MongoDB has come a long way and even though there are many NoSQL databases out there, MongoDB is the first database that comes to mind when talking about NoSQL databases. Although there always has been a bit of heat between people liking SQL and people liking NoSQL, the truth is,...
I’m a solo developer bootstrapping RemoteHub – a place to discover the best remote jobs and learn about remote work from the leading distributed teams. While building RemoteHub, I've been talking to a lot of remote company managers about how they hire remotely. And yes, it can be super hard...
You want to set some text inside the shape of a circle with HTML and CSS? That’s crazy talk, right? Not really! Thanks to shape-outside and some pure CSS trickery it is possible to do exactly that. However, this can be a fiddly layout option. We have to take lots...
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Visual Studio Code is Microsoft’s source code editor that comes with support for multiple programming languages. It’s open-source, free, and cross-platform, so you can use it in all major operating systems. The biggest appeal of Visual Studio Code is versatility. With the help of built-in settings, plugins, and themes, you...
Logzero is a Python package created by Chris Hager that simplifies logging with Python 2 and 3. Logzero makes it easier as a print statement to show information and debugging details. If you are wondering what logging is, I recommend that you read the previous article I wrote about “How...
As a junior Full-Stack developer, my main focus was the backend. I wanted to learn how to program my backend server to serve my web application. But after learning the basics of the the backend, I learned that the frontend was just as important as the backend. And one way...
Chase McCoy wrote a nifty post about the “gap problem” when making a grid of items. His argument might be summarized like this: how should we space elements with margins in CSS? He notes that the gap property isn’t quite ready for prime time when it comes to using it...
WordPress powers 36% of the web and has been a staple in the blogging and website industry for a while now. The first versions of Scotch.io were built on WordPress! WordPress is a fantastic tool that has come a long way. You can use it to: Power your website Use...
My previous article described how you can get into frontend development. It also discussed how the front end can be a place filled with landmines – step in the wrong place and you'll be overwhelmed by the many frameworks of the JavaScript ecosystem. In this blog article, let's see how...