Python In Depth
I know this will probably anger a few folks who are currently investing in learning JavaScript, and if you are, don’t worry about it. You didn’t make a mistake. My first language was C, and I turned out allegedly OK. Still, if you haven’t started yet, I would argue that Python is the ideal programming … Read more
Last week, I wrote an article about Getting Things Done (GTD) using VS Code, and one of my smart colleagues suggested I take a look at the Dendron extension. I’ve been using this extension fairly heavily since then. I’ve also been figuring out how I want to integrate it into a GTD workflow. Since Friday … Read more
I am very pleased to announce that CodeSolid.com will be launching its first Programming Course in 2022. I’m still working out many of the details, but I thought I’d take a few minutes to share what we know and what we don’t know at this point. What We Know What Will It Be About? The … Read more
I am at the beginning stages of trying to focus my work better than I have been able to do while working on my one-month goal of posting consistently on LinkedIn. This posting goal exacerbated some pre-existing issues around the organization of my work. Those of you who ever read David Allen’s popular productivity guide, … Read more
I’m not sure if FreeCodeCamp was the first outfit to get folks beavering away on Twitter under the hashtag #100DaysOfCode, but it seems to be associated with them now. This hashtag was a stroke of marketing genius. Since consistent daily coding is a fun hobby that often pays off in a solid career over time, … Read more
Like it or not, lots of companies have now started giving their software development job candidates take-home coding problems. Many of these are fairly non-trivial, meaning you’ll spend a weekend or more on them before you even get a serious interview at the company you’re applying for. As with so much in life, however, a … Read more
Recently, I have been doing a lot of work trying to understand what tools I want to use in the software development course / boot camp I’ll be teaching. I’ve had a good idea of course topics I want to deliver for some time now: Markdown, Git, and GitHub in the early lessons, so that … Read more
One of the finest “buzz words” I learned about in my career was the concept of code pride. A lot of people have their own definition of what this is, and it goes under other names as well: Clean Code, Solid Code, Software Craftsmanship. Of course, whatever you call it, virtues like this are hard … Read more
My wife attended a Data Science Boot Camp in 2019-2020 and loved it, and did well. This was associated with a University of North Carolina, our state university system. The interesting result of the boot camp for her was that she was able to secure a very substantial raise from the employer she left to … Read more
One of the main benefits of blogging about software is that it allows me to dust off and improve skills that I otherwise might not get too much opportunity to practice during my day job as a Java peasant. (If you don’t know, Java Peasants work in object factories). Along these lines, I’ve set myself … Read more
