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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…
C tutorial: How to read file data into your program
One of the coolest things you can do through programming is to process data from a file. Once you know how to do this, you can get data from the internet or from other programs and write a program that processes that data for you. For example, in my programming guide, you will need to…
The FUNDAMENTAL way to debug your code
No one can write perfect code. There are always bugs! Especially as systems become more and more complex, the likelihood of bugs increases. There are also bugs and coding mistakes as we develop new features and functionality for our programs. This is all part of the process. When we can’t figure out why our code…
How I got BETTER at programming
Becoming better at programming is a must to land the dream programming job. Becoming better is also a must to code with less stress and headaches once you’re at your dream job. So what is the best way to get better at coding? There are so many ways today to get better at programming. You…
The ESSENTIAL skill every programmer must have
There are many helpful and practical programming skills, but there is one essential and fundamental skill that has become one of the main hallmarks of my programming career. One that is kinda obvious but not talked about all that often. It’s a skill though that every programmer must have and every programmer already does without…
How to start coding NOW!
So you’ve been wanting to start coding. You’re interested. You know the value of learning how to program. Maybe you want to switch careers. Maybe you want to enhance your career by picking up some programming skills. Or maybe you just want to pick up a new hobby. So now, you want to actually get…
What I learned from failed software job interviews
Landing a software job is the dream for many. A software job can give them the right work life balance they are searching for. It can allow them to work remotely. And most of all it’s fun (and challenging)! So how do you prepare for a software job? What things should you keep in mind…