5 First Programming Languages You Should Learn David Bolton, April 15, 2018 So you want to learn programming, but aren’t sure which programming language you should learn first? In this article, I’ll try and help you pick a …
SAFE Network: Can Cryptocurrency Power a Secure Network? David Bolton, March 15, 2018 In the beginning, there was the Advanced Research Projects Administration (ARPANET), a packet-switching network started in 1969. ARPANET is notable as the first network to implement …
5 Ways to Catch and Handle Errors in Desktop and Web Apps David Bolton, March 5, 2018 It’s a sad fact of life that, no matter how skilled the programmers writing it, all code has errors (at least initially). There are lots of …
Programmers, Get Familiar with ‘Pythonic’ Python David Bolton, February 9, 2018 Now in its 26th year (and still going strong in terms of popularity), Python stands out for its distinctive syntax compared to those programming languages based …
4 Problems with Processor Thread Programming David Bolton, February 7, 2018 Threads are a useful way to get more out of your CPU. Technically known as a “thread of execution,” a thread is the smallest possible sequence …
Managing SQL Server in Code: A Brief Walkthrough David Bolton, February 5, 2018 Microsoft’s flagship relational database, SQL Server, is now 28 years old and still going strong. It comes with a decent set of management tools, ranging from …
A Quick Guide to Denormalizing Databases David Bolton, January 10, 2018 A relational database stores data in multiple tables. Each table has columns describing the type of information, and each row is an instance of that data. …
5 XML Alternatives to Consider in 2018 David Bolton, January 5, 2018 It’s been two decades since Extensible Markup Language (XML), a markup language for encoding documents, made its debut. While XML has enjoyed considerable success during that …
Add Two-Factor Authentication to Your Apps David Bolton, December 8, 2017 Recent years have seen repeated website hacks, with hackers capturing many user details. Even a tech-savvy firm like Uber isn’t immune: the ride-sharing giant faces scrutiny …
5 Reasons Java Users Should Consider Kotlin David Bolton, December 7, 2017 Although it’s been six years since Kotlin first appeared, the programming language recently gained momentum when Google announced it would receive first-class support on Android. The …
