Tag: Programming
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Introduction to WebAssembly - why should we care?
Posted on December 26, 2017, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Gabriele Tomassetti article about WebAssembly, or wasm, which is a low-level bytecode format for in-browser client-side scripting. In practical terms, WebAssembly is implemented by browsers' developers on the back of the existing JavaScript engine.
Tags programming javascript nodejs
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What is WebAssembly?
Posted on December 23, 2017, Level beginner Resource Length long
Eric Elliott article about WebAssembly. WebAssembly gives us access to a set of low level building blocks that we can use to construct just about anything you can imagine.
Tags programming javascript nodejs
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Onboard people, not technology
Posted on December 21, 2017, Level beginner Resource Length short
Marcus Blankenship article in which he focuses on onboarding process in software companies. He rightly points out that setting up a productive dev environment isn't onboarding.
Tags agile teams programming
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Using F# with .NET Core
Posted on December 15, 2017, Level intermediate Resource Length long
Ody Mbegbu's article about using F# together with .NET Core. In it he suggests that personality and design of .NET Core better suits F# development.
Tags functional-programming programming
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Quantum computing explained (like you are a 5-year-old)
Posted on December 9, 2017, Level beginner Resource Length long
Preethi Ranjit popular article dealing with what quantum computing is in simple terms. We now know that a quantum mechanics and computing combination exists and suddenly this is inside everybody's scope of interest.
Tags programming software-architecture
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Why functional programming from a developer productivity perspective
Posted on December 8, 2017, Level intermediate Resource Length long
Xiaoyun Yangn take on why we should consider (or not) functional programming. We build complex programs with many moving parts. Programs are expected to be reliable, responsive, and error resistant.
Tags programming functional-programming
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Advice for new JavaScript programmer
Posted on December 6, 2017, Level beginner Resource Length long
Christian Heilmann blog post full of advice to new programmers who just learned JavaScript. JavaScript has evolved from being a "toy language", "real programmers" laughed at into the language that powers the web and beyond.
Tags programming javascript
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Make a Node.js Twitter Bot
Posted on December 2, 2017, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
Ryan wrote neat article about Node.js bot application. It uses the Twitter API in order to make requests for that Twitter Bot, such as tweeting, retweeting, liking, and more. Bots are a fun way to improve your coding skills through creativity.
Tags web-development programming cloud
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AWS Cloud9 – cloud developer environments
Posted on December 1, 2017, Level beginner Resource Length long
Randall Hunt published article on how to run your Integrated Development Environment (IDE) in the cloud. One of the first things you learn when you start programming is that, just like any crafts person, your tools matter. A powerful editor and testing pipeline supercharge your productivity.
Tags programming aws
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HTTP/2 PUSH vs HTTP Preload
Posted on November 30, 2017, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Inian Parameshwaran article about difference between HTTP/2 Push and HTTP Preload. HTTP/2 PUSH is a feature that lets a server preemptively push resources to the client (without a corresponding request). HTTP Preload is a way to indicate to the browser resources it would require while loading the current page.
Tags web-development programming devops
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Rust: Scala engineer's perspective
Posted on November 23, 2017, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
Lloyd Chan lengthy blog post about his experience with Rust (rustlang) as a experienced Scala developer primarily. This is very detailed article about his experience with loads of links to external resources and libraries in both Rust and Scala.
Tags programming functional-programming
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Host static site with Hugo and Firebase for free
Posted on November 21, 2017, Level intermediate Resource Length short
Ariya Hidayat short and to the point post about hosting static web site with Firebase. He decided to abandon WordPress for his blog and switch to Hugo to generate the content and Firebase to host it. How did the authoring workflow change due to this switch?
Tags web-development programming containers