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One of the most important thing you need to code is a good Integrated Development Environment (IDE). There is a wide range of IDEs from the simple and free to the most sophisticated and expensive. IDEs range from language specific ones to multi-language support. Having the right IDE can help a developer manage workflows, access …
Writing a tech resume can be overwhelming. Here are some tools and resources that can help you find the right format that works for you. There are some resume builders, courses to teach you how to write a tech resume, articles from famous platforms, and templates providers. Resume builder Course Articles Templates provider
What a pleasure to feature Heather Noggle in this new interview series, women in tech. Heather is a 49 years old SAAS business owner (and more) from Springfield, MO, USA. To be honest, I know very few senior female programmers around me, so it is really hard to find a role model to look up …
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When starting to study computer science, the first thing I learned was the existence of the terminal. I had to open a terminal and start writing some basic command lines written on a long lab exercise. What a discovery for me at first! “A terminal gives the user a way to issue commands directly to …
Depending on your studies, you are often asked to apply for internships. As a student with no previous experience, it can be hard to find your first internship for three main reasons : You don’t have a lot of competencies to justify for certain internships. You don’t know how to look and where to look …
Our fifth woman to be featured in this series of interviews women in tech is Donia Chaiehloudj, a backend software engineer from France. Donia was the first one to follow my page on LinkedIn, and she always reacts to my posts. To be honest, sometimes she is the only one to react. You know, I …
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Continuing the series Women experience in STEM with the interview of Suchandra. Her interest in technology started very young and let her to study computer science. Even if she is still a student, she has very wise and proactive advice for people who want to start a career in tech. I am happy to be …
Let us continue our series of interviews Women experience in STEM with the testimony of Sera. I happened to exchange some messages with her on social media, as I saw that she lives in the Netherlands. I wanted to know more about her experience in the country at that time. Sera was very kind to …
Can we talk about the web without talking about icons? I don’t think so, icons are a must-have on the Web. It helps grab the attention of the user by summarizing a few words with a simple and efficient image. They are essential. As I’m not a designer, I didn’t know a lot of libraries …
Aliénor is a French senior beck-end developer with an amazing career! I’m impressed by how rich her experience is in only 10 years. On top of that, she is a backend developer! As a frontend developer, I find backend very very very difficult and even scary, so every person who is able to handle it …
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A Design System is basically a library of components, visuals, and principles with reusable code. This evolving kit offers a UX and UI repository for designers and developers of digital products and services. The construction of a Design system offers many advantages. This solution facilitates the work of the teams and reduces the “design debt” …
Today, in the first number of the series women in tech interviews, let’s get to know more about my dear colleague Layla. Layla is working at the same company as me, Norsys, but overseas, in Morocco. We got to work in the same team for a few months, it was definitely a pleasure to work …
It happens to me very often that someone helps me out on a branch and pushes their code on a fixup commit. Every time it happens, I panic! I used to be very bad at git, my git tree would look like crap due to multiple unexpected merges. I was starting to get ashamed. Not …
What best way to learn to code than with fun games and challenges? You might think that there are only boring projects to practice and learn to code, but actually, there are many websites that allow you to play games practicing coding!! They also offer many challenges. You have to check these out. If you …
You might want to truncate a string of text, and you struggle with how to use the property ellipsis. Here is an example of how you should use it. Note that all the following are mandatory. Your string has to be a straight line (that explains the white-space: nowrap). Its width has to be fixed …
You are a student and you’re not quite sure about what to study? Or you want to switch careers, but you don’t know what is the best field to choose? I’ll give you the best reasons to start a career in the tech industry in general, and as a woman in particular. There are a …
CMS stands for “Content Management System”. If you ever create a website without using a CMS you would have to code everything from scratch (in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.) However, if you don’t have any knowledge in coding, or if you want to save a lot of time, you better should use a CMS. There …
Certain subjects are banned from conversations in the workplace. Among the most sensitive topics are politics, religion, and salary. The question of remuneration is particularly kept secret here in France. It’s even more complicated to know your worth when you are a junior and have no confidence in how to negotiate your salary. However, these …
Ah! The famous stand-ups! The daily meetings you have with your team to talk about what you did the day before and what you are planning to do today. An important step if your team is following the Agile methodology. The issue that can happen when you have to talk during a stand-up is either …
Freelancing is a great option in the tech industry. A lot of persons choose to freelance to be able to manage their own hours and projects. Therefore, there are a lot of platforms online to help developers and designers offer their services. Here are some of the biggest platforms in the market. I focused on …