Category: Programming

Have you ever wondered how to create or program a website? Perhaps you’re a student looking to build a portfolio site. Or, maybe you’re a salesperson and want to create an e-commerce website. Or, maybe you are just really curious how a website is built. Every website on the internet relies on two key languages:…

It is no secret that Microsoft has had a very hard time creating a good mobile experience. They failed very early to compete with the likes of Android and iOS, and its Windows Phone 7, 8 and 10 Operating Systems remain huge failures. Microsoft’s biggest problem always was apps, the app ecosystem simply wasn’t there.…

There are many, many programming languages available that allow us to program computers to solve all kinds of problems. There are scripting languages, systems languages, web programming languages, dynamic languages, object-oriented languages, functional languages, and the list goes on and on.  But did you know that all programming languages have 3 elements in common? Three…

OK!!! I am not known for my prognostication skills. 10-years ago I remember standing before a Flash technology group and declaring JavaScript as dead. I also stated that the future was Flash and related technologies. I even wrote several books on the subject. Then, in 2010, Steve Jobs declared Flash as being dead and everything…

We’ve recently released three brand new courses on Udemy, to take our total list to 31 (and counting). If you want to learn software development the right way, and in the shortest amount of time, you are at the right place. Lets discuss briefly what each of these new courses are about, and why it…

Every programmer has a favorite programming language, and they usually try to sell it like it’s the greatest language… “it’s the best language!”, “You gotta start learning this one!” and so on. Well, I’m not your typical programmer. MATLAB is by far my favorite language, but I’m not going to try to sell MATLAB or…

This was posted originally as feedback to students in my Java course, but I figured it might be valuable to post on the blog. Programming can be quite difficult to start.  Some people find it completely overwhelming.   They struggle learning the language, figuring out how things work, and wonder if they can ever really succeed as…

Are you struggling learning how to program? Maybe finding things are too hard. Perhaps you started with one of my courses, or another course or ebook on programming and everything started great but then you hit a brick wall. Or you find yourself typing in code shown in the course/ebook but not understanding it at…

Happy birthday to Java programming language! Celebrations are in order, this year the world is celebrating 20 years of Java language programming. You could have even won a dinner with the father of it all, James Gosling, in San Francisco this year in October during the JavaOne conference. All the Java developers and the Java…