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📅 September 21, 2018 Free and Low Cost Tools ⏱ 2 minutes read

Code Review and Analysis Tools (Free and Low-Cost)

There have been a lot of excellent free and low-cost reviewed already. However, this week we continue our “shopping” with a look at code review and analysis applications. This used to be an area where…

📅 September 19, 2018 Patterns of Software Design ⏱ 3 minutes read

Software Patterns – The Builder

In this episode, we look at the Builder pattern. This one is another creational pattern that helps us construct the class instances for our application. It is another pattern that could be skipped through brute-force…

📅 September 18, 2018 Become a Better Developer ⏱ 2 minutes read

Learning Development Languages – A Roadmap

One of the easily recognized ways to become a better developer is the act of learning development languages. We all know that new tools show up regularly and force us to add new skills…

📅 September 17, 2018 A Summary Of Amazon Services ⏱ 2 minutes read

AWS Database Services – Relational to Big Data

The AWS database group of services is positioned to cover any need you have for storing and accessing data. We have looked at files and general storage. These services are more specific and are…

📅 September 14, 2018 Free and Low Cost Tools ⏱ 2 minutes read

Project and Task Management Applications (Free and Low Cost)

In this episode, we look at some free and low-cost task management applications. Some of these do more and add on project management or even invoicing features. However, they do all help you keep track…

📅 September 12, 2018 Patterns of Software Design ⏱ 3 minutes read

Software Patterns – The Abstract Factory

In this episode, we look at the Abstract Factory pattern. This is a creational pattern which means it has to do with creating and utilizing class instances. There is also a Factory pattern that will be…

📅 September 10, 2018 Become a Better Developer ⏱ 3 minutes read

Escalating A Situation and When To Go Over The Head of Your Boss

. A recent article I read focused on whether it is good for a manager to throw their employees under the bus. I was thinking about this and turned it around to employees throwing…

📅 September 5, 2018 Patterns of Software Design ⏱ 2 minutes read

A Look at Software Design Patterns

This season will take a look at the software design patterns that we should know. Each episode will dig into a pattern and how to implement it. Some of these will be very familiar,…