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How To Open and Run Code in Terminal VS Code
When I was first learning how to code, our university made us use the terminal to write, compile, and run our code. They didn’t even teach us how to use an IDE, so the terminal was our IDE. If you don’t know what an IDE is, it stands for Integrated Development Environment. Terminal was my…
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How To Handle File I/O in C: Read, Write, and Append
One of the coolest things you can do through programming is to read, write, and append information to files. Once you know how to do this, you can store data from your program to a file and receive that data at a later time when you restart the program. This is a foundational concept for…
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How to Stand Out and Land Your First Software Job
So, it seems that the general sentiment these days is that it’s really hard to land a software job compared to years prior. Before, you could go to a bootcamp and quickly get a software job—maybe even within a year. But nowadays, people are graduating with CS or software degrees, and they can’t even get…
The Easy Way to Learning 6 Programming Languages
The programming world can be overwhelming sometimes, because when you look online, you start to see all these different programming languages and programming tools. How do you know which one you need to learn? And how will you have enough time to learn all of these tools and languages? When I was in university, I…
Apply the 80/20 Rule in Learning How To Code
Over the past 10+ years of working in software, I’ve seen the programming world become larger and larger. So, I have a lot of sympathy for beginner programmers who are trying to self-learn programming. I look at them, and I can understand how frustrating and overwhelming it can be to learn how to program because…
How To Use Structs for Real World Applications [C Tutorial]
After you’ve been building some beginner programs in C, you’ll start to realize that you want to build more complex programs which require a lot more variables. Say you want to build a to-do list application or an application that categorizes your credit card transactions. You’ll start to realize that you can’t get away with…
How To Make Your Software Career AI Proof
Ever since ChatGPT came into the world in November 2022, people have been thinking more about if AI will replace software developers. Then, we have Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang saying that kids shouldn’t learn how to code. They should just leave it up to AI. Then, Devin came out last month, the first AI software…
How To Merge Git Branches
One of the most powerful things about Git is that you’re able to collaborate with other people on the same code base. However, there are instances where my teammates are doing some great development, and my supervisor asks me to bring their changes into my branch. This gets complicated because my branch was based off…
How to Start a Coding Project: A Guide for Beginners
The most important part of your software development journey is your portfolio of coding projects. These projects are crucial for your development as a programmer and are also how you provide value to the world. Because coding projects are so important, you’ll often see questions on Reddit about how to start a coding project. Questions…