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Introduction Recently, an old-school colleague, whom I would call Bill, reached out to me. He wanted to learn programming. “Which language should I learn”, Bill asked. I gave him a suggestion based on my personal experience. In hindsight, I should have told him something else. Bill is only one of several people who have asked … Read More “Ten factors to help pick your next programming language” »
Introduction If you want to code, where do you start? There are so many programming languages out there. You may be thinking to yourself, “You do not want to start on the wrong path”. That is where I help. In my opinion, and experience, here are the languages you should be learning right now. These … Read More “The most popular programming languages to learn right now” »
Introduction So, you have heard about all the wonderful things done in PHP. Owing to its extreme popularity, you would like to join the bandwagon. Wait! Without further delay, let us speak about this. What is PHP? PHP is used to build web applications that run on servers. PHP Hypertext Preprocessor is its abbreviation. Its … Read More “Do not get left out, start your first PHP code now” »
Good day learner, We will proceed with learning about APIs today. Specifically, it will be on how we are able to send instructions to the server to make changes to the data. Also to be covered are how the server communicates back the success of these changes. This is the 3rd section of our 4-part … Read More “Explaining APIs in simple everyday words-Part III” »
Hello there, my friend, Today we resume with the 2nd part of our 4-part series on APIs. In case you missed the 1st part this is the article on 1st part of the series. I assume that you have read the 1st part of the series already. With that taken care of, let us go … Read More “Explaining APIs in simple everyday words -Part II” »
An alternative title for this post would have been “F this, I am getting Git”. However, this is a cleaner option. This is a series on source code management. I would be sure to complement this with other related disciplines. What I said F this, I am getting Git – Me That is exactly what … Read More “Why you need version control right now” »
Introduction Hello there, my avid learner friend, Today we will start a 4 part series on APIs. What are they all about? And is it that easy to comprehend? Yes, it is pretty straightforward. So as not to throw too much information at you at once, I have chosen to break it up into a … Read More “Explaining APIs in simple everyday words -Part I” »