Coding Concepts - Cyclomatic Complexity

Cyclomatic what? Even spell check doesn’t recognise the word, but it’s a super useful software metric for understanding how your software works. Having read about it a few years ago, it apparent use seems to have deteriorated. I feel it’s a very valuable tool in a developer’s arsenal, and something that should be used in…

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No Frills Keyboard Shortcuts (with Gifs) every Developer Should Follow

Shortcuts for me are the most productive thing that a developer can add to their repertoire that will aid them through their entire career. Learning how to use your system and tools will improve your productivity and in general make traversing all your windows and apps a breeze. The mouse is a great, tool, but…

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Code Talk - August

Code Talk is back again, sharing the best blog posts I’ve read this month. Artwork Personalization at Netflix First up is this post on how Netflix are personalising the graphics they show individuals when searching through the catalogue. It’s a great analysis of how A/B Testing works in the wild and even more impressive when…

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The fundamental thing I learnt from my first time Volunteering.

volunteer (vŏlˌən-tîrˈ) n. A person who performs or offers to perform a service voluntarily: an information booth staffed by volunteers; hospital volunteers. Volunteering, it’s something you hear a lot of these days and something most people mean or want to do. You’re never ultimately sure what you’ll be doing and who with, but I’ve always…

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CodeTalk - July

Code Talk is back, and once again I share the best blog posts I’ve found this month. Technology changes so quickly and it’s been fun looking through my older Code Talk posts. It wasn’t long ago we were discussing Jquery3.0 and SPA’s, and then AngularJs and GitHub coming onto the scene. How interesting it is…

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Coding Concepts - Reflection

Reflection is a term thrown around every now and again, but do you really know what it means? Why and when it should be used, and what are its main strengths?

Coding Concepts - Anonymous Methods

Anonymous functions have been present in programming languages since Lisp debuted in 1958! My examples will once again be demonstrated in JavaScript.

Coding Concepts – Understanding Generics

I’ve been fascinated with Generics for a while, they can be quite hard to grasp, understanding why and where they should be used. The main motivation for the use of generics is to provide meaningful type constraints between members, Generics or Parametric Polymorphism, are used in most programming languages, and although they can be harder to understand, there are 5 main benefits to using them.