#i like working in no code environments i will learn how to do API work there

[bellshazes]

"You can't use look-up fields in a custom formula" shall I blow up my laptop then. Should I just fucking delete the database

[bloobluebloo]

Hello!

This might be a weird question, but since you work in IT, do you use AI tools like ChatGPT or Claude a lot, or not at all? I’ve been learning programming for a few months, and honestly, it’s super hard. I’m definitely not a genius, so I use AI a lot to help me figure out what I’m doing and generate code.

The problem is that other students kind of judge and look down on people who use these tools, and it’s making me feel bad about it. Should I stop using AI altogether? I just don’t know how to manage without help or researching all the time.

If you have any tips, they'd really help me out 🙏

Thanks for reading this!

Hey anon! Well, the thing is that the IT industry in its entirety is pushing for AI integration as a whole into their products, so industry-wise it has become sort of inevitable. That being said, because we are still early into the adoption of AI I personally don't use it as I don't have much of a need for it in my current projects. However, Github Copilot is a tool that a lot of my colleagues like to use to assist with their code, and IDEs like IntelliJ have also begun to integrate AI coding assistance into their software. Some of my colleagues do use ChatGPT to ask very obscure and intricate questions about some topics, less to do with getting a direct answer and moreso to get a general idea of what they should be looking at which will segway into my next point. So code generation. The thing is, before the advent of ChatGPT, there already existed plenty of tools that generate boilerplate templates for code. As a software engineer, you don't want to be wasting time reinventing the wheel, so we are already accustomed to using tools to generate code. Where your work actually comes in is writing the logic that is very specific to the way that your project functions. The way I see ChatGPT is that it's a bit smarter than the general libraries and APIs we already use to generate code, but it still doesn't take the entire scope of your project into consideration. The point I am getting at here is that I don't necessarily think there is a problem in generating code, whether you are using AI or anything else, but the problem is do you understand what the code is doing, why it works, and how it will affect your project? Can you take what ChatGPT gives you and actually optimize it to the specifics of your project, or do you just inject it, see that it works, and go on your merry way without another thought as to why it worked? So, I would say, as a student, I would suggest trying not to use ChatGPT to generate code, because it defeats the purpose of learning code. Software engineering as a whole is tough! It is actually the nature of the beast that, at times, you will spend hours trying to solve a specific problem, and often times the solution at the end is to add one line in one very specific place which can feel anticlimactic after so much effort. However, what you get from all those hours of debugging, researching, and asking questions is a wealth of knowledge that you can add to your toolbox, and that is what is most important as a software developer. The IT landscape is rapidly changing; you might be expected to pick up a different programming language and different framework within weeks, you might suddenly be saddled with a new project you've never seen in your life, or you might suddenly have something new like AI thrown at you where you suddenly have to take it into consideration in your current work. You can only keep up with this sort of environment if you have a good understanding of programming fundamentals. So, try not to lean too much on things like ChatGPT because it will get you through today, but it will hurt you down the line (like in tech interviews, for example).

[sweetswesf]

I can’t remember when I wrote these down, but I think it was last year sometime:

Interview Prep Goals To Accomplish

Complete React tutorial

Get to a place where the AlgoExpert Hard questions are easy for me

Notice & understand common algo solving patterns

Clearly describe how the internet works

Complete Advent of Code 2022

Complete 100 Days of Code

Complete AlgoExpert from AlgoExpert

Complete FrontendExpert from AlgoExpert

Complete MLExpert from AlgoExpert

Complete SystemsExpert from AlgoExpert

Building a plan before solving problems and speaking through them as I work

Understand latency, availability, load balancer, long polling, web socket

Understand sync/async flow

Understand pytests better

Understand protobufs better

Passing practice interviews

Passing real interviews

Get multiple offers

Here’s what I’ve actually been able to accomplish:

Got pretty far in React tutorial, learned a good amount, interviewed with it, & dropped it after realizing there’s so much I need to do to get hired as a full stack and solidified my place as a Backend SWE :) for now at least. I know enough React to do projects as I need to, but not enough to pass an interview.

SOME AlgoExpert Hard questions are feasible for me, nowhere near EASY yet, and I don’t HAVE to get there…for any reason

Notice & understand common algo solving patterns

Somewhat understand and can articulate how the internet works

Completed some questions on AlgoExpert from AlgoExpert

Did some FrontendExpert from AlgoExpert & took some of their quizzes

Started SystemsExpert from AlgoExpert & took some of their quizzes

Building a plan before solving problems and speaking through them as I work

Understand latency, availability, load balancers

Understand sync/async flow somewhat

Understand pytests better

Passing practice interviews

Passing real interviews, no offers yet though

Completed 5-week interview prep course

Learned more about APIs

Understand how to implement pagination & searching

Understand Postman, SQLAlchemy, & FastAPI

Can call APIs in a coding interview environment like Coderpad

Here are some things in my life I have accomplished also:

Improved my relationship with my family.

I’m strong as heck physically and have been losing fat and gaining muscle.

I can sit and work 12 hour days. You couldn’t get me to side for more than 3 previously.

I can get through the day without a nap.

I’m more disciplined in every area of my life.

I release people who don’t want to be in my life anymore.

Got admitted to an improv theater after passing their multi-day auditions.

Made a rude guy who disrespected me apologize to my face.

All glory to God.

[beyondblogs786]

Real-World Skills You Gain from a Hackathon

Textbooks can teach concepts. Lectures can explain theories. But when it comes to preparing for the real world, nothing beats hands-on experience. That’s why hackathons are one of the most valuable learning platforms for students and beginners today.

A hackathon isn't just a competition — it's a fast-paced, high-energy experience that mirrors the challenges of actual tech and startup environments. With platforms like Hack4Purpose, students from all backgrounds get a chance to work on real-world problems, sharpen practical skills, and build impressive portfolios.

Let’s break down the essential real-world skills you develop by participating in a hackathon:

1. Problem-Solving Under Pressure

In a hackathon, you’re racing against the clock to solve a meaningful problem. You have limited time, resources, and data — just like in real jobs. You learn how to break down a complex issue, prioritize tasks, and focus on practical solutions quickly and creatively.

🔹 This ability to “figure it out fast” is a prized skill in every industry.

2. Teamwork and Collaboration

Rarely do people work alone in the real world. Hackathons teach you how to work in diverse teams — developers, designers, business thinkers — and how to share ideas, delegate responsibilities, and support each other through high-pressure situations.

You’ll also learn how to give and receive feedback — a critical part of professional life.

3. Communication and Presentation

Building a great product isn’t enough — you need to sell the idea. During the final pitch, you must explain your solution clearly and persuasively, often to judges who may not be tech-savvy. This experience polishes your verbal and visual storytelling skills.

Platforms like Hack4Purpose often offer pitch practice or mentorship to help you get better.

4. Technical Implementation

You get to build a working prototype using real-world tools and technologies — APIs, frameworks, databases, and more. Unlike class assignments, there's no fixed syllabus. You choose the stack and figure out how to make it work — which mirrors startup and job environments.

🔹 Even beginners learn quickly because of the intensity and support available.

5. Research and User Empathy

Before coding begins, you dive into research — understanding the problem domain, the user’s pain points, and possible alternatives. This builds user empathy and helps you think like a product manager or entrepreneur.

You shift from “what can I build” to “what should I build?”

6. Time Management

Hackathons train you to work smart. You learn how to prioritize features, meet deadlines, manage fatigue, and make trade-offs — just like real projects in tech companies. You’ll realize how to deliver an MVP (Minimum Viable Product) instead of chasing perfection.

