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Why Knowing Code Conventions Matters: Tips for Clean, Readable Code
Something you’ll realize when you start coding is that there are many ways that you can code the same thing. For example, when it comes to indentation, instead of using spaces, you can use tabs—or vice versa, instead of tabs, you can use spaces. When you write your for loop, your while loop, or your…
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Stop Watching Beginner Coding Tutorials and Do This Instead!
The best way to learn how to code is not by watching videos or tutorials, but it’s by actually coding something. I, and a lot of other people, call this project-based learning. It’s like learning how to cook—you don’t get better by reading recipes or watching cooking tutorials, but by actually cooking and then tasting…
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Pointers in C Explained: What They Are and Why You Need Them
When I first learned pointers in C, I thought they were very annoying. I would always run my program and then I would run into a segmentation fault error, and then I would have no idea why there was an error going on. It was just annoying to keep track of all the different pointers,…
How to connect Visual Studio with GitHub on Mac!
Connecting your an IDE with your repository is a game changer. It allows you to develop code and have version tracking all in one application! At work, I’ve mainly used Windows and Linux. At home, I use Mac. This tutorial is for you Mac users who are coding on your personal laptops 🙂 In this…
Are coding bootcamps worth it?
A popular way people jumpstart their programming journey is by joining coding bootcamps. A coding bootcamp is a short intensive program where you go through a coding curriculum with other students and instructors. At the end, they may offer a certificate of completion or a way to network with companies who are hiring new developers.…
How To Generate the Nth Number of a Fibonacci Sequence | Coding Challenge
I will always remember this time when we were interviewing a programmer for our software team. His resume wasn’t particularly special so I didn’t have any expectations going into the interview. We asked him some basic questions and he did alright. We then gave him a coding challenge to see how well he thinks through…
How to Git Clone From GitHub via HTTPS and SSH [2 Ways]
There are two main ways to do a “git clone” from GitHub: via HTTPS and via SSH. These are just two popular protocols that computers use to communicate. However, each way may require a little bit of setup to get working in GitHub. What is “git clone” though? “Git clone” is a command that copies…
Why Internships Are Better Than Bootcamps
People are always talking about coding bootcamps, courses, and software job interviews. Many talk about how hard it is just to land a software job interview. What’s going on? Why are people struggling to get software job interviews? I think people are skipping a step in their programming careers, and that step is internships! I’m…
What Is Vim and Why You Need To Know It
When I was learning how to code at my university, they didn’t teach us how to use IDEs (Integrated Development Environment). They told us to code our projects with some really basic text editors. I’m not entirely sure why, but I’m really thankful for that experience. Coding with a basic text editor really sealed in…