A Well-Oiled Machine
17 Dec 2020
A good piece of software is like a reliable car. Ideally the manufacturer can create and control all of the pieces that go into making the car run smoothly, but that can become quite expensive. Similar to this process, software...
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User Interface Frameworks
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To Bake a Cake
03 Dec 2020
While it's true that the best cakes are made from scratch, it doesn't hurt to make some out of Betty Crocker or some other instant cake mix every once in a while. Some people may not know the difference, while...
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Design Patterns
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All That You Need to Paint
08 Oct 2020
The late artist Bob Ross once stated "All You need to paint is a few tools, a little instruction, and a vision in your mind." In this regard I feel like designing websites is very much like painting. All you...
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UI Frameworks
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Learn The Rules Like A Pro
24 Sep 2020
Pablo Picasso once said "Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist," which to me brings about images of escape artists breaking free of their shackles or con-artists worming their way out of getting...
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Coding Standards
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Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That
10 Sep 2020
Whenever the Riddler had a puzzle for the Batman to solve, he would often use the catchphrase "Riddle me this". In the same sense, many aspiring software developers use the platform Stack Overflow to get their own problems solved, but...
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To Create is to Destroy
03 Sep 2020
Keri Smith, author of Wreck This Journal, said that to create is to destroy. This is the nature of manufacturing: we break down raw materials to reform them into something new. Compilers and assemblers do this when they process code...
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Art of a Different Kind
02 Sep 2020
When people think of software engineering, the first thing that may come to mind are code, algorithms, or math. When I first started learning how to program, the math and technical side of me (my father’s side) thrived. The fact...
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