Getting your first job as a self-taught programmer
It may come as a surprise to you, but many professional programmers are self-taught. And many of them have been able to reach fairly high positions in their career. Therefore, it is not only realistic to get into the software development profession without any formal programming qualifications, but it’s also Continue Reading
What programming language to learn first – the case against C++
You can become a programmer without a formal computer science degree. Around 30% of software developers are self-taught. But you would probably want to know which language to learn first. After all, there are many of them out there. Well, the answer to this question is simple enough if you Continue Reading
How to future-proof your career as a software developer
The world is changing at a rapid pace. Many jobs get automated away. AI is gradually taking over. Because of this, there are many professions that thrive today that will not exist tomorrow. As a software developer, you shouldn’t worry about technology replacing your job. You are contributing towards creation Continue Reading
The best books to learn Docker easy
Docker is a very popular containerization technology. It makes deployment of complex distributed applications easy. This is achieved by running each individual service inside an isolated environment. This isolated environment has it’s own operating system, but it’s really lightweight. Unlike a virtual machine, it only has those components that a Continue Reading
How to annoy a software developer
Being a software developer makes you see the world in a particular way. Because of this, software developers usually share similar opinions on certain things. And this is why there are things that are almost guaranteed to annoy any software developer. It’s good to know this things, so you aren’t Continue Reading
Why you can get sued for negative online reviews
Virtually every business these days gets reviewed online. And it’s a good thing. If, in the past, you wouldn’t know how good a business is unless you personally know someone who used it, today you can know it just by doing couple of clicks on the web. Of course, you Continue Reading
Building IoT Applications with SignalR
In this liveProject, you will be developing a public address (PA) system for London Heathrow airport by using Internet of Things (IoT). The system you will build will be able to react to events (such as plane arrival, gate openings, final calls) by generating audio in real time and sending Continue Reading
4 Most Common Types of Cybersecurity Threats
There’s every indication that the pandemic is changing the nature of cybersecurity. Online threats are evolving to match our new remote-work paradigm, with 91% of businesses reporting an increase in cyberattacks during the coronavirus outbreak. Hackers are getting more and more sophisticated and targeted in their attacks. Many of these cyber threats have Continue Reading
Why Facebook made the right decision by blocking mainstream news in Australia
Australian government has decided that big tech companies, such as Facebook and Google, must pay the news companies for any content that appears on their platforms. Af first, the tech giants tried to negotiate their way out of it. But the government didn’t budge and said that it will go Continue Reading
SignalR on .NET 5: everything you need to know
Are you a web developer or do you write IoT software? If so, you would know that many web and IoT development projects these days require the ability to establish a persistent connection between a client and a server without having to keep sending repeated requests from the client. As Continue Reading
