At some point every developer has used --force and overwritten somebody else’s work unnecessarily. It’s usually not the end of the world but its easily avoidable. IMO you should never really use --force, in virtually 99.9% of cases where you need to ...
Java, C++, Python, Ruby, and many other languages thrive on Object oriented programming (OOP) and understanding what that means is vital if you plan on using these languages professionally. 🤔 What is object oriented programming? This paradigm is bas...
Often technical jargon can be ambiguous and mislead developers, a perfect example of this is the term “functional programming” (FP) or “Object oriented programming ” (OOP). It’s easy to assume that FP is just writing your code in a series of function...
Any application needs to access data from somewhere. Whether it’s a local db, remote db, or even a text file you probably have persisted data somewhere and how your application receives that data can differ drastically. While its looking like JSON i...
Along with “Hello World” it seems like one of the early things people stumble upon is prefix (++i), postfix (i++), and += (additional assignment) operator notation. These operators can be great tools but unfortunately they can also be a gun to shoot ...
*Plug: Feel free to check out some of my other quick programming tips here!* If you have written any amount of JavaScript you have come across at least one of the following; const, let, var and considering you are here you thankfully decided to look ...
tdlr; Functions have parameters, function calls have arguments. After positive reception from my article on brackets/braces/parentheses I thought I would share another set of ambiguous terms with you; arguments and parameters! While knowing the prope...
Paired programming is a great opportunity to improve your communication skills and a key part of that is using the proper terms to refer to things; for example brackets, braces, and parentheses. You may think these names are superfluous or that this ...
So you got the internship, congrats! You are there, the intersection of preparation and opportunity and how are you going to make the most of it? I've interviewed some friends who have interned at companies like Shopify, Amazon, Github, Twitch, Wealt...
