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Published on: 6/4/2019 - 7 min read

This week I got my hands on the brand new Galaxy Fit from Samsung, which can be considered a competitor to the Fitbit Charge 3, but a...

Career

Published on: 6/3/2019 - 5 min read

Should I apply to Google if I'm just starting out?

Q: Should I apply to Google if I am starting out as a coder or coming from a coding bootcamp?This is a very popular question that I often ge...

Article

Published on: 5/25/2019 - 4 min read

3 things you should do when getting started as a programmer

The hardest step you will ever take, is the first one. The rest will just naturally happen as you gain more and more momentum in one directi...

Article

Published on: 5/17/2019 - 6 min read

How I got better at coding

I've been a programmer now for the better part of 15 years. In between that time I've taken on other roles, such project manager, Chief Tech...

Article

Published on: 5/14/2019 - 3 min read

Mastering the interview: The Fibonacci Sequence in JavaScript

One of the most common questions that a developer will get asked during a live coding interview is to give an implementation of the Fib...

Javascript

Published on: 5/10/2019 - 3 min read

How the Spread operator works in ES6

The Spread operator is one of those concepts in JavaScript that, while you appreciate what it does, you just can't ever quite seem to find t...

Article

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

The pros and cons of attending a coding bootcamp

Traditionally in the past, getting into the field of programming required several years of college education, some form of student debt...

Javascript

Published on: 4/30/2019 - 4 min read

How to use block bindings in ES6

For a long time now, declaring variables using the standard var keyword was commonplace in JavaScript. While super easy to use, it was not w...

Programming

Published on: 3/6/2019 - 5 min read

Do you need to be good at math to be a programmer?

Ideally, you should be familiar with mathematics in whatever field you find yourself in life. At least to the extent that it makes sense to ...

Productivity

Published on: 2/25/2019 - 6 min read

I tried the Pomodoro Technique for a week

For the past week, I've gone ahead and actively and almost religiously lived through the Pomodoro time-management Technique. And this m...

Article

Published on: 2/1/2019 - 7 min read

A robot called me last night, and I'm sort of okay with it

Google impressed everyone with it's project Duplex a few months back. We were glued to our screens as we saw a wonderful human-like conver...

Article

Published on: 1/17/2019 - 7 min read

Useful JavaScript ES6 concepts to start using right now

If you have not kept up with the many changes that JavaScript has gone through during the past few years, then maybe now is the time to inco...

Article

Published on: 1/14/2019 - 5 min read

Our code is getting old and outdated and we need to fix it soon

Hear me out. I love StackOverflow and Google. Alot. It has made my job overall much less frustrating and has made for some short work days. ...

Javascript

Published on: 1/7/2019 - 6 min read

Coding A Calendar In JavaScript: Part 2

The following is the follow up to the ever so popular Coding a Calendar in JavaScript, in which I created a calendar widget in JavaScript. ...

Javascript

Published on: 1/2/2019 - 5 min read

How to Create a Basic Text Editor In JavaScript: A Step by Step Tutorial

Creating a rich-text editor in JavaScript isn't as difficult as many may think it is and can give you the much needed control over your code...

Programming

Published on: 12/26/2018 - 5 min read

Why you don't need more than one programming language

More is usually better, right? More cookies, is noticeably better than less cookies. Unless those cookies are bad. In which case, nobody wan...

Web Development

Published on: 12/17/2018 - 6 min read

4 potential routes to becoming a web developer

This is a popular question that I often get asked from people who are familiar with coding, but not quite skilled enough or confident enough...

Commentary

Published on: 12/12/2018 - 5 min read

This is why we can't have "clean code"

The idea of clean code has been circulating around the internet for a while now, and as most things in life, the longer they persist and tra...

Article

Published on: 12/10/2018 - 4 min read

Do you think like a programmer?

A popular thought experiment that I often give my students who are early in their programming careers is the following: There is a basket i...

Programming

Published on: 12/3/2018 - 6 min read

How has programming changed during the past 15 years?

I first began "programming" in 2002 during my senior year in High School. I chose Python as the language of choice, mainly because it was th...

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