CI/CD Isn’t Just About Efficiency
Sep 26, 2022 by Lane Wagner
DevOps principles, and CI/CD specifically, are generally presented as a way to more efficiently run a software development organization.
Backend Engineer vs Data Engineer: Two Sexy Jobs, but What’s the Difference?
Sep 21, 2022 by Natalie Schooner
The sexiest job title of the decade, data scientist, has spawned about a dozen equally sexy but somewhat confusing and overlapping job titles.
Do Better in Coding Interviews by Being Confident and Humble
Sep 20, 2022 by Lane Wagner
I think we often do a great job of flogging the dead horse of whiteboarding problems when giving coding interview advice.
New ‘Learn SQL’ Course Launched on Boot.dev
Sep 19, 2022 by Lane Wagner
I’m happy to announce that today we launched our new Learn SQL course ! It was a ton of fun to write, but I also had a blast building the back-end infrastructure that allows students to write and execute SQL in the browser.
The More Mentors, The Better (When Learning to Code)
Sep 13, 2022 by Lane Wagner
Vim or VS Code? Tabs or spaces? Rails or Django? The world of programming is fraught with decisions to be made.
Are You a DevOps Engineer If You Aren’t Writing Code?
Sep 12, 2022 by Lane Wagner
“DevOps” is one of the most misunderstood terms in the software development industry. To be clear, I’m not the arbiter of truth when it comes to the definitions of words.
What is a Computer Scientist, and What Do They Do?
Sep 12, 2022 by Lane Wagner
At work, computer scientists build and deploy programs, algorithms, and systems to solve real-world problems. In most tech jobs, they spend the majority of their time working in teams on new software products.
How Long Does It Take to Become a Back End Developer?
Sep 05, 2022 by Lane Wagner
I get really frustrated when I see people and companies online selling unrealistic dreams when it comes to coding education.
Keyup and Keydown Event Handlers in Vue 3
Sep 04, 2022 by Lane Wagner
I recently spent far too long fighting with Vue’s keyup and keydown functionality. I wanted to handle ctrl+period keyboard events and it took me forever to find the part of the documentation that addressed my use case.
Boot.dev Hackathon September 1st, 2022
Sep 03, 2022 by Lane Wagner
Mark your calendar, because we’re hosting another hackathon in the Boot.dev Discord server ! The kickoff meeting will be on Thursday, September 1st at 4PM MST, you can RSVP for that event here in our Discord server .