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What is Cryptography? A Complete Overview
Sep 08, 2021 by Lane WagnerWhat is cryptography? 🔗 Simply put, Cryptography provides a method for secure communication. It stops unauthorized parties, commonly referred to as adversaries or hackers, from gaining access to the secret messages communicated between authorized parties.
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JavaScript vs TypeScript: What's the Difference?
Sep 06, 2021 by Meghan ReichenbachWhether you’re new or old to the computer science community, you’ve probably asked yourself, “What is TypeScript?
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R vs Python: Which Is Best for Data?
Aug 25, 2021 by Meghan ReichenbachPython and R made a name for themselves as top-end competitors in the world of data science for their ability to seamlessly navigate and handle data.
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Python vs JavaScript: What's the Difference and Which Should You Learn?
Aug 24, 2021 by Meghan ReichenbachFrom the outset, comparing JavaScript and Python seems a bit like comparing apples and oranges. Surprisingly however, there are quite a few similarities hidden beneath their popular respective exteriors.
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10 Compelling Reasons to Learn Python for Data Science
Aug 19, 2021 by Zulie RaneRead this if you don’t know where to start learning data science Data science is a vast field with tons of entry points, depending on where and how you want to start.
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Scala vs Go: Comparing Everything You Need to Know
Aug 18, 2021 by Meghan ReichenbachScala and Golang are newer languages, only coming onto the scene after the turn of the century, but in that time they’ve managed to become two of the highest-paid languages for developers, with the industry benefiting from their fresh creation.
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Death, Taxes, and Database Migrations
Aug 17, 2021 by Lane WagnerIn this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death, taxes, and migrations.
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Golang vs Java: 6 Key Comparisons
Aug 04, 2021 by Meghan ReichenbachGolang (or Go) and Java offer an interesting comparison because despite their wide differences, there are also key similarities in how and where they’re used by programmers.
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Top 20 Entry-Level JavaScript Interview Questions
Jul 29, 2021 by Jamie DunmoreVersatile, powerful and ever-present, JavaScript is the world’s most used programming language (for eight years and counting!
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Our Learn Python Course Has Released
Jul 27, 2021 by Lane WagnerWe’ve just launched our latest course, Learn Python. Start the “Learn Python” Course Now What’s more: to celebrate the release, we’re offering full FREE access to the entire course — yep, you can take the entire course for free for a month — but the code expires in just 14 days.
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What are UUIDs, and are they better than regular IDs?
Jul 23, 2021 by Lane WagnerIn the context of back-end web development, an ID is just a unique identifier for a record of data.
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What is Go Good For? (And What Is Golang Used For?)
Jul 16, 2021 by Jamie DunmoreIn 2007, frustrated by some of C++’s inefficiencies and overcomplicated nature, and desiring a programming language designed specifically for multi-core processors and effectively managing large projects, three Google engineers, Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson, designed the Go language.
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Golang vs C++: Which is Best For Your Next Project
Jul 12, 2021 by Meghan ReichenbachNeeding to be a math genius to learn to code is a thing of the past.
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Beautiful Language and Beautiful Code
Jun 30, 2021 by“Dead Poet’s Society” is a classic film, and has become a recent favorite of mine. There’s a scene in particular that I enjoy, where Robin William’s character explains that it’s bad practice to use terms like “very tired” or “very sad”, instead we should use descriptive words like “exhausted” or “morose”!
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Intro to the One-Time Pad Cipher
Jun 28, 2021 by Lane WagnerIn cryptography, the one-time pad, or OTP is a way of encrypting information so securely that it’s impossible to be cracked.
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16 Great Coding Challenges You Can Try Out
Jun 24, 2021 by Zulie RaneCoding challenges are a fun way to improve your coding quickly. When I started to learn coding in school, coding challenges were the furthest thing from my mind.
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Building a Red-Black Binary Tree in Python
Jun 21, 2021 by Lane WagnerA red-black tree is a kind of self-balancing binary search tree. Each node stores an extra bit, which we will call the color, red or black.
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Quick Sort in Golang
Jun 17, 2021 by Lane WagnerQuicksort is an efficient sorting algorithm commonly used in production sorting implementations. Like Merge Sort, Quicksort is a divide-and-conquer algorithm.
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How to Write Insertion Sort in Go
Jun 14, 2021 by Lane WagnerInsertion sort builds a final sorted list one item at a time. It’s much less efficient on large lists than more advanced algorithms like quicksort or merge sort.
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Merge Sort in Golang with Examples
Jun 10, 2021 by Lane WagnerMerge sort is a recursive sorting algorithm and, luckily for us, it’s quite a bit faster than bubble sort.
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Writing Bubble Sort in Go from Scratch
Jun 08, 2021 by Lane WagnerBubble sort is named for the way elements “bubble up” to the top of the list.
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Check for Standards Before Creating a New One
Jun 07, 2021 by Lane WagnerI recently had a ticket opened on my team’s backlog board requesting the ability to bypass our API’s caching system.
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How to Properly Use Defer in Golang
Jun 01, 2021 by Lane WagnerWhat is the “defer” keyword in Go? 🔗 In the Go programming language, defer is a keyword that allows developers to delay the execution of a function until the current function returns.
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7 Critical Reasons Beginner Programmers Should Learn JavaScript in 2022
May 25, 2021 by Zulie Rane“Why learn JavaScript?” I asked my sister when she was in college and starting to pick up the fundamentals of JavaScript.
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Comprehensive Guide to Dates and Times in Go
May 17, 2021 by Lane WagnerKeeping track of time in code has long been every developer’s nightmare. While no language or package manages time perfectly, I think Golang does a pretty good job out-of-the-box.