Category: Tech Advice

This section is aimed at people with some intermediate to advanced technical experience, such as tech enthusiasts and professionals, or people who simply would like to expand their knowledge of computing technologies. The topics include information on how to write code, overview of inner workings of your smartphone, concrete steps that need to be taken to become a software developer, best coding practices and other interesting subjects.

The majority of articles focus on software development, especially .NET stack.

What the heck is WebAssembly

Back in the days, if you wanted to run something fancy in your browser, you needed to install a plugin. Each one of those supported only a specific technology. So, Flash plugin...

Desktop apps are not dead. Here is why

Many people entering a software development career are often told to focus on web applications over desktop ones. Apparently, many believe that desktop apps are a dying technology. While it is true...

Popular misconceptions about Node.js

As a server-side technology, Node.js has it’s advantages and disadvantages. However, many developers who are accustomed to working with other server-side technologies will never even consider Node.js. Sometimes, there are objective reasons...

Why every web developer should know Node.js

Node.js has gained a huge popularity among web developers over past few years. It is a runtime that enables server-side execution of JavaScript, which was traditionally confined only to web browsers. In fact,...

When NoSQL is better choice than RDBMS and when it’s not

Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) and Structured Query Language (SQL) associated with them represent a mature technology that existed for over 30 years. However, a group of data storage technologies based on...

How big data web applications are built

On the most fundamental level, a web application consists of client-side code and markup, server-side code and a database. Many small websites and small-to-medium enterprise-level browser-based applications consist of nothing other than...

Where to start if you want to become a hacker

The word hacker does not necessarily have to have a negative connotation and not all hackers are cybercriminals. Generally, there are 3 types of hackers: black hats (those who do get involved...

What to study to become a mobile app developer

Just like the software industry in general, mobile app industry is growing at a rapid pace. Instead of browsing the web by traditional means, more and more users are opting to install...

Software design patterns explained

In order to be a successful software developer, having a detailed knowledge of a programming language is not enough. It is also essential to know best practices and techniques of writing a...

What to study to become a web developer

Web developers are in higher demand then ever today and, because of this, the salaries in this sector are generous. This is not only driven by the web growing at exponential rate,...

Scientific Programmer is the place where you can learn about scientific approach to software development.

The process of software development and conducting scientific experiments are very similar. The only difference is that, in software development, iterations are usually a lot quicker than they are in science. So, understanding how science works will definitely help in your software development career.

Unfortunately, many new programmers, especially self-taught ones, often go through unnecessary struggle in their programming tasks, and it’s all because they haven’t been taught how to solve problems the way science has done for centuries.

So, the main purpose of this website is to teach programmers how to apply scientific thinking in the context of their work and to teach scientists how to program, in case any of them would want to acquire some in-demand technical skills.

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