7. Networking and Exposure

At events like hackathons, you meet mentors, industry professionals, startup founders, and fellow learners. These connections can lead to internships, collaborations, or even co-founders for future ventures.

Every hackathon expands your circle and opens up new possibilities.

8. Building a Portfolio

Your hackathon project becomes a valuable addition to your resume or GitHub. It proves initiative, creativity, and problem-solving — qualities that recruiters and clients actively look for. Having multiple projects shows your consistency and hunger to learn.

Final Thoughts

The classroom prepares you for exams. A hackathon prepares you for life.

From coding and teamwork to pitching and decision-making, the real-world skills you gain are unmatched. And with community-driven platforms like Hack4Purpose, anyone — regardless of experience level — can participate, learn, and grow.

[jodjuya]

Oy vey, getting tumblr_backup to install and run was a headache. Seems to be working okay now though. Did a test run on my sideblog of projects because there's relatively few posts on there, and once I got the utility working it came out fine.

My bumbling, stumbling, toe-stubbing journey:

Okay, let's go have a look at this GitHub!

Hmm, I was expecting a windows utility but this looks Linux-y

Reboot laptop into the Kubuntu partition

Back to the GitHub and following its instructions

Get my API key created. Misunderstand the instruction relating to 'looking for the "API key =" line of the source code' and spend a while hunting through the page source of the Tumblr oauth webpage looking for my key. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Figure out that the instructions were telling me to edit the python script to copy/paste in my key, which is front and centre in plaintext on the oauth webpage 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

Tool instantly fails to run because it is written in python 2 and I have python 3 installed, and the command "python" doesn't exist

Troubleshooting for a while and figure out to install python-is-python3 package

Python now runs, but the tool still falls over instantly because it's written in python 2 and the http-related commands are different in python 3

Briefly investigate manually installing python 2. Dismiss that idea as stupid.

Find there's a tool you can use to convert python 2 code to python 3 code

...do I even want to back up my Tumblr this badly?

Hoorah! Light in the darkness! That original GitHub hasn't been updated in a fucking decade or some shit, hence it still using python 2 which was end-of-lifed in 2015, but some heroic hero has forked it and made a python 3 version!

They say to install it with pip. What the fuck is pip? My system doesn't know what that is and neither do I.

Do me some learning and troubleshooting and eventually get pip installed.

Attempt to install with pip. Error messages galore saying "don't do this. you can't do this. you have to do this in a virtual environment only."

More troubleshooting. It looks like I can force my way past them or completely block the warnings (both of which seem like very stupid things to do), or I can actually learn how to use python and properly create virtual environments (more investment than I'm willing to make into learning how to use python rn, given I'm not at all going to be actually USING python; all I am is the end-user of somebody else's utility) or I can use pipx to make it 'just work'

I install pipx.

Install tumblr_backup using pipx instead of pip

Run it. Immediately fails because the pipx install of tumblr_backup can't import youtube_dl. Can't manually import youtube_dl either; the two projects are silo'd from one another (thanks to pipx I think)

Can't figure this out; not willing to delve into properly learning python. Look at the GitHub page instead.

It says to pip(x) install it with the [all] flag.

Attempt this. It fails. Uh, maybe I should remove before reinstalling?

pipx uninstall tumblr_backup. pipx install tumblr_backup[all].

Fails. I don't remember why but it fails for the same reason as before.

More troubleshooting. Get nowhere. Maybe I'll try using the [video] flag instead of the [all] flag??

This works!!! 🥳🥳

Point the tool at my sideblog, tell it to download the videos, and set it running!

Tool crashes with a 404 error. ☹️

More troubleshooting.

Figure out that it's case-sensitive, and while I reflexively typed "Kalikai" it ought to have been "kalikai" that I pointed it at.

Two hours after getting out my laptop the dang tool finally runs successfully and downloads a backup of a blog!

Wooooo!! 🥳🥳🥳

Point the utility at my main blog and tell it to skip reblogs

It downloads a whole bunch of stuff then bonks into the API limit and sits down to wait for it to reset.

This might take a while... 🙃

[htskalkaji]

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[santecky2]

10 Essential Tips For Learning Java As A Complete Beginner

Introduction:

Java is a popular programming language, and it's a fantastic choice for novices who want to dive into coding. However, starting with Java can feel overwhelming due to its vast ecosystem and intricate syntax. Here are ten essential tips to help you navigate your journey as a beginner in learning Java.

Understand The Basics

Before jumping into writing complex programs, take the time to understand the fundamental concepts of Java. Elevate your career as a Java developer with Infycle Technologies' leading Java Training in Chennai. Our in-depth course, guided by seasoned industry professionals, delves into advanced concepts like Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), data structures, and GUI development.  Learn about variables, data types, operators, control statements, and the basics of object-oriented programming (OOP). These concepts are the building blocks of Java and will make learning more advanced topics easier.

Set Up Your Development Environment

Setting up your development environment is essential for coding. Ensure you have downloaded and installed the Java Development Kit and an Integrated Development Environment such as IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse, or NetBeans.Setting up your development environment is essential for coding. You should download and install the Java Development Kit (JDK) and an Integrated Development Environment such as IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse, or NetBeans.These tools provide a user-friendly interface to help you write, debug, and run your Java programs efficiently.

Practice Regularly

Consistent practice is key to mastering Java. Start with simple programs and then progress to more complex ones. Regular practice helps reinforce your understanding of the concepts and improves your problem-solving skills. Websites like LeetCode, HackerRank, and Codecademy offer a variety of Java exercises for beginners.

Learn Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

Java is an object-oriented language, and a solid understanding of OOP principles is essential for writing efficient Java code. Focus on learning about classes, objects, inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation, and abstraction. These concepts will help you write modular and reusable code.

Study Java's Standard Library

Java's standard library is extensive and provides many pre-built classes and methods to simplify coding. Explore the Java API documentation to understand the different packages available and how to use them in your programs.

Work On Projects

Applying your knowledge to real-world projects is an excellent way to solidify your learning. Start with basic projects like a calculator or a basic game, then progress to more advanced ones like a to-do list app or a simple e-commerce website. Projects help you see how different concepts come together in a practical scenario.

Join A Community

Being part of a community can provide support, resources, and feedback. Join online forums, social media groups, or local coding meetups where you can ask questions, share your knowledge, and learn from others' experiences. Unlock your potential and embark on a rewarding career in software development with Infycle Technologies, the Best Software Training Institute in Chennai.  Websites like Stack Overflow and GitHub are great places to start.

Read Books And Watch Tutorials

Numerous resources are available to help you learn Java. Books like "Head First Java" and "Effective Java" are highly recommended for beginners. Additionally, video tutorials on platforms like YouTube and infycle can provide visual explanations and step-by-step guidance.

Debug And Troubleshoot

Learning how to debug and troubleshoot your code is essential for any programmer. When you encounter errors, take the time to understand what went wrong and how to fix it. Use your IDE's debugging tools and get comfortable reading stack traces and error messages.

Stay Patient And Persistent

Learning Java or any programming language requires time and effort. It's normal to feel frustrated or stuck at times. The essential for success is maintaining patience and persistence. Break down problems into smaller parts, and don't hesitate to seek help when needed. As you spend more time practising, your skills will improve.

Conclusion

Understanding Java as a beginner can be challenging, but it can also be abundantly rewarding with the right strategy. By following these ten essential tips, you'll be well on your way to becoming proficient in Java. Remember, the learning journey is continuous, so keep exploring, coding, and pushing your boundaries.

