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A group of researchers from The University of Bonn has found that computer science students need to be explicitly told to employ important password security measures. This research carried out by the German academics found that without prompting, the programmers didn’t feel the need to store the passwords securely. The programmers that took part in the […]
Coding is a skill that every kid needs to get exposed to. However, children with visual impairment face a tough time grasping the concepts of programming when they are taught in a traditional classroom. To make programming easier for children who are blind or have low vision, Microsoft has announced the Code Jumper — a tethered hardware device designed to […]
This year, GitHub has seen increasing enthusiasm among the coders towards “more statically typed languages” that are focused on type safety and interoperability. The top spot was occupied by Kotlin, whereas TypeScript and Rust gained a significant pace this year. Besides these, HCl, a human-readable language for DevOps has seen twice the number of contributors using this […]
Bugs and exploits like Heartbleed, WannaCry, and Zero-Day might seem unrelated at first glance, but all of them stem from an issue that is common in popular coding languages like C and C++. According to a report by Motherboard, this issue belongs to a category of errors called “memory unsafety,” which exists in decades-old programming languages like […]
Samaira Mehta, a 10-year old coder, is the new sensation in the Silicon Valley. With her programming skills, she has founded a company named CoderBunnyz that develops games for children to teach them coding. As reported by the Business Insider, her skills have made top companies like Google and Microsoft to feature her in their […]
Python is once again the top programming language, according to IEEE Spectrum’s fifth interactive ranking for leading languages that was released recently. Spectrum ranks the languages by weighting and combining 11 metrics from 9 sources. The main feature of this ranking is that it is interactive and offers 5 ranking for 4 different platforms. Platforms: […]
When it comes to free resources to learn programming, GitHub’s new Learning Lab is getting popularity among the coding enthusiasts. The code hosting service launched this service earlier this year to help people use GitHub in a better way. The very first offerings of GitHub’s Learning Lab included topics like Introduction to GitHub, GitHub Pages, […]
Web designing is a mixture of programming and art that’s used as a way to represent our ideas in front of others. To help you out, in this tutorial, I’ll tell you about the best online web design courses that will help you to start learning new skills. With these free and paid courses, you’ll […]
When several coders work on a large project, it can become quite a task to keep track of their accomplishments and determine a programmer’s actual contribution. This is why IBM has filed a new patent application titled “Blockchain For Program Code Credit and Programmer Contribution in a Collective.” Published on July 5 by the U.S. Patent […]
Most of the fields in the tech industry demand a regular learning from you as they are dynamic in nature. You need to be up-to-date with the latest trends and make sure that your skillset matches the needs of your target industry. For developers, this change becomes even more necessary. For example, today’s mobile app […]
In 2014, W3C committed to produce an HTML revision roughly every year. Last year, it released HTML 5.1 and continued the commitment. Now, HTML 5.2 is here as the second revision of HTML5. As expected, it has become the official W3C Recommendation and provides a significant cleanup of the specification as well as bug fixes. Some […]
At its Ignite Conference, in late September, Microsoft listed Quantum Computing among three key technologies which are going to change the tech industry as we know it. The company also announced its plans to release a new programming language for quantum computers later this year. 2017 is about to end and that day has come. […]
Career website Glassdoor is known to release its annual report of the best places to work for under the name “Employees’ Choice Awards.” In this year’s list, which is Glassdoor’s 10th edition, the organizations were ranked on the basis of employee rating across different factors. Out of this collection of 100 best companies to work […]
In September, Google announced a partnership with Udacity and Bertelsmann and offered 75,000 Android and web scholarships. While these scholarships covered nanodegree programs like Front-End Web Developer, Mobile Web Specialist, Android Basics Nanodegree and Android Developer, they were limited to Europe, Russia, Egypt, Israel, or Turkey. Now, keeping in mind the potential of growing Indian developer and startup community, […]
It’s not hidden that apart from working to make its existing product better and bring a reliable transportation service to the users, Uber is also investing efforts in autonomous cars and artificial intelligence. To give something back to the developer community and improve their products, Uber has announced the open source release of Pyro. Pyro […]
The developers at NASA have one of the most challenging jobs in the programming world. They write code and develop mission-critical applications with safety as their primary concerns. In such situations, it’s important to follow some serious coding guidelines. These rules cover different aspects of software development like how a software should be written, which […]
When we take sparse data into consideration, the analytic algorithms have to perform lots of additions and multiplications by zero. To imagine such situation, take an example of a big table of Amazon customers against all its products–1 is assigned for each product bought by a customer and 0 if no purchase is made. To avoid […]
It’s a well-known fact that your choice of a programming language decides the growth of your career as a developer. For example, if you’re an Android developer, you must start learning Kotlin programming and join the army of developers who are ready to walk with the changing trend. The same could be said for iOS […]
Learning new skills can be helpful if you are looking to change careers. In case you end up learning a skill that’s in heavy demand, it turns out to be something that brings immense benefits and stay with you lifelong. In case you’re a programmer, learning a new programming language helps you expand your career […]
At its Ignite Conference, Microsoft listed the 3 key technologies that will change our tech industry. These names are a no-brainer — Mixed Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and Quantum Computing. It’s not hidden that Microsoft has missed leaving an impact during the mobile era and it’s trying hard to make amends. If you’re a regular Fossbytes reader, […]
The choice of programming language acts as a big factor for a novice in the world of programming. If one stumbles upon a language whose syntax is too complex, one would definitely reconsider learning it. But, what if you’ve crossed that entry barrier and you’re looking to make a career and land a job at […]