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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…
How I Manage My Code: 7 Tips That Changed My Career
Over the past 10+ years of writing code professionally, I’ve observed significant growth in my code proficiency and management skills. As I accumulated more experience in coding and received valuable feedback from co-workers, clear trends and themes emerged in effective code management. Recognizing the importance of efficient code management became evident – mastering this skill…
Craft Your Coding Plan for Success in the New Year! 🚀
Learning how to program in your coding journey can be very daunting and discouraging at times. The programming world is vast, with different languages, frameworks, philosophies, and development tools. Adding to the complexity, you’re likely learning to code on the side while working full-time in an unrelated job to software development. With these factors in…
Your First 30 Days of Coding
So, your first 30 days of coding… Maybe you’re looking at the news, or you’re looking into the market, and you’re starting to see that our world is becoming more and more digital. You see a lot of businesses shifting and starting to build more digital products, more digital services, and shift their stores online.What…
What It Really Takes To Be a Software Developer
Becoming a software developer and landing a software job is a dream for many people. It provides a good work-life balance, and it’s also fun to do. Being a programmer is enjoyable, but is it too hard? Does it take a particular kind of person to become a software developer? Maybe you’re one of these…
Don’t Make This Common Scanf Mistake!
So there’s this common ‘scanf’ or ‘getchar’ mistake that a lot of beginners make when first starting to learn how to code in C. These two C functions are common functions that beginners learn to handle basic user input for their programs. These mistakes are pretty understandable. Even I myself have made this mistake in…
What I Would Do Differently if I Had To Start Over (Coding Journey)
What would I do differently if I had to start my coding journey all over from the beginning? I’ve thought about this question, and I think it’s a really helpful one because it can provide insight into what you can do differently from the beginning of your coding journey. This way, you can avoid making…