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Published on: 1/20/2021 - 5 min read

3 reasons you might want to use a NoSQL database

Most developers are familiar with RDBMS's (Relational Database Management Systems) such as SQL Server, MySQL and PostgreSQL and that's becau...

Published on: 1/19/2021 - 4 min read

How to validate email addresses in the browser and with JavaScript

Validating data is key to ensuring both a good user experience and for keeping your databases clean. And while the HTML standard has more re...

Published on: 1/19/2021 - 5 min read

What exactly is a NoSQL database?

NoSQL databases are not anything new. The concept behind storing data in non-relational document or key-value formats has been around for de...

Programming

Published on: 1/18/2021 - 5 min read

Server-side pagination vs client-side pagination

Pagination is a vital UI/UX element that is usually overlooked by many developers. It makes navigating through data easier, but it comes at ...

Performance

Published on: 1/15/2021 - 5 min read

Looking at PageSpeed Insights Web Vitals

I run many different kinds of analysis on this website in order to check for weaknesses and to patch them up whenever possible. One of those...

Published on: 1/13/2021 - 4 min read

What is the best browser for developers?

If you are a web developer, then you can agree that one of the most powerful tools at your disposal is the browser itself. More specifically...

Javascript

Published on: 1/12/2021 - 5 min read

Top 4 jQuery alternatives to consider switching to

jQuery is probably still the most popular and widely used JavaScript library out there today, and that's mainly due to its longevity. Latest...

Published on: 1/12/2021 - 4 min read

Set up UptimeRobot monitors to check for site downtime

There is a good chance that at some point your websites will go down, regardless of where it is hosted. Most hosting platforms typically wil...

Published on: 1/11/2021 - 4 min read

3 Reasons Why Your GoDaddy Site Might Be Down

Most hosting providers out there today offer 99.999% uptime usually on their web servers. A bold estimate, but one that makes sense overall....

Web Development

Published on: 1/9/2021 - 4 min read

How to set up a free SSL certificate on GoDaddy

These days, thanks in part to browser default security settings, you really can't go without having an SSL certificate installed on your web...

Computer Science

Published on: 1/6/2021 - 5 min read

3 Computer Science fundamentals to learn right now

You might think that Computer Science essentially comes down to programming concepts, data structures and algorithms, and to some extent tha...

Published on: 1/4/2021 - 4 min read

New design for 2021

Taking everything that I've learned from 2020 about what works and what doesn't work on the blog, I have made adjustments and upgrades to th...

.NET

Published on: 12/18/2020 - 5 min read

Should you still be using ASP.NET Web Forms in 2021?

ASP.NET has seen many changes during the past decade. What once started as a super lightweight scripting language (Classic ASP), has grown i...

Published on: 12/17/2020 - 2 min read

Improve the battery life of your Surface laptop

The Surface laptops are my go to these days for most of my work. The only downside to them is that the battery life isn't as futuristic and ...

Published on: 12/16/2020 - 3 min read

3 Windows 10 hacks to make your life easier

You are either a Windows person or a Mac person these days. I'm a .NET developer, so that puts me in the Windows category for the most part....

Javascript

Published on: 12/15/2020 - 3 min read

How to bind events in JavaScript to dynamic elements

Thanks in part to Ajax and front-end heavy frameworks like React and Angular, much of a website these days is generated in real-time dynamic...

Career

Published on: 12/11/2020 - 4 min read

4 things to avoid in your personal programming portfolio

If you have a portfolio on the web with your own custom URL, then congratulations, that is half the battle when looking for a job. The other...

Computer Science

Published on: 12/10/2020 - 4 min read

3 reasons why you shouldn't get a degree in Computer Science

Before I start, I will say that I do in fact have a degree in Computer Science from a reputable university. Getting the degree fit in line w...

Published on: 12/9/2020 - 4 min read

What's the difference between a text editor and an IDE?

A common question that I often is why do I use Visual Studio 2019 instead of VS Code? Good question. Complex answer. Let's get into it.The t...

Career

Published on: 12/7/2020 - 5 min read

Mistakes I made at my first programming job

Just like in the Matrix, everybody falls their first time. You don't know what you don't know and what you don't know can sometimes cause th...

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