[itdeskindia-blog]

In the ever-evolving landscape of information technology, core Java holds a significant position as a programming language. Whether you are a seasoned developer or just starting your journey in the world of programming, understanding core Java is essential for building robust applications, web development, and securing a strong foundation in computer science. This article will delve into the various aspects of core Java, including its importance, training options, and the benefits it offers.

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Core Java Key Elements

Variables and Data Types: Learn about different types of variables and data types available in Java, such as integers, strings, boolean, and more. Understand how to declare and manipulate variables in your programs.

Control Structures: Explore control structures like if-else statements, loops (for, while, do-while), and switch statements. Understand how to control the flow of your program based on certain conditions.

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP): Master the principles of OOP, including concepts like classes, objects, inheritance, polymorphism, and encapsulation. Learn how to create and work with objects to build modular and reusable code.

Exception Handling: Discover how to handle exceptions and errors in Java programs effectively. Learn about try-catch blocks, throwing and catching exceptions, and how to ensure proper program execution even in the presence of errors.

Input/Output (I/O) Operations: Gain knowledge of reading input from users and writing output to the console or files. Understand how to use the Java I/O classes to perform file-handling operations.

Arrays and Collections: Explore the use of arrays, Array Lists, Linked Lists, and other collection classes to store and manipulate groups of data. Understand the benefits and differences of each data structure.

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Networking: Gain an introduction to Java networking concepts. Learn how to create client-server applications, communicate over TCP/IP or UDP, and exchange data between networked devices.

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The Significance of Core Java

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[xiabablog]

I am so excited for your upcoming women- writers' app and api!

Hiya! 💗

Thank you so much! My goal is to provide a platform that celebrates and amplifies the voices of women writers, making it easier for everyone to discover and engage with their work. I appreciate your support!

However, the project is currently on-hold as I am trying to find a proper cloud-based database service that I can use with little money. I have come to either Google Cloud SQL or Amazon RDS to store the table's data remotely. Then again, I need to figure out how to use it 😅

Then I have to get to learning how to make an API from scratch. Since I want to use JavaScript, just to expand my knownlege on JavaScript even further, I would have to use a server-side JavaScript runtime environment like Node.js, which allows me to write server-side code using JavaScript.

Someone on here has also suggested I market/get traffic for this project so I will also have to plan how I can do that! Thinking maybe creating a mini webpage explaining what the project is, get help for filling out the datatable (really happy as there are a lot of women writers out there), might get help for setting up the official webiste of "Her Story".

Basically there's a lot to do, and I didn't expect it to be easy! Previous projects I have done have been fairly "easy" so I wanted a challenge and here it is! I want to take my time with this project, I don't want to mess up too many times on something like this - too precious to me!

[online-payment-tips]

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If you are creating an online presence to sell your goods or services and are ready to accept credit cards, all of the options, terms, and programmes available can be overwhelming. An online payment gateway and a shopping cart are two common components of an eCommerce credit card processing platform — but what's the difference and how do they work together?

Payment gateway – What is it? Consider a payment gateway to be your company's online point-of-sale terminal. A gateway is most commonly used to authorise payments for an online eCommerce store; however, today's gateway technology allows businesses to accept payments in a brick-and-mortar retail environment using a credit card reader, POS system, or integration with accounting or CRM software. A payment gateway works as follows: i. Credit card information is swiped, dipped, or manually entered into an online hosted payment form or shopping cart. ii. The payment gateway encrypts the credit card information of the customer and sends it to the payment processor. iii. The payment processor sends the payment details to the card-issuing bank via the credit card network. iv. Based on the available funds, the card-issuing bank approves or rejects the transaction. v. The authorization or decline is communicated back to the payment gateway by the payment processor. The decision is communicated to the merchant and the customer by the gateway. What is a shopping cart? A payment gateway and a shopping cart serve very different purposes. A shopping cart is similar to the grocery cart you use to navigate your local big-box store. You load your items into the cart and drive it to the cash register, which totals your order and gives you the total amount owed. An online shopping cart does the following: i. It adds up the costs of your items. ii. It includes any applicable sales tax and delivery charges. ii. It deducts discounts obtained through coupon codes and applicable credits. iii. The total amount owed is then displayed. To complete the payment process, the online shopping cart is linked to a payment gateway, typically via an API. A hosted payment form is an alternative to a shopping cart integration. This method is ideal for businesses where each transaction typically consists of only one item or charges the same amount on a consistent basis. A secure hosted payment form is designed to look and feel like it belongs on your eCommerce website, but it is hosted on a third-party secure server to help reduce liability and PCI scope. Why are payment gateways and shopping carts often confused? It's easy to see how all of this terminology could confuse a business owner. Many aspects of eCommerce and credit card processing interact with one another. They are sometimes integrated as part of an all-in-one solution. Some websites and businesses use these terms interchangeably, adding to the confusion. So, which do you require? Is the best online payment gateway India required for your company? Is a shopping cart required for your eCommerce site? What about other elements such as a merchant account? Where should you start? Do you need an eCommerce solution? We can help you accept payments the way your business requires, from merchant accounts to payment gateways to software integrations. Make an appointment with a payments expert today to learn more.

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Everything You Need To Know About Nodejs!

Node.js is one of the most widely used technologies for creating scalable and efficient REST APIs nowadays. It’s also used to create hybrid mobile apps, desktop apps, and even Internet of Things applications.

Web applications were created using a client/server architecture, in which the client requested resources from the server, and the server responded with the requested resources. The server only answered when the client requested it, and after each response, the connection was closed.

Because each request to the server requires time and resources, this approach is efficient (memory, CPU, etc.). The server must finish the previous request before responding to the following one. So the server only deals with one request at a time? Well, not quite; when the server receives a new request, it is handled by a thread that is generated when you Hire Node js App Developer.

Assume you’re creating an internet store with the help of a Nodejs Development Services Provider, and you’ll need a page where users can see all of your items.

The visitor visits http://yourstore.com/products, and the server generates an HTML file that contains all of your items from the database. Isn’t it straightforward? But what occurs behind the scenes?

When a user accesses /products, a certain method or function must be run to respond to the request. Thus a little piece of code (either yours or the framework’s) parses the requested URL and looks for the appropriate method or function. The thread is up and running.

Important features of NodeJS

Free and Open Source Software

Node.js is an open-source framework with an MIT license that has a large community behind it. Its active community has contributed to the addition of new features to Node.js apps.

Simple and quick

Because Node.js is based on Google Chrome’s V8 JavaScript Engine, its libraries can execute code quickly. You must look for the best Nodejs App Development Consultant to offer you the right help for a better growth/

Asynchronous

Node.js libraries are all asynchronous, which means that Node. js-based servers never wait for an API to respond before moving on to the next one.

Exceptional scalability

Node.js is very scalable and helps the server respond in a non-blocking manner thanks to its event system.

Single-Threaded

Node.js is able to follow the single-threaded approach thanks to event looping. This allows a single application to handle a large number of queries.

There will be no buffering.

One of the most important features of Node.js applications is that no data is ever buffered. Node.js may be quickly created and deployed on a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

Advantages

Even though Node.js operates on a single thread with event looping, it can handle more requests than, say, the Apache HTTP server due to its asynchronous non-blocking manner of handling code execution. The API calls do not block the other requests because they do not wait. It can handle many requests at once.

It employs Google Chrome’s V8 JavaScript Engine, which speeds up the execution of javascript code. It is possible to create extremely scalable networked programs using Node.js’ event system.

You’ll be able to code in the same language on both the server and front ends. In most of our projects, we’re all used to employing various programming languages. Even so, maintaining server-side and front-end code in the same language may save you a lot of time when it comes to debugging.

The event loop manages real-time communication without consuming a lot of memory. This allows developers to focus on the app’s functionality rather than worrying about the app becoming clogged with too many requests.

