Global states are common pitfalls many developers fall into. Indeed, difficult to scale and maintain an application crippled with globals. Why is that? Isn't it convenient to be able to access variables and their values everywhere? The global state problem is only part of a bigger one, namely leaking states and the lack of encapsulation. »
Simplicity is one of the most important concept to understand and apply as a developer. This article will first define what simplicity and complexity mean. Then, I will explain why simplicity is really important, to finally go over the main practices you can apply to make your codebase simpler. »
Learning a programming language is not easy, especially if you try to learn it passively. However, it can stretch your skills and show you a different way to approach software development. In this article, I share my method to learn a new programming language, even if you are a total beginner. It has been effective for me to learn my first language, C, then PHP and Golang in 2018! »
You have difficulties to have ideas? You think you're not creative enough? You're wrong: you only miss some techniques to grasp these precious personal ideas! This article will show you concrete methods to generate, grasp and links them for your programming projects. »
We have tendency to forget that being a software developer means dealing all day long with humans. Interacting with others, communicating, explaining ideas, adapting to your team members are very, very important skills. As a developer, you will have to defend your ideas to your colleague: let's see together how to do so, with respect. »
Here's the question I asked myself a lot: is it useful to be trained as a computer scientist to be a software developer? Does only knowing the basics helps? Is it interesting? I tried to begin to answer these questions after 100 hours of studying. I explain as well how I studied computer science alone as efficiently as I could. As Socrates was saying: I know that I know nothing... even more! »
I had a mission, for many years. As Perceval wanted to find the Holy Grail, I wanted to find a good interface for MySQL. Then, in the corner of the Internet, where all hope were gone, I saw the Light. The end of my quest. The final answer to my questions. I found mycli! »
This article begin by a story. A story where everybody wanted to do their best. A story where simple, innocent words are the main protagonists. A story which doesn't end well. This is the story of declaring everything as 'easy' or 'simple' without any clue whatsoever. »