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(Very) Basic Intro to the Scrypt Hash

Jul 25, 2020 by Lane Wagner

Scrypt is a slow-by-design key derivation function designed to create strong cryptographic keys. Simply put, the purpose of the Scrypt hash is to create a fingerprint of its input data but to do it very slowly.

Authenticate Users with "Sign In With Google" in Golang

Jul 22, 2020 by Lane Wagner

Users love convenience. If your goal is to make it easy for users to register with your app or website, then implementing the “Sign in with Google” option should be at the top of your priority list.

How to Create a Custom Toggle Switch Component in Vue.js

Jul 21, 2020 by Lane Wagner

Custom toggle switches are a pain to code from scratch. So many lines for such a simple UI widget!

Rust Backend vs Go Backend in Web Development

Jul 17, 2020 by Lane Wagner

Rust and Go are two of the industry’s biggest successes when it comes to developing modern programming languages.

Vue History Mode - Support Legacy Hash URLs

Jul 15, 2020 by Lane Wagner

When we first launched the boot.dev’s single-page-app, we were using Vue Router’s default hash routing. Hash routing looks ugly to the end-user, and when you want to be able to share parts of your app via direct link those hashes can get really annoying.

What is SHA-256?

Jul 08, 2020 by Lane Wagner

SHA-2 (Secure Hash Algorithm 2), of which SHA-256 is a part, is one of the most popular hash algorithms around.

How to Rerender a Vue Route When Path Parameters Change

Jul 07, 2020 by Lane Wagner

In single-page apps that use the Vue Router, it’s common to create a path parameter that changes the behavior of a route.

Announcing a "Basic Intro to Coding" Course in JavaScript

Jul 06, 2020 by Lane Wagner

The boot.dev app - our new gamified learning platform - just launched its first JavaScript coding course!

Boot.dev Launches Golang Crash Course - Learn Go

Jul 02, 2020 by Lane Wagner

We just launched the new boot.dev computer science platform and can’t be more excited. Our first crash course in Go, “Learn Go” is now available!

Running Go in the Browser With Web Assembly (WASM)

Jul 01, 2020 by Lane Wagner

If you are familiar with the Go Playground, then you know how convenient it is to be able to have a Go scratchpad in the browser.

Make Maps and Slices in Golang - A Guide to Initialization

Jun 29, 2020 by Lane Wagner

There are quite a few ways to create new maps and slices in Go, for example, they can both be initialized using the make() function, the new() function, as literals, or by using the var keyword.

How to Get Consistent Line Breaks in VS Code (LF vs CRLF)

Jun 18, 2020 by Lane Wagner

Have you ever had the problem where you submit a pull request and the diff is much larger than it should be?

Simple Setup - Vue Linting in VS Code

Jun 17, 2020 by Lane Wagner

I’m a gopher by nature, so I expect consistent styling and linting in my codebases. More importantly, I don’t like to think about styling.

Go-CoNLLU - Some Much Needed Machine Learning Support in Go

Jun 08, 2020 by Lane Wagner

Python is commonly seen as the AI/ML language, but is often a dull blade due to unsafe typing and being slow, like really slow.

Go's WaitGroup vs JavaScript's PromiseAll

Jun 04, 2020 by Lane Wagner

In applications that are i/o heavy, it can get clunky to synchronously execute high-latency functions one after the other.

How to Sort a Slice in Go

May 27, 2020 by Lane Wagner

Sorting is a common task in programming, and for that reason, most languages have a default sorting algorithm in their standard library.

Using Concurrent Subscribers With RabbitMQ in Python (pika)

May 26, 2020 by Lane Wagner

It’s a fairly common scenario to subscribe to a Rabbit queue and process messages before acknowledging receipt.

Don't Go To Casting Hell - Use Default Native Types in Go

May 21, 2020 by Lane Wagner

Go is strongly typed, and with that, we get many options for simple variable types like integers and floats.

How to Break From Nested Loops in Rust

May 14, 2020 by Lane Wagner

Loops in Rust aren’t the same as standard C-style languages. The syntax is different and there are some powerful options that make looping easier.

Variable Shadowing In Rust - "Let" Is Immutable But Not Constant

May 13, 2020 by Lane Wagner

Let’s take a look at some of the common pitfalls with the keywords let and mut.

Quantum Programming 101: Backend Monitor

May 12, 2020 by

Introduction 🔗 In a previous tutorial we showed how you can get basic information on all quantum devices using backend_overview().

Concurrency In Rust; Can It Stack Up Against Go's Goroutines?

May 11, 2020 by Lane Wagner

One of the primary goals of the Go programming language is to make concurrency simpler, faster, and more efficient.

Rust vs Go - Which Is More Popular?

May 06, 2020 by Lane Wagner

Go and Rust are two of the hottest compiled programming languages, but which is more popular, Go or Rust?

Achieving Data Integrity Using Cryptography

May 04, 2020 by Lane Wagner

Data integrity refers to the accuracy, legitimacy, and consistency of information in a system. When a message is sent, particularly using an untrusted medium, data integrity provides us with confidence that the message wasn’t tampered with.

Range Over Ticker In Go With Immediate First Tick

Apr 30, 2020 by Lane Wagner

The Go standard library has a really cool type - Ticker. Tickers are used when you want to do something at a regular interval, similar to JavaScript’s setInterval.