Software Development News and Articles

Published on: 5/11/2022 - 5 min read

Why do you need to set an alt attribute on an image tag?

You might have seen it promoted as a 'best practice' often times on the internet. But setting the alt property on an <img tag should pret...

Published on: 4/11/2022 - 4 min read

Taking a deep look at Mozilla's MDN Plus

MDN has been a huge part of my development career ever since it appeared on the internet in 2005. And the same is true for alot of you readi...

Published on: 3/22/2022 - 4 min read

What is 'protestware' and Should We Be Worried?

During the past decade or, terms like 'spyware', 'bloatware' and 'malware' have become a part of the technology lexicon. And not in a good w...

CSS

Published on: 3/4/2022 - 5 min read

How to Design Your Website's CSS Using BEM

If you've ever worked on the front-end of any modern day website, then no doubt you've probably seen the following CSS format ...

Gadgets

Published on: 3/1/2022 - 8 min read

Is the ThinkPad X1 Yoga a good programming laptop?

I recently decided to upgrade my daily laptop to something with a bit more power. While I am a huge fan of the Surface Pro line of laptop/ta...

Interviews

Published on: 2/25/2022 - 6 min read

6 things I look for when interviewing programmers

As a senior software engineer, I typically get to interview potential candidates for the companies that I work for. And more recently, as a ...

Hardware

Published on: 2/21/2022 - 5 min read

Razer Orochi V2 Mobile Wireless Gaming Mouse Review

I recently picked up the Razer Orochi V2 mouse as my daily driver for all things coding, design and even some slight gaming. What drew me to...

Published on: 2/15/2022 - 5 min read

How to succeed as a junior developer

You may have the college degree that took years to earn or the coding bootcamp certification that took an expedited route, but that's only h...

Security

Published on: 1/28/2022 - 4 min read

The biggest risks with using NPM

If you're a JavaScript developer at any level, then you have probably used the popular package manager NPM at some point in time....

React

Published on: 1/6/2022 - 5 min read

5 Reasons Why You Won't Like Using React

React currently sits on top of the throne when it comes to popular Node.js frameworks. And that's because it gets alot right....

Published on: 1/4/2022 - 4 min read

Non-coding things every developer should know

The new year is finally among us, and I think many can agree, that it took a while to get here. With this new start though, there is new opp...

React

Published on: 12/22/2021 - 2 min read

How to bind a dropdown dynamically using React

With state-based dynamic rendering, it's a relatively simple process when it comes to generating a dropdown (select) element dynamically ont...

Published on: 12/6/2021 - 4 min read

Is JetBrains Fleet the New VS Code?

Every so often you will read about the next up and coming coding IDE destined to take over the development world and topple the reign that i...

NodeJS

Published on: 11/28/2021 - 5 min read

5 Reasons Why I'm Switching Over To Node.js in 2022

The majority of my almost 2 decade career has revolved around C#, ASP.NET and SQL Server for the most part, and I’d like to think that ...

Published on: 11/23/2021 - 4 min read

The importance of having good folder structure

Folder structure is something that most developers usually take for granted because often times it is something that is already present when...

Published on: 11/17/2021 - 4 min read

How to remove console logs in your production code

Every JavaScript developer loves using the console in order to test out and debug their applications. I do as well. It's just too convenient...

Javascript

Published on: 11/13/2021 - 5 min read

How to Implement a Substitution Cipher in JavaScript

Cipher's are a good way to put your coding skills into practice. They are usually relatively simple to implement in terms of the amount of c...

Javascript

Published on: 11/11/2021 - 5 min read

Should You Use a JavaScript Framework?

I've read far too many articles this week about why developers should avoid using JavaScript frameworks in lieu of plain old vanilla JavaScr...

Productivity

Published on: 11/8/2021 - 6 min read

How I Plan Out My Coding Projects

During the past few years I've had the opportunity to work on a variety of coding projects, both professional and personal. And in that time...

Published on: 10/26/2021 - 6 min read

Is C# Dying Out in 2022?

More recently I've been hearing rumors on the internet that C# is going the way of the dinosaur. That the .NET framework is just too fragmen...

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