The 7 Best Ways to Learn Golang and Find Your Inner Gopher

Feb 05, 2022 by Lane Wagner

Golang was released in 2012, making it a relatively new language when compared to competitors like Python, which was released nearly two decades prior, yet it’s managed to stay ahead of the game as not only a coveted language by employers, but also loved by programmers. Literally, my LinkedIn page is constantly flooded with recruiters looking for Go programmers, so if you’re looking to pick up a language, you’ve come to the right place.

Top 4 Practical Uses of JavaScript

Jan 30, 2022 by Zulie Rane

JavaScript is one of the most versatile programming languages, maybe even more flexible than Python. JavaScript is used on both the front and back end of web systems. Because of that, of the 1.8 billion websites in the world, 95% of them use JavaScript. It’s hard to interact with the modern Internet, with its pretty graphics and interactive maps, without using JavaScript. Enable Marketing says the top four qualities of a visually appealing website are design and color, graphics and visuals, usability, and consistency.

How Hard Is Python to Learn?

Jan 24, 2022 by Zulie Rane

One of the difficulties of learning to program is first being able to read code. The great thing about Python is that it was designed with readability in mind. For many programming beginners wondering how hard Python is to learn, this article will help set expectations and give four strategies to learn Python fast, no matter what your skill level is. Since Python was designed to be easy to read, this makes it ideal for learning to program.

JavaScript vs C++: 3 Factors To Choose Which Is Best For You

Jan 22, 2022 by Zulie Rane

Every coder is told to learn JavaScript, seeing that it’s the foundation of the world wide web. And… every coder is taught that C++ is one of the most useful modern coding languages to learn. So no matter if you’re brand new to the coding world, or you have a few languages under your belt, you might be wondering whether you should tackle JavaScript vs C++ for your first (or next) language.

We’re starting our first hackathon in the Qvault Discord server on January 17th at 8AM. Everyone is welcome to participate. Let’s go over the details about of event. You can RSVP for the event here. Date and time Our first hackathon will be a quick one! We tried to find a time that would work for most of our members, and so we cut it down to just 5 hours of hacking, so you’ll need to code fast!

An Overview of Boot.dev’s Full-Stack Architecture

Jan 10, 2022 by Lane Wagner

Because I’ve had several inquiries on this topic, I thought it would be interesting to publish some information on how the boot.dev website and platform work, and how I’ve organized all the technologies I’m using. I’ll do my best to keep this list updated in the future as I migrate from older tools and technologies to newer ones, but assume that this might be a bit out of date by the time you read it.

From Beginner to Experienced: 7 Best Practices for Every Python Developer

Jan 04, 2022 by Zulie Rane

If you’re looking to improve your coding, there are lots of steps you can take, but the first is focusing on Python best practices. It’s really important that your code is readable, testable, and maintainable. From picking good variable names, refactoring code that gets repeated out into its own method, or having clean and logical lines of inheritance and abstraction, there are a lot of qualities that differentiate code that someone wants to work with from code that everyone dreads having to maintain or develop further.

Roles in the Boot.dev Discord Server

Dec 19, 2021 by Lane Wagner

In our community Discord server, we have two main groups of roles you can take on as a member, earned roles and declared roles. Earned roles, as you would expect, you have to earn! You can get them in various ways as we’ll discuss shortly, but you can’t just ask for them. Declared roles on the other hand you simply assign to yourself, and are a way of showing the community what kinds of technologies you enjoy learning about, and what your programming goals are.

C# vs Python Comparison: Which Is Best for Backend Development, Machine Learning, and More

Dec 17, 2021 by Meghan Reichenbach

C# and Python represent the two sides of what it means to be a powerful language. C# is fast, lightweight, and flexible, while Python is robust, simple, and secure. But which language does coding best? Let’s find out as we compare Python and C#’s learning curve, speed, salary, and see how they rank for backend development, game development, and machine learning. By the end of this guide, you’ll know which language is best for you!

Python Assert Statement, How to Test a Condition

Dec 13, 2021 by Lane Wagner

In Python, an assertion is a statement that confirms something about the state of your program. For example, if you write a createUser function and you are sure that the user needs to be older than 18, you assert that the age field is greater than or equal to 18. You can think of an assert statement like a unit test that is performed at runtime. def createUser(user): assert user.age >= 18 tl;dr Assertions are simply boolean expressions that raise exceptions if their condition is False The assert statement is the built-in syntax for assertions in Python Developers often use assert to do type checking, and input/output validation for function signatures The assert statement is used for debugging purposes Anatomy of an assert statement in Python Python has a built-in assert statement, and its syntax is as follows.