Category: Programming
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The Complete JavaScript Course for Developers
Recently a student in my The Complete JavaScript Course for Developers course asked about the capabilities and limitations of JavaScript. Specifically, can JavaScript collect and handle data from a user in a mobile environment. The answer is an unequivocal “yes” and “no.” JavaScript can most certainly work in nearly any environment and can handle, manipulate,…
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Java 11 has Arrived. Is it time to panic?
So Oracle has released Java 11. Yay! Or is it time to panic? Are your current skills outdated? Is it time to throw away all your old Java training? Given that Oracle are now charging for Java, is it time to dump Java in favour of another language? Read on for answers to all of…
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Kotlin – Java Developers Have a Head Start
Introduction When Google announced in May 2017 that Kotlin would become a first-class language for Android, many developers had never heard of it. Just a little over a year later, more and more developers and companies are using it. Why is it gaining popularity? Kotlin is an object-oriented, statically-typed language that can be compiled to…
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Why and How to Learn ArcPy?
Many of the reasons to learn ArcPy have already been described in an earlier Learn Programming Academy Blog post named Three New Courses Released – ArcPy, Machine Learning with Python and HTML/CSS so here I’ll talk first about why and how I came to learn it. I first encountered Geographic Information Systems (GIS) when working…
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Your Apps Need Machine Learning, Add It in Minutes with Cognitive Services
The complexity of applications is ever growing, regardless whether they’re mobile, web, desktop, or other; more and more applications add requirements for image analytics, voice recognition, command identification, and so much more. Coding these functionalities from the ground up is interesting, challenging, exciting, but time consuming. Besides, building this kind of functionality requires experts that…
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Why Learn PHP?
Do you want to learn how to write a web application? There are several languages you could choose. PHP is by far one of the most popular, and the one I recommend. Here are nine reasons why I choose PHP: #1 Using PHP is completely free You don’t need to pay any licence fees, so…
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The Kind of Apps That You Are Not Building, and Should
Mobile apps have taken over the world, there’s no denying that. Web applications are also super popular, and as customers we judge brands and businesses based on the quality (and availability) of their apps. But there is one kind of app, a very important one, that businesses still require and use every single day that…
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3D Programming Made Easy!
3D Programming has never been so accessible. I was always attracted to 3D programming and graphics. The way we can create real-looking models of the world with two dimensional screens has always hypnotised me. When I enrolled in my first degree at University in computer science, I took a course in computer 3D graphics; back…
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Data Structures – Choosing the Right One
Imagine if you walk into a library looking for a specific book, but the books in the library aren’t organised in any way. They aren’t in alphabetical order or shelved by genre. All you can see are piles of books that reach to the ceiling. When you ask the librarian to get the book for…
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SQL Vs NoSQL in 2018
Databases and SQL are probably not the first thing that comes to your mind when you think about learning a new technology. You may think about learning Python or R for data analysis. Or maybe Swift for developing apps. Over the last couple of years, you may have also heard of the new NoSQL technologies…