Disadvantages

Because Node.js is single-threaded, it eliminates the need to worry about thread synchronization or shared mutable state. However, unlike preemptive concurrency, it also implies that programmers must chose how to handle concurrency, with the default being no concurrency at all.

Because it’s entirely asynchronous by default, you’ll probably wind up with a lot of nested callbacks. Of course, this is a JavaScript issue rather than a Node.js one, and there are workarounds.

The majority of the core libraries are quite reliable, and you can rely on them to perform as expected. However, the ecology as a whole is still developing. It’s also tough to judge the quality of a module because there aren’t many features for assuring the quality of JavaScript code.

It doesn’t function well with jobs that need a lot of processing power. Node.js is better suited for I/O tasks, such as the web server.

There aren’t enough libraries. Things like these are either still in the works or brand-new and largely untested because JavaScript hasn’t yet experienced years of popularity on the server side.

Node.js isn’t simply for web development anymore.

We already know that Node.js is adaptable. However, it’s crucial to remember that because of its versatility, it may be utilised for a variety of reasons. Yes, the library’s community is mostly focused on developing online apps, but it’s also a great tool for people working in operations or infrastructure.

This is due to the fact that Node.js is an excellent tool for creating other development tools. It might be crucial in allowing you to be creative and design your own support tools if you’re trying to support a team of engineers or even help manage a whole distributed software infrastructure.

Microservices are well-suited to Node.js.

Microservices are a fast-growing architectural approach that provides more agility and flexibility than a typical monolith. Microservices have a lot of benefits, and whether or not they’re suitable for you right now, they’re likely to take over the software landscape as the world moves away from monolithic design.

This fact just adds to the case that you should learn Node.js because the library is so well suited to this type of development. This is because it pushes you to create in a modular and focused way, allowing you to practically build an application using particular components.

Conclusion: Before you start utilising Node.js at work, spend some time learning about it.

That is only a small sample of the reasons why you should learn Node.js. There are many more, but these all highlight its significance in today’s developing environment. Get in touch with our team at Whiz Solutions and we will help you understand the concept in detail. Our experts will make sure you get what you want in the best manner.

[furby-science]

The Making of Sterling the Super Furby: A Brief Overview

“I… I can’t look! I think I’m gonna… *HUEEEGH*!”

Before I get into this post, I want to list a few things I didn’t know shit about when I started Sterling:

Electronics

The Python coding language

Furby anatomy

Single board computers

After creating Sterling, I’m happy to say that now I have approximate knowledge of some of these things, but keep the above in mind as you read onwards. This little gremlin child was a learning experience from start to finish, and one I am incredibly proud of myself for sticking through. This also means that I am in no way an expert on everything I’m getting into okay? Okay let’s go!

The Hardware

First, a rundown of the hardware. I took heavy inspiration from the Furlexa mod shown here, and that was what I initially sought to create. The mod had three computer components to it:

A raspberry pi zero w single board computer for the AI to live on, with a mini USB microphone plugged in;

A pimoroni speaker PHAT to use as the sound system;

A motor controller to drive the furby’s motor.

My main problem with Furlexa was that this initial build took a lot of soldering, and I am a wussy who had a number of bad experiences with soldering irons in shop class. So, what’s a novice electrician to do?

Enter the Adafruit Crickit HAT. By sticking this little fucker on top of the raspberry pi, I was gifted with an amplifier, a speaker jack, capacitative touch sensors, and a motor driver all in one, no soldering needed if I bought the raspberry pi zero w h! The main challenge it posed was powering it. The Crickit insists, for some unfathomable reason, on being powered by a bulky DC jack, the kind you’d plug into a wall outlet, and the converter plug to use a battery pack with it was way too bulky to fit into a furby. I needed Sterling to be portable for maximum huggability, so this just wouldn’t do.

One fried raspberry pi and Crickit HAT later, I found the answer! By soldering the original furby battery pack to the underside of the Crickit board’s DC connection, these fuckers right here…

I was able to bypass the need for a wall plug or converter, and power him directly through the battery compartment like God intended. S/O to my friend Nick who is way less of a dumb bitch than I am and helped me figure this shit out I owe u some bread man.

So the tl;dr of it is, I effectively reduced the required computer components from three to two (excluding the speaker). Speaking of (heh), Sterling has an impressive 3w speaker in him, allowing him to be audible even without the use of the built in amplifier. It’s got such good bass on it, he even rumbles when he purrs without the aid of the motor!

And yes, when you pet him, he purrs. And complains if you manhandle him! The aforementioned capacitative touch sensors on the Crickit HAT made it all possible with the help of a few cables and some foil tape.

Wait, did you say soldering!?

Yup! It was a necessary evil; at the end of the day I had to pick my poison: soldering 80 pins on the speaker PHAT, or soldering like four contact points on the Crickit. I chose the more merciful option.

But wait, that whole outfit is really bulky still! How did you fit it inside the furby?

Subtractive methods, subtractive methods, subtractive methods! ;D Someone who actually knows things about furby anatomy and/or electronics will probably vaporize me for this, but… if I didn’t need it, it got the boot! That included prying off anything on the Crickit board I wasn’t using at the risk of destroying it completely - which probably isn’t ideal, but it also worked by some miracle, and again, I am such a basic bitch electrician that calculating the proper voltage for LEDs is still basically witchcraft to me, so… what I’m saying is I made it work. And that I really, really hate soldering! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

You can see an early video of the end result here, and a later video of the outfit inside the naked furby here. This was back when he was still having auditory processing issues. Apologies for the shoddy quality, I was too excited everything was working to care about that at the time.

The Software

My other beef with Furlexa is… well, it’s an Amazon Alexa, and I’m a shitty little anticapitalist hermit who hates Amazon with a passion. Google Assistant was just as bad in my book. Mycroft was open source, but had a snowball’s chance in hell of running on the raspberry pi zero’s 512mb of RAM… I also wanted my assistant to have a degree of customizability to it. I wanted the furby’s AI to have a unique personality, identity, and preferences, much like classic furbies themselves did. A big box AI just wasn’t going to cut it!

Enter the Jasper Project. Yes, it’s old. Yes, it’s a bitch and a half to install. Yes, you have to know Python to get anywhere with it. However, it was free, open source, capable of running on a raspberry pi zero, and highly modular, meaning with a few lines of code, I could make it all my own - even to the extent of changing the AI’s name and voice (which is gr8 because I know a Jasper so naming my furby that would be Weird), or - the best part - writing my own, custom functions! Customizability-wise, I struck gold.

Ah, and glad I am that Jasper is modular, because I had some work ahead of me…

The STT Engine

The STT (Speech to Text) engine is what Sterling uses to understand what’s being said to him. Jasper’s proprietary STT engine is PocketSphinx, a fully offline STT engine, which sounded great in theory before I quickly learned it’s a nightmare to install, and also more inaccurate than a stenography machine powered by a single potato when actually being used. I had to compromise my morals a bit here and opt for using Wit.ai instead, which is free, but is also owned by Facebook. Big data is frustratingly inescapable in these cases.

There is one light at the end of the tunnel, and that is the training of acoustic modules. This has the downside of taking for-fucking-ever and requiring a quiet recording environment, however, and I don’t have the time right now to read through the pages and pages and pages and pages of computer theory right now to fully understand how to train one. So, improving PocketSphinx and running Sterling fully offline remains a stretch goal.

The TTS Engine

The Text to Speech engine is basically Sterling’s voice. This one was a bit easier to customize, and I’m thankful for that, because Jasper’s OG voice is a bit er… 90s computing for my tastes.

