If you’re new to software development, you might have heard someone talk about “smelly code” and wondered what it meant. After all, it’s not like code actually has a smell… and if it does, you probably need to clean your cooling...
I’ve reviewed a lot of junior dev code… like, a lot. There are a handful of errors I see new programmers run into over and over again when creating OOP projects, so I wanted to write an article about them! In...
Imagine this–you’ve come up with a great idea for an app, and you just can’t wait to build it! You could sit down at your computer and just start typing, and create your classes and user interface as you go… but...
Along with conditions, one of the first things programmers learn to use are loops–programming constructs that allow repetition of an instruction set. One type of loop that you’ll encounter on your programming journey is the “while” loop. In this article, I’ll...
Imagine this: you add some code to a project, thinking that it all looks good. Then you run the program, and it blows up somewhere in the middle. Reading through the code, it’s not immediately understandable why the code you added...
How to declare a variable is often the first thing you learn in computer programming. After that, a lot of courses and instructors see fit to let you know computers can do math, and ask you to do things like, “declare...
