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Should You Commit the Vendor Folder in Go?

Nov 16, 2020 by Lane Wagner

If you’re asking “should I commit the vendor folder in my Go project to Git?”, the answer is “almost always”.

How Long Does It Take To Learn To Code?

Nov 10, 2020 by Zulie Rane

There are so many obvious reasons to learn to code: freelancing opportunities, career advancement, salary increase, and personal satisfaction among others.

How Much Do Software Engineers Make?

Nov 09, 2020 by Lane Wagner

Software engineering continues to be one of the most lucrative career paths in the tech industry.

JavaScript vs Java - Differences, Similarities, and History

Nov 06, 2020 by Lane Wagner

The naming of Java and JavaScript confuses many new programmers. They sound so similar, so one might think they have the same use-cases, similar properties, or maybe the same company created both languages.

Top Web Development Programming Languages; A Comparison

Nov 04, 2020 by Lane Wagner

The software development industry is growing at a break-neck pace. Currently, there are close to 19 million software developers in the world, and this number is expected to double by 2030.

Base64 vs Base58 Encoding

Nov 03, 2020 by Lane Wagner

Base64 is one of the most popular encoding formats for representing data. Have some binary data?

Learn Go Fast - Top Courses and Resources

Nov 02, 2020 by Lane Wagner

Want to learn Go fast? The good news is that Go is one of the simplest programming languages out there.

Best Practices for Commenting Code

Oct 29, 2020 by Lane Wagner

I often hear that we need more and better comments in the code we write. In my experience, we frequently need better comments, we rarely need more, and we sometimes need less.

How to Restart All Pods in a Kubernetes Namespace

Oct 26, 2020 by Lane Wagner

Where I work, we use a repo-per-namespace setup and so it often happens that I want to restart all pods and deployments in a single Kubernetes namespace.

The Nuances of Constants in Go; Go Isn't JavaScript

Oct 22, 2020 by Lane Wagner

Constants can be confusing and easy to misuse in Go if you are coming from an untyped language.

6 Things to Avoid When Contributing to Open-Source Projects

Oct 21, 2020 by Lane Wagner

With #HacktoberFest being a thing, there has been an influx of devs desperately trying to contribute to their favorite Open-Source projects.

Functional Programming Course Released

Oct 19, 2020 by Lane Wagner

We just launched our new “Learn Functional Programming” course, and frankly, I’m a bit exhausted (more on that later).

How To Correctly Validate Passwords - Most Websites Do It Wrong

Oct 15, 2020 by Lane Wagner

You’ve probably visited a site and attempted to sign-up only to be met with errors such as:

6 Tips for Hiring Developers

Oct 13, 2020 by Lane Wagner

So you want to hire a developer? Or maybe you just want to know what is going through the heads of employers like myself.

Running Rust in the Browser with Web Assembly

Oct 12, 2020 by Lane Wagner

I’ve recently been working on getting Rust support in the boot.dev app. To write a more engaging course, I want students to be able to write and execute code right in the browser.

Top 4 Coding Languages To Learn For Beginners in 2022

Oct 07, 2020 by Lane Wagner

Coding languages, tools, and frameworks are in a constant state of flux, improvement, deprecation, and popularity swings.

Education's Shameful State of the Art

Oct 05, 2020 by Lane Wagner

Higher education had its problems before Covid-19. Now the crippling inefficiencies, backbreaking cost, and lack of alternatives are being forced into the spotlight.

How to Structure a Golang Project

Oct 01, 2020 by Lane Wagner

I lead a team that’s responsible for anywhere from 15-25 Go microservices at any given time.

What Is Entropy In Cryptography?

Sep 28, 2020 by Lane Wagner

If you’re familiar with the laws of thermodynamics, you may recognize the second law as the one that deals with entropy.

How to Make a Simple Vue Custom Select Component

Sep 25, 2020 by Lane Wagner

Creating a custom select tag with its own styling is notoriously difficult. Sometimes it’s impossible to build from scratch without a combination of styled divs and custom JavaScript.

Running Python in the Browser with Web Assembly

Sep 24, 2020 by Lane Wagner

I’ve been wanting to expand boot.dev’s curriculum, and one of the most requested programming languages has been Python.

Running Go in the Browser with WASM and Web Workers

Sep 23, 2020 by Lane Wagner

We’ve recently made big changes to how we execute Go in the browser on boot.dev and want to explain the enhancements.

Practical Patterns for Technical Writing

Sep 22, 2020 by Ben Barten

Writing technical documents like API or architectural documentation which exceeds a simple flow diagram can be a daunting task.

Elliptic Curve Cryptography: A Basic Introduction

Sep 17, 2020 by Lane Wagner

Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) is a modern public-key encryption technique famous for being smaller, faster, and more efficient than incumbents.

"Learn Algorithms" Course Released

Sep 14, 2020 by Lane Wagner

We’ve launched our new Learn Algorithms course! We wrote this course for engineers who need a refresher on computer science basics or want to learn the fundamentals for the first time.