The Importance of Coding Standards
Programmers too often think of coding standards as something imposed by people with nothing better to do. Sometimes they give lip service to the idea but ignore the standards in
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Programmers too often think of coding standards as something imposed by people with nothing better to do. Sometimes they give lip service to the idea but ignore the standards in
“Serverless” technology can greatly simplify software development and deployment. Amazon’s AWS Lambda and Microsoft’s Azure Functions let developers deploy code without having to deal with provisioning and scaling. At the
The WordPress team has decided that its editor needs an update. Most people who create content for websites would rather not deal with HTML and CSS. The Gutenberg editor, which
Those of you still using HTTP sites are in for a big change occurring on June 30 of this year. If you’ve ever used Chrome as your main browser, they’re
ReactJS and AngularJS are two very popular ways to build interactive websites. Neither one is clearly superior to the other. Each has a distinctive approach, which will appeal to developers
When you hear about blockchain tech, you’re probably hearing about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. That is what the technology was invented for, but it’s grown to many other use cases.
“You want to use WordPress? It’s hopelessly slow!” “It’s full of bugs!” “Say goodbye to your security!” You’ll hear these complaints a lot. The people who say these may just
There are more developer-focused conferences out there than you might think these days. The exact developer conference for you will depend on where your interests lie. Here are a few
More and more companies are hiring remote employees and independent contractors. This is a radical shift from the traditional employer-employee relationship. If you hire people who are working remotely, you
If you find videos useful in learning programming technologies, and if you’re looking to learn React.js, lots of choices are available. The best ones combine a video presentation with a
Application logs hold valuable information. They can reveal a security breach or disclose attempts at one. They can provide an early warning of poor performance. Studying them might show that
Continuous integration (CI) lets a development team operate more smoothly, keeping everyone’s changes together as they make them. It avoids the need to bring together branches that have gotten badly
Most teams stay busy without making real progress. Requests arrive from every direction. Slack messages. Urgent emails. Hallway conversations. Everything
You Can’t Optimize What You Don’t Measure You’ve implemented all the optimizations from this series. Infrastructure is solid, caching is
Why Security Matters More at Scale At low traffic, security breaches affect hundreds of users. At enterprise scale, breaches affect
Why Personalization Breaks Everything You’ve optimized caching. Your site serves millions of cached pages instantly to anonymous visitors. Performance is