Often, when you start working on a project, you will find yourself struggling with the most basic task: getting it up and running on your machine. This can be a frustrating process, so let’s see what causes those problems and how you can handle it. Developer experience User experience (UX) focuses on…

Maintaining code is more complicated than writing it. Before you make any changes, you need to understand what is there already, how it was supposed to work, and how it works now. The difficulty of this task will depend on how the code was structured and if it’s an easy…

In programming, a lot of the challenge is related to organizing data in a structure that makes sense and which helps to solve the problems and facilitates understanding of the code. In this article, I’ll show you what tools you have at your disposal and how to use them. Building blocks To…

Using the right names is an essential part of writing maintainable code. For a computer, any name will work just fine-they either match or not. For the humans who read the code, the names are the first thing they have in mind as they work on the code. We all…

A few weeks ago, I showed the basic ideas and terminology of web APIs. In this article, I will demonstrate how to apply this knowledge, and try an API with some manual testing. Tweak query The easy way to start testing any API is to find an example that works-and then tweak…

When applying for a job, it’s good to have a demo project to present as an example of your work. In this article, I’ll show you what to focus on while building such a project. …

Understanding web application programming interfaces (APIs) is important for many jobs in the tech industry. Backend developers build APIs, frontend developers use them to create applications, and testers check whether they work as expected. There are many aspects and considerations related to APIs, and it can be all confusing at…

If you are new to tech, you might be confused by a term that you’ll see all over the place: API. Let’s take a look at what it means, some examples, and how you can use it. Definition API is the abbreviation for application programming interface. …

We are all responsible for navigating our careers. In a fast-changing job environment, traditional guidance became either nonexistent or of dubious quality. In my experience, we cannot hope that we will get a viable career plan from: traditional universities, a company’s development plan, or family (especially parents) advice. In this…