In an office somewhere, leadership continues to discuss just how effective the cloud would be for collaboration and efficiency but hesitates to make a move toward an integrated system. Elsewhere, another company spends thousands on blockchain research and development with little to show for it. And then there’s that artificial intelligence and machine learning team that keeps […]
Tag Archives: programming
5 tips for choosing the right open source code
Studies conducted by Google show that for many developers finding code online consumes a large portion of the day. Finding a simple function, a library, a useful package, a reusable component or a useful “how to” blog tutorial isn’t always simple. Knowing if you can trust and use the code you found can be even […]
4 tips to code while overcoming our own psychological flaws
Given the choice between one piece of cake right now or a whole cake one month from now, we would probably choose the first. This psychological bias is known as “Time Preference” or “Delay Discount.” We’ve all seen this fine example of kids trying to hold on by not eating a marshmallow, in hope of […]
myDevices and Arduino partner to speed up IoT deployment
myDevices and Arduino announced on Tuesday a partnership that connects Cayenne, a drag-and-drop Internet of Things (IoT) project builder, with Arduino’s large open-source hardware developer boards. Developers are now able to use Cayenne to visualize sensor data and control components of the Arduino board. myDevices claims the partnership will expedite IoT deployments, because its project […]
IoT and coding: The most important IoT programming languages
The Internet of Things (IoT) is an entirely new platform for developers and engineers, but one thing should remain consistent as we move into this new world, the programming languages. From our limited time checking out IoT projects, developers seem to be utilizing the same languages for their projects, while also integrating some specific changes […]
A Half-Century Later, We Can’t Forget Conway’s Law
Guest author Sarah Novotny is a technical evangelist and community manager for Nginx. A wise person once said that you build what you know, and you know what you build. While these weren’t the exact words uttered by computer programmer Melvin Conway in 1968, the sentiment is there. His sociological observation, dubbed Conway’s law, posited that […]
Google Gets Going With Update For Go Programming Language
The new changes could make this 6-year-old coding language a contender yet.
Eve Aims To Change The Way Programming Works
A new coding tool, without the need to know programming.
Rust Never Sleeps: How Mozilla Could Become Cool Again
Mozilla has almost faded from memory, but Rust could make it hip again.
Check Out This Coding Toy—For Grownups
Kano wants to make programming child’s play for adults.
President Barack Obama Writes His First Line Of Code
With a little help from Hour Of Code.
Companies Team Up With Nonprofits To Fill The Learn-To-Code Gap
Schools aren’t doing it.
Job No. 1 In Open Source: Making Sure Others Can Understand Your Code
Talking about code is just as important as writing it.
Developers Are Adopting Java 8 In Droves
Thank lambdas!
Gillian Jacobs Discusses Her Upcoming Grace Hopper Documentary
Computer-science pioneer, meet “Community” star.
Kids Need To Learn Digital Literacy—Not How To Code
Using technology is about way more than code.
Why Do Some Old Programming Languages Never Die?
We like what we already know.
Friday Fun: Build Your First Chrome Extension
An easy way to customize your browser.
Want To Start An Open Source Project? Here’s How
Our step-by-step guide.
Hey, Android Developers—Why Should iOS Coders Have All The Fun?
They spend less time debugging and earn more.