Exploring Microsoft’s Adoption of Python in Visual Studio David Bolton, September 5, 2018 7 min read You don't usually think of Microsoft and Python in the same sentence. But now, in Visual Studio 2017, you can develop...
5 Reasons to Avoid Hiring Rockstar Developers David Bolton, August 23, 2018 7 min read Software development can be a complicated process. Never mind the complexities of the technology itself; people on the...
Deploying a .NET Application with Docker David Bolton, August 2, 2018 7 min read Containers are a relatively new phenomenon for Windows. Although containers evolved for 20 years in the Linux...
Python 3.7.0: Five New Features to Learn and Explore David Bolton, July 26, 2018 7 min read Given the newness of Python 3.7.0—it was released on June 27—my first attempts to run it on WSL (Windows Subsystem...
Using Linux Natively Within Windows 10: A Quick Guide David Bolton, July 5, 2018 7 min read If you're a Windows developer who dabbles in Linux (as I've done for the past decade), you might have gone down one of...
4 Fast Python Compilers for 2018 David Bolton, June 28, 2018 8 min read Python is a reasonably fast language, but it's not as fast as compiled programs. That's because CPython, the standard...
Will A.I. Take Over Your Programming Job? David Bolton, June 18, 2018 8 min read Back in 1981, I graduated from university and got my first programming job. That year a program was released that would...
Database Types from Hierarchical to Graph: An Industry Breakdown David Bolton, May 30, 2018 9 min read In 1962, the first database, Integrated Data Store (IDS), made its debut. It was a hierarchical type, the only kind...
5 Open-Source SQL IDEs for You to Learn and Explore David Bolton, May 24, 2018 8 min read If you’ve done a lot with SQL, you've probably used some form of SQL IDE to help you complete that work. Yes, it's...
Java 10: Exploring the Latest Version of a Popular Programming Language David Bolton, May 15, 2018 7 min read Now approaching its 23rd anniversary in May, Java is a curious beast. Back when the programming language started, the...
