• July's C Vu Journal has been published.
  10 July 2025

  The July 2025 ACCU C Vu journal has been published and should arrive at members' addresses in the next few days. C Vu 37-3 and previous issues of C Vu can be accessed via the Journals menu (ACCU members only).

• June's Overload Journal has been published.
  7 June 2025

  The June 2025 ACCU Overload journal has been published and should arrive at members' addresses in the next few days. Overload 187 and previous issues of Overload can be accessed via the Journals menu.

• Upcoming ACCU Cambridge Meeting, 9 June 2025.
  4 June 2025

  The next ACCU Cambridge is Monday, 9 June 2025!

  https://www.meetup.com/accu-cambridge/events/308062486

  We'd love to see as many people come along as possible. There will be free drinks and pizza, again.

• Early Access To ACCU 2025 Conference Videos Now Available For ACCU Members.
  4 June 2025

  We're excited to announce that as part of your membership, you now get at least 30 Days Early Access to each of the ACCU 2025 conference videos.

  The first batch of 15 videos is live now, with new videos added each week as they’re delivered by our video production team. In total, 60 full-length sessions and 31 lightning talks will be released.

  Each talk remains exclusive to ACCU members for at least 30 days before being published publicly on the ACCU YouTube channel.

  Lightning talks will be added after the main session videos are uploaded.

  To access, you will need to create an account using the same email address and membership number you use for your ACCU membership:

  https://accu.programmingarchive.com/account-creation/

  After logging in or creating an account, you’ll be redirected to the Early Access Portal:

  https://accu.programmingarchive.com/

  Want to become a member to get Early Access and the other benefits of membership? Start here.

• Videos of Recent ACCU Cambridge Meeting Talks Now Available
  2 June 2025

  Video of Chris Oldwood's talk - Boosting Software Delivery Through Pair and Ensemble Programming - and Joseph Cordell's talk - Rust Vs C++ Beyond Safety - at recent ACCU Cambridge meetups have been posted to YouTube. Chris's video is available here, and Joseph's video is available here. Both videos are accessible through the ACCU Online link under the Videos tab.

C Vu Volume 37 · Issue 3 · July 2025

Contents

• Out of Comfort Zone
  Editorial.
• Beginners’ Python on Amazon Alexa
  Silas S. Brown takes an imaginative approach to teaching programming.
• Processing : Programming for the Visual Arts
  Francis Glassborow experiments with another new language.
• Long-running Actions on GitHub
  Silas S. Brown looks at testing public code that requires access to private data.
• Code Critique Competition 154
  Set and collated by Roger Orr. A book prize is awarded for the best entry.
• Standard Report
  John McMonagle shares the latest news about the Standard.
• Report on Homework Challenge 28
  Francis Glassborow reports on the last and sets the next.
• Reviews
  The latest roundup of reviews.
• View from the Acting Chair
  
• Local Groups
  

The latest Overload is Overload 187. Further details of our journals are available here.