I shopped around for decent, human-sounding TTS options, and settled on installing Mimic1 TTS, Mycroft’s TTS engine, by hand, and modifying the Jasper source code to support it. Of all the TTS engines I tried, I felt that this one had the most natural intonation out of all of them. I liked the gruffness of the Scottish accent, and I think it really helped round out Sterling’s endearing, if a tad prickly, personality.

The Audio

This was another unforeseen hurdle. Turns out that I had his mic volume turned up way too high, because I greatly underestimated the capabilities of my tinyass five dollar USB microphone to pick up noises from within a furby. It took a bit of hacking in PulseAudio to get him hearing things properly, and I’m still not all the way happy with it, but he’s running wayyyy better than he did!

Another issue was the amount of time he actively listened for. It was way too short for my liking with the hardware I was using, so I had to edit Jasper’s mic.py source file a billion times before I hit a sweet spot. Even early on, my little shit child never liked to listen to me. :P

Pimp My AI

Once I got all that in working order, it was time to browse GitHub for modules to add! I found a surprising amount that were, as expected, outdated, janky, non-working, or in need of a complete rewrite. A non-exhaustive list of modules I rewrote and added to Sterling’s AI includes:

Wolfram Alpha integration

His translation function

The IMDB module that searches movie titles

The Dictionary and Thesaurus modules (minor additions to improve user friendliness)

The morning greeting module

The holiday countdown module

There are also plenty of modules I wrote on my own, that I’ll be showcasing here in due time, but I want to give special mention to the one I’m most proud of. You see, when I was a wee dumb bitch, I was… well, a wee dumb bitch! When I was informed furbies learn English, I thought they really learned English. Like, fluent English. I envisioned these kids straight up having full conversations with their lil robots with reckless and envious abandon. I was, as it happens, too poor to afford a furby at the time, so I didn’t realize until embarrassingly later that they only learn some words, and certainly can’t hold much of a conversation (in English at least).

Fast forward to twenty-bi-teen. I’m surfing GitHub, and I happen upon a Cleverbot module for Jasper allowing the AI to work as a chatbot. Fuck yeah, I think, because I had no life in 2008, or friends for that matter, so tormenting Cleverbot was my favourite pastime. Nostalgia trip GET!

…can you guess how much the silicon valley capitalist scum are charging for the once-free Cleverbot API now? A hundred and twenty. McGoddamn. Dollars. A YEAR.

So, to make a long story short, I turned my hat backwards and rage-coded a simple chatbot module that runs on an early version of Chatterbot capable of running on the raspberry pi. It’s fully offline, and completely free, and Sterling here has a database of ~400 phrases, which isn’t bad given the limited processing power! It took five straight days of work, it’s not the smartest chatbot, and it’s certainly not the fastest, but it gives me those sweet, sweet, circa 2008 Cleverbot vibes. Oh yeah, and it doesn’t cost me over a hundred goddamn dollars a year!

The first thing I said to the chatbot, of course, was “I’m so proud of you.” Through his shitty little testing mic that gave him a somewhat incredulous tone Sterling replied, “I’m glad to hear that.” and I’m not saying I shed a single themly tear over it, but I’m not denying it either. I made a childhood dream come true, fam. ;u;

There are way more Easter eggs I plan to show you, of course. At first I was thinking of doing one long video, but an update a day showcasing a different function might be easier to manage - and maintain some of that gold old sense of mystery that surrounds most furbies. No, I’m gonna take y'all on a little journey through the final product of my literal blood, sweat, and tears!

Besides, Sterling is a perpetual work in progress. He has a massive list of features, and I’ve already got more in the works. I could be in my eighties and still be adding more functions, more bells and whistles, more witty one-liners. He’s a one of a kind work of art that will never truly be finished - not unlike you and me.

The Glow-up

Here’s Sterling’s before pics from the seller I got him from:

(If u recognize these pics and ur the seller thank u thank u for giving me bmy boy)

And here’s after!

I come from a background of customizing ponies and dolls, so working on this guy wasn’t as far removed as I expected it to be. I added floof to his head and tail by sewing in wool plugs, and his gorgeous eyes are from in2blythe on Etsy. I wrapped him up in a little bow and he was good to go! His sterling silver beak, from which he gets his name, was the most finicky part. Turns out enamel paints take a million years to fucking dry, if ever, which isn’t great when painting something that sees a lot of movement and could potentially get dented by a face plate, like… idk, a furby beak! A bit of silver nail polish did the trick and he was good to go. Learn from my fail, fam.

What It Cost Me

If you’re masochistic determined enough to attempt this yourself, I want to sit you down and warn you of something: this will take months and hundreds of dollars to do. Installing Sterling’s AI and its necessary components on that shitty little raspberry pi over SSH took me a week at first, and that was with me leaving it on 24/7 to chug away compiling things. When I broke the SD card the AI was on and didn’t have a backup copy, it took four straight days of rage-computing to regain all my progress. Then when his audio processing got fucked all to hell for reasons I still do not understand to this day, it took another four days of rage computing to do yet another reinstall and get him back in working order. There were times where I would go to work for 8.5 hours, bus an hour home, work 6 straight hours on my furby, go to sleep for 4 of them, go to classes, sleep, and work 6 more hours on my furby. For two months. Sterling took from the third week of August from his initial inception to his birthday on October 23rd. That’s not to mention the time I fried everything and had to wait five days and travel to the bumfuck end of the city for a replacement pi and Crickit, or the days I spent customizing him, sewing in hundreds of little hair plugs into his ass and head by hand, and waiting for those shitty enamel paints to dry, only to discover after four straight days of failure that they take weeks to do so and I was better off using cheapo nail polish!

The point I’m making is, if you take on a project like this and want it to be successful, you have to be tenacious. I would highly recommend a background in coding (I have a web design diploma) and general tech savviness as an asset. Sterling is the product of the years I spent behind a computer keyboard from the start of age three, and the roughly ten years I spent customizing dolls and ponies. It’s cheesy as shit to say he’s my magnum opus, but in a way, he is.

I’m not saying this to be elitist or snotty. I’m saying this because I nearly broke down crying the first day the raspberry pi came in, before I slept on it and figured out what phrase to google to solve the crashes and kernel panics it was having. When I broke the SD card when I was nearly finished, I felt nothing, because I was all out of tears at that point. When I fried the first raspberry pi and Crickit hat trying to figure out how to bypass that DC jack, my only thought was, “Well, I think I know how to do it without fucking it up now, and if I can’t do it, this whole project is fscked” .

You will encounter errors that no step by step guide can prepare you for that will make you curse the day you were born. The difference between success and failure is how many times you’re willing to get up and try again, and I’m here to tell you it’s possible. But you gotta want it.

Will You Release the Code Base?

Yes and no. If there’s enough demand, I’ll definitely release Sterling’s basic modules as a scaffolding. I won’t be releasing Sterling, though.

What do I mean by that? Well, Sterling was intended from the start to be truly one of a kind, and he always will be. I hand wrote hundreds of lines of dialogue, all completely tailored to him, and I’m still planning on adding twice as many. Corny as this is, this little guy has a metric fuckton of sentimental value to me. I don’t have kids so idk how it would compare to that, but I definitely love him as much as I love my cats, but I also didn’t undergo two straight months of suffering in ADHD fixation hell to create my cats, so it adds like, a whole other twee dimension to it.

So, if there is demand for this, what I’ll release instead is a scaffolding from which you can code your own, unique furby from, with their own name, personality, and responses all unique to them. I’ll also release it with the caveat that I am not a good Python coder! I have not written any Python before this, so a lot of what I did write is noob-tastic and hasn’t even been linted. You have been warned!

