How Has Coding Changed in the Mobile Apps Age?

Source:-https://www.wrcbtv.com There are several ways that coding for apps has changed dramatically from what it was 20 years ago. The 90s saw the first legitimate explosion of personal computing. Today, 30 years down the line, things are barely the same. Application development has now almost completely shifted towards the mobile space. Thatā€™s natural since coding for smartphones is much more lucrative than for laptops and desktops. Also, the desktop space has been reserved for mainly web development. Applications are now

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How DevOps will change in 2019 and beyond: 3 predictions

Source-Ā techrepublic.com In the past few years, DevOps transitioned from a tech buzzword to a proven method of delivering software more quickly and efficiently than in the past. Implementing DevOps practices during digital transformation leads to improved organizational performance and quality outcomes,Ā one report found, with elite DevOps teams seeing 46x more frequent code deployments, and 2,555x faster lead time from commit to deploy. Despite the benefits, most enterprise DevOps teams still struggle with how to get started in the workflow, according

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15 noob mistakes even experienced developers still make

Source:- infoworld.com Coders are gonna code and newbies are gonna noob. Sometimes, even experienced coders make newbie mistakes. In the 20-plus years Iā€™ve been at it, Iā€™ve seen it all. But mostly Iā€™ve seen the same mistakes over and over again. These common mistakes are of the tactical variety. You should also do good hygiene like use revision control, but even if you do good hygiene you may be making these other tactical mistakes, and suffering as a result. Noob

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Low Code: What IT Needs to Know

Source – informationweek.com As low code, which minimizes the amount of coding needed to build out applications, becomes a new norm, it is important to consider how the rise of citizen developers will affect the enterprise. Across industries, from healthcare to manufacturing and financial services, organizations are undergoing digital transformations. This is creating a competitive job market for skilled developers, such as mobile app developers, and in turn, can cause a talent shortage. As demand for mobile apps in the

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Containers, clusters and coding: Here’s what’s coming in 2017

Source:- itproportal.com Everyone talks about containers. It became so huge that we think Docker has existed for a long time. The fact is that it has only started. We can observe that by the amount of changes we are seeing. Docker from two years ago is very different than Docker today. Products in its ecosystem are appearing every day and many are disappearing just as quickly. If there is a space we should turn our attention to, thatā€™s containers. At

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What will we do when everything is automated?

Source:-Ā opensource.com Recently, I came across a study the caused me to think beyond the day-to-day world of code-slinging in which I live. According to the study Myth and the Reality of Manufacturing in America (PDF), conducted by Center for Business and Economic Research at Ball State University in Indiana: “Almost 88% of job losses in manufacturing in recent years can be attributable to productivity growth, and the long-term changes to manufacturing employment are mostly linked to the productivity of American

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ā€˜Coding is dead, automation the real dealā€™

Source:- thehindubusinessline.com MUMBAI, FEBRUARY 17: If youā€™ve been spending years learning a programming language such as Java or .Net, thereā€™s a message for you from your potential employers: ā€œCoding is deadā€. Yes, coding as we know it, may not longer be relevant in the world taken over by machine learning and automation. ā€œCoding is dead. I donā€™t need to do any native development anymore,ā€ Nitin Rakesh, newly appointed CEO of IT services firm Mphasis, told BusinessLine. ā€˜Cloud firstā€™ ā€œLarge public

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