code. However,...
View ArticleBuilding HTML5 Barcode Reader with Pure JavaScript SDK
Last week, I had successfully built JavaScript and WebAssembly ZXing barcode SDK. In this post, I will use the pure JavaScript barcode SDK to create a simple client-side HTML5 barcode reader app, which...
View ArticleUsing Dynamic Web TWAIN with RequireJS
RequireJS is a JavaScript file and module loader that implements Asynchronous Module Definition(AMD) API for in-browser use. Similar to require() used in Node.js, we can use requirejs() to load any...
View ArticleBuilding CMake Project with Jenkins on Windows
Jenkins is an open-source continuous integration tool. I am new to Jenkins. To get familiar with it, I decided to start learning from a CMake project written with Dynamsoft Barcode Reader....
View ArticleBuilding .NET Barcode Reader with OpenCV and DBR 5.2
OpenCV is written in C++. If you install OpenCV library on Windows, you will see OpenCV officially provides wrappers for Python and Java but not for C#. Fortunately, there are many .NET open source...
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