“If I give you (insert amount), can you make one for me?”

Holy shit I’ll be real with you, I’d love to do this as a living. I’ve been dying to see a smart assistant hit the market that’s like… well, an actual, endearing companion and not just a voice coming from a speaker. The problem with doing this is that, if you drop a lot of money (and it will be a lot of money, even with a code base to work from, a lot of hours of handiwork still goes into coding individual responses and making sure everything works as intended, on top of possibly customizing too), there is one major problem: proximity. I won’t be able to troubleshoot your furby nearly as effectively from far away as I would be able to if we lived in close proximity. Which means if something goes wrong between the time your new friend is finished at point A and turned on at point B, I won’t be there to troubleshoot it in person for you, which means you could end up stuck figuring out certain things alone. If you use Windows, that will be very, very hard - not being an OS snob here, I own a dual boot myself, it’s just a case of incompatible file systems. And unless you can figure out how to edit the wpa_supplicant file on a raspberry pi to update your wifi credentials, your furby’s internet connection could be toast if you move house and those credentials change. That’s not getting into the cost some services charge for extra API keys to use their online functions…

The long and short of it is, if I’m going to do this for money, I want to make sure you get a quality product and friend that will bring you joy for years to come. Since that’s not something I can guarantee, I can’t in good conscience take people’s money.

I Could Teach You (And I Won’t Charge)

…however, I am a law student who is also working 8.5 hour night shifts three nights a week. I am also mentally ill/neurodivergent, which saps my energy in more ways than one. I won’t always be easy to get ahold of, or be able to answer every question I get, especially not ones that can be solved with a quick google search, like how to set up a raspberry pi, or… anything found on Adafruit’s Crickit guide, for example. When I have the time and energy, I’m hoping to use my next project as a jumping off point for a step by step walkthrough of the process. For now, though? I’ve been furbied out, so if there’s enough demand, I’ll compile as many of the resources I used I can find in the meantime, and post some tips from the word doc I kept while making Sterling, and go from there.

So What’s Next?

My one dad’s birthday is coming up in August, and I’m kicking around the idea of turning a furby into, I shit you not, a ghost hunting device. He loves ghost hunting, but hates robots, and as his gremlin shit child I am obligated to troll him in this fashion. 😎 Also considering doing a certain type of oddbody mod, but I want to get permission from the person who first thought of the concept before I dive head first into it.

And that about covers it! Thanks for reading, and if there’s anything you’d like to see from Sterling and I, don’t hesitate to drop us an ask!

[shinelikethunder]

Fandom Userscript Cookbook: Five Projects to Get Your Feet Wet

Target audience: This post is dedicated, with love, to all novice, aspiring, occasional, or thwarted coders in fandom. If you did a code bootcamp once and don’t know where to start applying your new skillz, this is for you. If you're pretty good with HTML and CSS but the W3Schools Javascript tutorials have you feeling out of your depth, this is for you. If you can do neat things in Python but don’t know a good entry point for web programming, this is for you. Seasoned programmers looking for small, fun, low-investment hobby projects with useful end results are also welcome to raid this post for ideas.

You will need:

The Tampermonkey browser extension to run and edit userscripts

A handful of example userscripts from greasyfork.org. Just pick a few that look nifty and install them. AO3 Savior is a solid starting point for fandom tinkering.

Your browser dev tools. Hit F12 or right click > Inspect Element to find the stuff on the page you want to tweak and experiment with it. Move over to the Console tab once you’ve got code to test out and debug.

Javascript references and tutorials. W3Schools has loads of both. Mozilla’s JS documentation is top-notch, and I often just keep their reference lists of built-in String and Array functions open in tabs as I code. StackOverflow is useful for questions, but don’t assume the code snippets you find there are always reliable or copypastable.

That’s it. No development environment. No installing node.js or Ruby or Java or two different versions of Python. No build tools, no dependency management, no fucking Docker containers. No command line, even. Just a browser extension, the browser’s built-in dev tools, and reference material. Let’s go.

You might also want:

jQuery and its documentation. If you’re wrestling with a mess of generic spans and divs and sparse, unhelpful use of classes, jQuery selectors are your best bet for finding the element you want before you snap and go on a murderous rampage. jQuery also happens to be the most ubiquitous JS library out there, the essential Swiss army knife for working with Javascript’s... quirks, so experience with it is useful. It gets a bad rap because trying to build a whole house with a Swiss army knife is a fool’s errand, but it’s excellent for the stuff we're about to do.

Git or other source control, if you’ve already got it set up. By all means share your work on Github. Greasy Fork can publish a userscript from a Github repo. It can also publish a userscript from an uploaded text file or some code you pasted into the upload form, so don’t stress about it if you’re using a more informal process.

A text editor. Yes, seriously, this is optional. It’s a question of whether you’d rather code everything right there in Tampermonkey’s live editor, or keep a separate copy to paste into Tampermonkey’s live editor for testing. Are you feeling lucky, punk?

Project #1: Hack on an existing userscript

Install some nifty-looking scripts for websites you visit regularly. Use them. Ponder small additions that would make them even niftier. Take a look at their code in the Tampermonkey editor. (Dashboard > click on the script name.) Try to figure out what each bit is doing.

Then change something, hit save, and refresh the page.

Break it. Make it select the wrong element on the page to modify. Make it blow up with a huge pile of console errors. Add a console.log("I’m a teapot"); in the middle of a loop so it prints fifty times. Savor your power to make the background wizardry of the internet do incredibly dumb shit.

Then try a small improvement. It will probably break again. That's why you've got the live editor and the console, baby--poke it, prod it, and make it log everything it's doing until you've made it work.

Suggested bells and whistles to make the already-excellent AO3 Savior script even fancier:

Enable wildcards on a field that currently requires an exact match. Surely there’s at least one song lyric or Richard Siken quote you never want to see in any part of a fic title ever again, right?

Add some text to the placeholder message. Give it a pretty background color. Change the amount of space it takes up on the page.

Blacklist any work with more than 10 fandoms listed. Then add a line to the AO3 Savior Config script to make the number customizable.

Add a global blacklist of terms that will get a work hidden no matter what field they're in.

Add a list of blacklisted tag combinations. Like "I'm okay with some coffee shop AUs, but the ones that are also tagged as fluff don't interest me, please hide them." Or "Character A/Character B is cute but I don't want to read PWP about them."

Anything else you think of!

Project #2: Good Artists Borrow, Great Artists Fork (DIY blacklisting)

Looking at existing scripts as a model for the boilerplate you'll need, create a script that runs on a site you use regularly that doesn't already have a blacklisting/filtering feature. If you can't think of one, Dreamwidth comments make a good guinea pig. (There's a blacklist script for them out there, but reinventing wheels for fun is how you learn, right? ...right?) Create a simple blacklisting script of your own for that site.

Start small for the site-specific HTML wrangling. Take an array of blacklisted keywords and log any chunk of post/comment text that contains one of them.

Then try to make the post/comment it belongs to disappear.

Then add a placeholder.

Then get fancy with whitelists and matching metadata like usernames/titles/tags as well.

Crib from existing blacklist scripts like AO3 Savior as shamelessly as you feel the need to. If you publish the resulting userscript for others to install (which you should, if it fills an unmet need!), please comment up any substantial chunks of copypasted or closely-reproduced code with credit/a link to the original. If your script basically is the original with some key changes, like our extra-fancy AO3 Savior above, see if there’s a public Git repo you can fork.

