The 14 Things You Should Never Do While Learning To Code

There are a handful of extremely common mistakes that you should never do while learning to code. These pitfalls can make it incredibly difficult to gain momentum early in the process. So if you’re just starting out, remember that these common missteps.  1. Endlessly research technologies without spending time actually writing code. Starting out is super intimidating. What if…

Ken Mazaika

Is The End Of Code Really Coming?

It seems like more and more often, people are writing about “the demise” of software development. For example, Wired recently published an article titled The End of Code, in which the author proposes in the near future coding will change from being a massively in-demand craft to a niche activity done by a small group…

Ken Mazaika

We Talked with Women About Diversity in Tech

A few months ago, Stack Overflow published a developer survey that was the first of its kind. It compiled the input from over fifty thousand developers, making it the most comprehensive developer survey ever conducted. Despite an impressively vast sample size, the survey received some flak for the inherent bias it produced by surveying its…

Jenna Wang

RSpec vs. Test Unit: How Test Driven Development Works

There are some topics that are near and dear to the hearts of all developers, and one is test driven development. Test driven development (often shortened to TDD) is a workflow about how to write code. New features are added to web applications typically in an iterative manner. What that means is that programmers minimize…

Ken Mazaika