On this episode of Eat Sleep Code, guest Julie Torres shares her story of switching careers. Julie, banker turned developer talks about coding bootcamps and learning to code. Julie outlines what to expect in a Jr. Dev interview, and other advice covered in her new book How to Become a Web Developer: The Career Changer’s […]
In Object Oriented Programming (OOP), we’re used to using collections of objects or simple data types. We often sort and filter these collections using LINQ as part of business logic behaviors or for data transformation. While these are useful tasks we frequently perform, it can be easy to forget that functions in C# can be […]
Banner photo by Bridget Coila modified by Ed Charbeneau It’s amazing to see the .NET community with so much energy, can you believe there’s a C# Advent Calendar. That means there’s 25 (including this one), all new articles for the month of December! As the .NET ecosystem moves at record speed these days, it’s easy […]
On this episode of Eat Sleep Code, guest Julie Torres shares her story of switching careers. Julie, banker turned developer talks about coding bootcamps and learning to code. Julie outlines what to expect in a Jr. Dev interview, and other advice covered in her new book How to Become a Web Developer: The Career Changer’s […]
As a developer, you may feel yourself somewhat distanced from the global hustle and bustle. After all, you live in a world that's logical. A world, where even the most wicked things can ultimately be debugged and where emotions are more or less unnecessary unless you want to blow off some steam. Still, it's Halloween. […]
Our developer community is pretty awesome – both in person and online. Together, developers can participate, collaborate, foster a network and learn from each other. Perhaps you are inspired to give back to the community and organize a tech event for developers. In-person tech events for developers come in many different forms such as monthly […]
On this episode of Eat Sleep Code, guest Julie Torres shares her story of switching careers. Julie, banker turned developer talks about coding bootcamps and learning to code. Julie outlines what to expect in a Jr. Dev interview, and other advice covered in her new book How to Become a Web Developer: The Career Changer’s […]
On this Episode of Eat Sleep Code, guest Sara Ford shares her experience with studying Human Factors and how it relates to software development. Sara explains how the study of ergonomics forms a basis for improving user experience and software ease of use. Cognitive biases when developing software products are discussed. Sara Ford As a […]
On this episode of Eat Sleep Code guest Jay Miller talks about the importance of developer community and how to find your place among community peers. Community engagement, meetups, and online vs in-person activities are discussed. Jay Miller Productivity in Tech Podcast Jay’s Developer Community List Productivity in Tech (discount code) Louisville Developer Commuinty
The impetus for this chat came when our very own Burke Holland dropped this hot take in the Progress DevRel Slack: “I'm still so meh on PWAs that I can't even.” For those unfamiliar, Progressive Web Apps, or PWAs, is a Google-led initiative to bring native app features such as home screen access and push […]
The JavaScript editor wars have heated up in recent years, with the introduction of new players like GitHub’s Atom and Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code. In today’s chat we’ll discuss three of the popular editors, Sublime Text, Atom, and Visual Studio Code, in an attempt to help readers find an editor that meets their needs. Specifically, […]
Universal Windows Platform (UWP) is an evolution of the Windows Runtime model that grew out of Universal Windows 8 apps into a broader multi-device strategy for Windows 10. However, for many developers, the specifics remain unclear. In today's Slack chat, members of Progress's Developer Relations team and special guest, Carey Payette, of Falafel Software discuss […]
In Object Oriented Programming (OOP), we’re used to using collections of objects or simple data types. We often sort and filter these collections using LINQ as part of business logic behaviors or for data transformation. While these are useful tasks we frequently perform, it can be easy to forget that functions in C# can be […]
Let me begin by saying that this is not yet another post about how you don’t need jQuery. In case you haven’t noticed, that’s already been covered. Roughly 8 million times: I don’t want anyone to stop using jQuery. Use it. Love it. Be happy to keep on coding with it! However, as I’ve moved […]
Bootstrap 4 is great, and it's even greater when used in conjunction with Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC. In this .NET DevChat, we covered the basics of Bootstrap, its NavBar component, the Grid layout system as well as the new and shiny Bootstrap 4 Cards! We dived right in and added all of these to […]
28,000 people. That could very easily be the entire population of a small town. Microsoft’s Ignite conference in Orlando this Fall quite casually attracted 28K attendees – let’s just say it was a huge event. Not many venues can handle the scale of Ignite – no big deal for Orange County Convention Center. IT professionals […]
Debugging web sites can be tricky, but tools like Chrome Developer Tools and Fiddler continue to improve. Chrome provides a great client side JavaScript debugging experience. It also shows the live DOM and is often the only way to determine exactly what style rules have been applied in CSS. The network tab provides basic details […]
Showing developers how to be more productive in Visual Studio is exactly what Channel 9's show Visual Studio Toolbox is all about. Hosts Robert Green, Dmitry Lyalin and Donovan Brown interview community leaders and industry game changers on latest tools you can add to your Visual Studio Toolbox. Ed Charbeneau and Sam Basu had the […]
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