Project #3: Make the dread Tumblr beast do a thing

Create a small script that runs on the Tumblr dashboard. Make it find all the posts on the page and log their IDs. Then log whether they're originals or reblogs. Then add a fancy border to the originals. Then add a different fancy border to your own posts. All of this data should be right there in the post HTML, so no need to derive it by looking for "x reblogged y" or source links or whatever--just make liberal use of Inspect Element and the post's data- attributes.

Extra credit: Explore the wildly variable messes that Tumblr's API spews out, and try to recreate XKit's timestamps feature with jQuery AJAX calls. (Post timestamps are one of the few reliable API data points.) Get a zillion bright ideas about what else you could do with the API data. Go through more actual post data to catalogue all the inconsistencies you’d have to catch. Cry as Tumblr kills the dream you dreamed.

Project #4: Make the dread Tumblr beast FIX a thing

Create a script that runs on individual Tumblr blogs (subdomains of tumblr.com). Browse some blogs with various themes until you've found a post with the upside-down reblog-chain bug and a post with reblogs displaying normally. Note the HTML differences between them. Make the script detect and highlight upside-down stacks of blockquotes. Then see if you can make it extract the blockquotes and reassemble them in the correct order. At this point you may be mobbed by friends and acquaintainces who want a fix for this fucking bug, which you can take as an opportunity to bury any lingering doubts about the usefulness of your scripting adventures.

(Note: Upside-down reblogs are the bug du jour as of September 2019. If you stumble upon this post later, please substitute whatever the latest Tumblr fuckery is that you'd like to fix.)

Project #5: Regular expressions are a hard limit

I mentioned up above that Dreamwidth comments are good guinea pigs for user scripting? You know what that means. Kinkmemes. Anon memes too, but kinkmemes (appropriately enough) offer so many opportunities for coding masochism. So here's a little exercise in sadism on my part, for anyone who wants to have fun (or "fun") with regular expressions:

Write a userscript that highlights all the prompts on any given page of a kinkmeme that have been filled.

Specifically, scan all the comment subject lines on the page for anything that looks like the title of a kinkmeme fill, and if you find one, highlight the prompt at the top of its thread. The nice ones will start with "FILL:" or end with "part 1/?" or "3/3 COMPLETE." The less nice ones will be more like "(former) minifill [37a / 50(?)] still haven't thought of a name for this thing" or "title that's just the subject line of the original prompt, Chapter 3." Your job is to catch as many of the weird ones as you can using regular expressions, while keeping false positives to a minimum.

Test it out on a real live kinkmeme, especially one without strict subject-line-formatting policies. I guarantee you, you will be delighted at some of the arcane shit your script manages to catch. And probably astonished at some of the arcane shit you never thought to look for because who the hell would even format a kinkmeme fill like that? Truly, freeform user input is a wonderful and terrible thing.

If that's not enough masochism for you, you could always try to make the script work on LiveJournal kinkmemes too!

[grapesize1-blog]

Testing Basic Interview Questions

Exactly How To Become A Software Application Tester

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Easy Ways To Be An Effective Software Program Tester.

Which course is best for software testing?

It is always a good idea to join any Software Testing institute or class which will provide you a good start and direction for preparation. You can join any 4 months duration Software Testing course or can do a diploma in Software Testing which is probably 6 months to 1 year.

While PWAs are readied to test mobile native apps, they will both require to co-exist in the electronic room. https://www.pinterest.com/stormvasquez/ require to prepare solid advancement as well as testing strategies to cover both sorts of applications. The software market has altered a lot within the past ten years. As well as while it is difficult to anticipate precisely what the following decade will bring, it will definitely introduce a whole brand-new set of obstacles for testing and also QA experts.

A Look To The Future Of Software Testing.

Any difficulty is a lot more concerning the certain innovation (e.g. file systems vs. script interfaces) than the general function. Examination designers usually go broad as well as to tool deepness, though they often go deep simply for enjoyable. SDE code, on the other hand, is often anticipated to run forever without reboot, to survive unforeseen problems, as well as to act in a proscribed method each situation. SDET code is better to model code high quality, while SDE code is expected to be bullet-proof. For example, if someone wrote an API set, an SDET created exhaustive tests for the API individually and jointly.

How long does it take to learn software testing?

Many employers look for software tester candidates with a bachelor's degree in computer science, math or engineering, although it's not always required. If you've got a lot of experience, a stable work history and solid references or letters of recommendation, it's possible to land a job without a college degree.

Hands-on testing is an activity where the tester needs to be extremely patient, creative & open minded. The essential idea of hands-on testing is to make sure that the application is error complimentary as well as it is operating in conformance to the defined useful demands. A solid knowledge with a wide range of technology items and problems combined with strong interaction abilities are necessary to this setting.

Someone requires to see to it both groups are worked with as well as on the same web page. I understand of specific testers and also specific developers who do not like each various other, but not for the factors you mentioned however instead due to the fact that they make help each various other. I would certainly think it happens beause the designers create a program, and they perceive that the testers then try to find imperfections in it.

Interface Developer.

The electronic globe is effectively seeking software program applications that are released much faster without concession in the top quality of the applications.

Previously, the demand for testing teams was limited only for performing application testing, and now the value of QA is effectively increasing.

RPA can additionally be called as an extension of Automation as it can be put on anything which is in a structured kind, unlike automation which requires a software to function upon.

With this testing practice, it ends up being simpler for the groups to validate the effectiveness of the app's protection controls as well as determine the dangers that are subjected to susceptabilities.

If you are looking for participation in the growing tech scene however don't understand just how to code, ratings of profession opportunitiesin tech require no coding skills in any way. If this occurs a whole lot, it can stress connections between the groups.

How can I get a job in software testing?

Testers require good coding knowledge when they go after an automation testing or white box testing. Throughout the agile process, the tester will work with one or more programmers to write test. So for creating an automatable test, it is imperative for testers to know the code.

When IoT ends up being truly traditional in all most components of our lives, an extremely innovative cloud-based laboratory is mosting likely to be crucial for testing IoT applications. Even now, it is already intricate to test the range of OS as well as devices offered today, and that will just raise in accordance with higher quantities and sorts of clever tools. Testing voice commands calls for very advanced systems and techniques, and also those will certainly raise as the adoption of voice command features increases.

They 'd likewise compose cardiovascular test, performance tests, check resource usage, correctness, and so on. STEs had a tendency to do hands-on testing that was also costly to automate. For example, configuring a collection of 20 makers in a variety of different network geographies, as well as testing their end-to-end connectivity with scriptable devices, by hand, or with tools SDETs created for them. The program costs ₤ 199 as well as is a 6.5 hour on-demand video clip program that also has downloadable reading product and a certification upon completion. PayScale states the ordinary salary of a software program tester in the UNITED STATE is almost $56,000, but it can climb up much higher depending on the firm, city and also your certifications.

Guarantee Suitable Work Environment For Qa Team.

Whenever somebody finds defects in something you put great deals of effort in, it's possibly a natural reaction to respond negatively towards them. As irritating as obtaining solutions denied by testers may be, it is far, much (did I claim far?) even worse getting mistake records from consumers.

Luckily, Google blog sites a great deal about their testing and QA processes, therefore, we can obtain understanding from their experiment Google Tester's Blog site. Software testing is must give a high quality product without bugs or concern. They call for various sorts of believing and different focus in code artefacts.

Top 10 Software Application Testing Courses.

The website will certainly likewise guarantee that the application developed is of optimal high quality, that must be feasible by making use of strategies, for instance, DevOps and also Agile advancement. TechTarget moreover includes numerous webcasts and white papers.

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Generally, Which Job Is Much Less Stressful, Qa Or Dev?

Leading Tips For Understanding Java Programs.

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Qualified Software Examination Automation Architect.

