7 Unique Ways to Practice Your Coding Skills
Let's repeat -- there's no age to learning. Once you are on that path, you just have to keep practicing. And today there are more ways than one to sharpen your coding chops.
Great Future Retirement Jobs For Programmers
In the field of technology, you're either learning new skills, or falling behind the times. But, what happens to older programmers and technology leaders who are looking for interesting part time work during retirement?
How To Improve Your Programming Career Opportunities
If you're hoping to start, restart, or otherwise improve your programming career, it isn't easy. If you are in college, the time is now. Here are some tips that can take you far.
Where In The US Are All The Coders?
Check out this fascinating infographic that breaks down where in the US the coders live, and which states offer the highest salaries for coders.
PC Sales Higher Than Expected, Coding For All Students, And More... [Tech News Digest]
Also, another Apple event, Street View in the desert, Belkin routers, Dragon Age: Origins, and a machine gun that fires paper planes.
9 Free Programming Books That Will Make You A Pro
Calling all programmers, whether new, old, or aspiring: we've found a great selection of free (as in beer) books to boost your coding skills to the next level. Hop in and enjoy.
How to Learn Programming Without All the Stress
Maybe you've decided to pursue programming, whether for a career or just as a hobby. Great! But maybe you're starting to feel overwhelmed. Not so great. Here's help to ease your journey.
5 Beginner Linux Setup Ideas For Cron Jobs & Shell Scripts
With bash scripting, you can do a complex series of tasks in one quick go so it's great for elaborate and repetitive needs. It's also a great way to get to know terminal.
Designing A Breakthrough App? 7 Mobile Development Blogs You Should Read
The mobile space is so new that trends are constantly shifting and new insights are made every day. If you plan to develop mobile apps, how can you keep up without going mad?
Xcode 6 Beta With Swift Now Available Free, Here's Why This Matters
Apple has released the latest beta of its Xcode development environment to the general public, and with it Swift, the company's latest innovation in programming.
Building The Internet of Things, With Tessel: The Node.js Development Board
Tessel is a new breed of development board that runs entirely on Node.js, and after a successful Kickstarter, they’ve now the reached the point of being available to everyone.
7 Blogs You Should Really Read If You Are A Student Programmer
The field of programming is so broad that you'll never come out on top if you participate from a distance. Fortunately, blogs are a readily accessible medium keep you in the loop.
How Does Apple's New Programming Language Affect Me?
From the get-go, developers knew Apple's new Swift was going to be big. But why should you care?
Finding Secret Keys In Android Apps, Heartbleed Heartache, And More... [Tech News Digest]
Google's Nest buys Dropcam to monitor your home, Google launches Made With Code to inspire girls to program, Yo woz haxored, and the tangled earphones mystery is solved by science.
Dash Brings Coding Documentation To The Mac Desktop
If you're a programmer, you already rely heavily on documentation. Dash is a Mac app designed to make your required reading a more pleasant experience.
Internet Explorer Flaw, Netflix Cable, Cortana Children, E.T. Found In Desert [Tech News Digest]
Internet Explorer flaw, government-built social networks, Netflix as a cable channel, ComiXology in-app purchases, Cortana hates children, a Codecademy makeover, and E.T. found in the desert.
Learning To Code Becomes More Fun As Codecademy Reveals New Design
Codecademy just pressed enter on a complete makeover. If you are learning how to code, the new layout of the popular website and the extra features could make programming more fun.
How To Generate Dummy Data in Ruby, Perl and Python
You’re building a web application, and you need some realistic information to shove into it. You need to check that your validation functions work perfectly, and see that your product actually works.
Move Over Shell-Scripts: Sh.py Is Here, And It's Awesome.
I bet you didn't know that you could write shell scripts in Python: sh.py allows you to call programs, pass parameters and handle outputs.