Software Development News and Articles

Published on: 10/14/2019 - 4 min read

It's not you, it's difficult to stay up to date with code

This morning I was sitting down sipping on my usual Peruvian light roast coffee. Getting that energy spike up and firing up my editor to wri...

Published on: 10/6/2019 - 4 min read

Even Bill Gates is allowed coding bugs

Just recently I found myself on YouTube looking for a soundtrack to my coding day, when I stumbled upon a quick 1.5 minute video f...

Published on: 9/25/2019 - 4 min read

Should you continue to use jQuery?

I get asked alot of questions about jQuery. And most are pretty valid for a curious mind learning to code. A few popular ones are the follow...

Web Design

Published on: 9/18/2019 - 5 min read

The one downside with using CSS frameworks

I am all for making my coding and front-end life as smooth a process as possible. And thanks to the advancements in technology and our human...

Published on: 9/16/2019 - 4 min read

This is what writing code 15 years ago was like

Just like you can't imagine a time without the internet, without coffee on every street corner and without this little black box in your poc...

Career

Published on: 9/13/2019 - 5 min read

Making your first programming job easier

Regardless of how good you think you are as a programmer, there is a good chance that you are not prepared for your first big programming jo...

Published on: 9/11/2019 - 5 min read

The best note taking app so far: Notion

One of the hardest things to do these days if you are a student, researcher, scientist, etc, is to keep track of your notes in an effective ...

Programming

Published on: 9/9/2019 - 5 min read

3 reasons you might be struggling as a programmer

Many of you have been trying to learn to code for weeks, months or even years and as soon as you feel like you are getting somewhere and thi...

Published on: 9/3/2019 - 8 min read

What it's like to work remote for 3 years

You have probably seen the typical representation of programmers in movies and the media as worn out and tired individuals in some type of&n...

Productivity

Published on: 8/28/2019 - 6 min read

Can you learn to code faster?

Today I'm going to discuss a popular topic that comes up in conversation enough that it warrants a bit more information. And that is how to ...

Published on: 8/26/2019 - 5 min read

Dealing with impostor syndrome as a programmer

It's one of the most common challenges to overcome when starting out as a programmer. And it's a perfectly normal thought pattern, though no...

Javascript

Published on: 8/22/2019 - 2 min read

Creating functions dynamically with JavaScript

The Function constructor is something that isn't usually talked about in JavaScript circles, but it is a useful mechanism to have ...

Programming

Published on: 8/19/2019 - 4 min read

What is "no-code" and how it affects programmers

A programmer's main job in their career is to write 'code'. To create variables, functions and looping mechanisms to accomplish some form of...

Published on: 8/15/2019 - 3 min read

Working with JavaScript Tagged Template Literals

There is one feature in JavaScript (ES6) that many developers are totally unaware of and one that can be very beneficial in your p...

Web Design

Published on: 8/12/2019 - 6 min read

Should you follow mobile-first design principles?

The mobile-first design pattern came into popularity over a decade ago mainly in response to the increase number in smartphone users and new...

Productivity

Published on: 8/7/2019 - 6 min read

How to stay focused when coding

Have you ever found yourself driving down a new street in a different part of town than you are normally used to and you notice every single...

Security

Published on: 8/6/2019 - 5 min read

Interesting facts about software "bugs"

If there is one thing that a programmer knows, it is the term "bugs" when it comes to their code not functioning as intended. Maybe in your ...

Coding Bootcamps

Published on: 7/31/2019 - 6 min read

3 things you might not know about joining a coding bootcamp

If you have been reading my content for a while, then some of you may know that I teach for the popular online coding bootcamp Thinkful...

Published on: 7/29/2019 - 12 min read

Developer Stories: Epi. 1

As some may know, I am a huge fan of writing and storytelling and do so on a regular basis, both on this blog and in my non-fiction writing....

Javascript

Published on: 7/25/2019 - 6 min read

Working with ES6 classes and objects

ES2015 introduced a new syntax into the JavaScript specification that finally allows us to create classes in a much cleaner way than th...

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