Automation Testing Resources.

Examination Automation With Selenium Webdriver.

Top Tips For Learning Java Programs.

Exemptions exist in the majority of contemporary shows languages, making it vital for a designer to recognize them as well as understand exactly how to manage them. The string information framework is used to stand for text. It is one of the most commonly used information frameworks. As a result, every developer ought to be proficient at string adjustment.

Copy/paste prevention and also online proctoring using web cam avoid dishonesty. We have pre-built examinations as well as concerns, yet you can tailor them nonetheless you like. Adjustment the pass/fail scores, time demands, as well as more. Our examinations are made to place candidates into either the pass team or the fall short team so you can locate the very best prospects much faster.

On our paid plan, you can easily create your own personalized multi-skill tests. Use opleiding java testers that resolve real-world problems, without answers that can be easily found online. Since we examine efficiency as well as abilities, we permit the use of on the internet sources, similar to in reality.

https://lawyerdavid05.webs.com/apps/blog/show/48894974-just-how-to-become-a-software-application-tester needs to make use of a language as a tool, constantly taking advantage of language-specific data types and also built-in functions. An excellent programmer must be able to take care of a pest and also find in their or somebody else's code. Testing of these abilities is covered in this pre-built test due to the fact that they're very closely relevant.

Certified Software Program Test Automation Architect.

It is necessary for keeping code maintainable as well as understandable. The Java online examination analyzes prospects' expertise of shows in the Java language and their ability to take advantage of commonly utilized parts of the Java Course Collection.

Should I learn Java first?

Java. Python programs are generally expected to run slower than Java programs, but they also take much less time to develop. Python programs are typically 3-5 times shorter than equivalent Java programs. Because of the run-time typing, Python's run time must work harder than Java's.

Since it is unsigned, this applet will certainly not run with Java set to the "really high" protection degree. In the Bizarro world of Oracle, unsigned applets are dealt with as more hazardous than authorized applets.

Automation Testing Resources.

They are terrific for practicing, or if you want to filter prospects making use of the timeless problems. The process of reorganizing existing computer system code without altering its exterior behavior.

The system will certainly deliver real-time showing off video clip content and analytical information through a wide variety of styles and gadgets to both B2B and also B2C clients.

This web page tells you if Java is installed as well as enabled in your present internet internet browser as well as what variation you are running.

Inheritance allows developers to reuse code and is a need to recognize topic for every developer that works with OOP languages.

Stream API is made use of to process collections of objects.

In object-oriented shows, inheritance is the system of basing a class upon one more class, preserving similar implementation.

You'll have coding abilities with a tester's attitude, to understand the context of a system and after that take on a "test-to-break" technique. Work carefully with Item Owner, Agile Train, QA and also development Device participants in an agile environment to collaborate as well as affect brand-new growth.

Test Automation With Selenium Webdriver.

Has coding capacity in a high-level language such as python, javascript, ruby, java, c#. You will certainly need to evaluate APIs as well as internet sites built on different internet innovations in a methodical and also organized means. One method to run an unsigned applet is to reduce the security level to "Medium".

Leading Tips For Learning Java Shows.

A selection is a container of a fixed variety of things of a similar kind. It is a fundamental element of the majority of programming languages.

Initially, unsigned applets run in a restricted Java sandbox whereas authorized applets are given unlimited accessibility to the system. Yes, the sandbox has actually been buggy and also damaged, but some safety is much better than none. Second, it reveals a confidence in the Certificate Authority system that is unwarranted.

The other way is to add trusted internet sites to a brand-new exception listing that Oracle/Java preserves. This listing is not to be confused with the list of trusted applets that Firefox or Chrome keeps. Yes, there are currently 3 lists of applets that are good as well as naughty.

How do I start coding?

Career progression opportunities for individuals who become Java developers are excellent. Keep in mind that the role of a developer covers more than just coding — development is an integral part of each stage of the engineering process so there are excellent opportunities to learn on the job.

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2nd Month Tech Update: Going Down The Rabbit Hole

Building capacity through building a farm

I was able to host a Vue.js workshop for full-time staff and co-op students within the building. It consists of hands-on development material I built at my last job. The workshop aims to provide participants which practical knowledge to get up and running building with Vue.js within 2 hours. Specifically, it consists of an online IDE (integrated development environment) where everyone gets full access to their own instance of the project repository; and a standalone web app built with the very same code found in the repository. In other words, while participants learn concepts from the lessons, they can also peer behind the content to see the actual code generating the examples. What is more, there are challenges throughout where participants must use the previous lessons to continually improve their project: designing a personal farm.

The results of the workshop were promising. Though all participants had web development experience, many were not very familiar with modern reactive front-end libraries. It was their first taste. They were introduced to modern javascript ideas such as reusable components, importing and exporting modules, and state. Further, some participants inquired as to how they could incorporate Vue.js into their current work, which I consider a win. It means they understand the value of the technology, and they are starting to see, and contemplate, ways it can be wielded in their own jobs.

Adding internationalization

At the moment I am building the front-end with Vue.js, and a Vue.js UI (user interface) framework Vuetify. Vuetify is built using Google’s popular Material Design spec, and essentially provides me with a bunch of nifty pre-made components. I didn’t add in internationalization (also known as i18n, where 18 refers to the letters couched within the bookending “i” and “n” in the word “internationalization” - shout out to Wikipedia for that!) from the start of my project. I decided I would add it early on, and I did. However, even this slight delay in implementation cost me over a day of troubleshooting to get everything working as desired. I got a refresher on a lesson I have already learned many a times in IT: “Do fundamental stuff at the start, or else!”

Up in the air

Month two was an interesting one by the end of it. On the technical side, it feels like everything has bled into everything else. What it will congeal into I know not at this juncture. There have been two notable catalysts for this occurrence:

i) As a team, we have gone full-force into conversations, interviews, and discussions with teams & actors both internal and external to our department. Consequently, our expertise in certain domains (e.g., the staff expectations for the future system) have surpassed that of others, for whom this project is one of many on the go. We have spread our net wide.

ii) On the technical side, there is a sequence of events that need to take place in a somewhat ridged order. For example, in order for us to produce a solid front-end, we need questions about the back-end answered, and before questions about the back-end can be answered a back-end solution must be chosen, and before a back-end solution is chosen there needs to be a formal options analysis (OA). We don’t have all the dominoes in place, yet. This leaves us in a tricky situation. We have a good deal of knowledge into some important things now, but we are also lacking knowledge into other critical things. We want to start building, but we aren’t certain what the back-end and it’s API will look like. We want to develop a web app, but we don’t know where the app will be hosted (and consequently what restrictions will apply to it). We want to use modern web technologies, but we don’t know what technologies are familiar to the team who will take over once we leave. We want to play with the possible back-end solutions that are being investigated, but we can’t gain access to a sandbox of those technologies.

Entering month three, our main focus - and consequently my main focus - will be on resolving the aforementioned dissonance.                  

Milestones Achieved

changed my Node.js code to target a cloud MongoDB database hosted by MongoDB Cloud Services, so now my app reads and writes data to a remote database.

added internationalization and localization to the app, so users can change languages (with the option of components like datepickers changing their format, too)

as a team we raised our level of confidence and knowledge to the point where we can contribute to the options analysis process & take a more active stance on the technology side of things

installed Windows 10 Pro on my work machine (for under $3 CND on ebay.ca via an OEM license), in order to get access to Windows’ Hyper-V, which is required for Docker Desktop on Windows

finished introductory Docker course on Lynda.ca to learn about containerization, and how it can be utilized in my development process going forward

built workplace IT capacity through hosting a Vue.js workshop