Let’s be honest. JavaScript is a weird programming language. Douglas Crockford, the creator of JSON and one of the most well-known JavaScript programmers, famously said in his book JavaScript the Good Parts: JavaScript is built on some very good ideas and a few very bad ones. This much is true. At its core, Javascript is very different from pretty…
Ken Mazaika
Internet privacy has been a major topic of conversation for a while now. And for good reason. You wouldn’t let anybody spy on your every move in the physical world. Why would you want people watching what you do online, either? People really started talking about internet privacy in the mainstream back in 2013, after Edward…
Ken Mazaika
There are people that will tell you that Computer Science fundamentals are arcane concepts that are not practical in the real world. I get why people like to talk this way. CS concepts; like trees, algorithms, and recursion, aren’t nearly as fun to talk about as exciting fringe technologies. But if you start digging into how…
Ken Mazaika
A lot has changed in programming over the past few decades. Up until the mid-1970’s, programmers had to use physical punch cards to write programs. Thankfully, technology has rapidly evolved. In the process, programmers have been given the power to do some really amazing things. Today, with so much of the world dependent on technology, programmers…
Ken Mazaika
There is so much buzz right now about becoming a developer. But with so much noise out there, it can be difficult to know where to even start. Should you start learning to become a front-end developer? A back-end developer? A full stack developer? What do these terms even mean? To help you…
Ken Mazaika
If you want to learn to program, you need a place to write your code. Obvious, right? It’s pretty similar to any other type of skill in which you’re creating a tangible output. If you’re a writer, you use a word processor, like Microsoft Word, to write your stories. If you’re an artist, you use a…
Ken Mazaika