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“Technology opens up so many doors” – An Interview with Sharon Kaur from School of Code

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School of Code is a company on a mission to help more people benefit from technology. It has created an online multiplayer platform that aims to make coding fun, simple and accessible to all. This platform has been used by over 120,000 people since...

“School of Code encourages people to work as a team” – An interview with Nazia Choudrey from School of Code

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School of Code is a company on a mission to help more people benefit from technology. And Packt are delighted to support the initiative. Empowering people to master code and feel confident developing software is central to Packt's mission, so it is fantastic to...

Why ASP.NET makes building apps for mobile and web easy – Interview with Jason de Oliveira

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Jason De Oliveira works as a CTO for MEGA International, a software company in Paris (France), providing modeling tools for business transformation, enterprise architecture, and enterprise governance, risk, and compliance management. He is an experienced manager and senior solutions architect, with high skills in...

‘If tech is building the future, let’s make that future inclusive and representative of all of society’ – An interview with Charlotte Jee

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Charlotte Jee is a journalist specialising in technology and politics, currently working as editor for Techworld. Charlotte has founded, hosted and moderated a range of events including The Techies awards and her own ‘Women in Tech Speak Up’ event series. In 2017, Charlotte set...

Python experts talk Python on Twitter: Q&A Recap

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To celebrate the launch of Python Interviews, we ran a Q&A session on Twitter with some of the key contributors to the book. Author and interviewer Mike Driscoll (@driscollis), and experienced Python contributors Steve Holden (@holdenweb), and Alex Martelli (@aleaxit) got together to respond...

Why is Go the go-to language for cloud native development? – An interview with Mina Andrawos

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Golang is currently one of the fastest growing programming languages in the software industry, finding its way into almost every nook and cranny of application development. Its speed, simplicity and reliability make it the perfect choice for all kinds of developers. We recently interviewed Mina...

Why switch to Angular for web development – Interview with Minko Gechev

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Angular is one of the most popular JavaScript frameworks. Today, it's jostling for position with React and Vue as the leading front-end development framework. But if you're not using it, you're probably wondering why you should switch to Angular at all. What makes Angular...

Selenium and data-driven testing: An interview with Carl Cocchiaro

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Data-driven testing has become a lot easier thanks to tools like Selenium. That's good news for everyone in software development. It means you can build better software that works for users much more quickly. While the tension between performance and the need to deliver...

Why functional programming in Python matters: Interview with best selling author, Steven Lott

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Python is currently one of the most popular and desired programming languages. Primarily for its simplicity, agility and ability to be used across a variety of software development projects. Although an Object Oriented language, Python supports an array of programming paradigms, including Functional Programming....

Why Agile, DevOps and Continuous Integration are here to stay: Interview with Nikhil Pathania, DevOps practitioner

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In the past few years, Agile software development has seen tremendous growth. There is a huge demand for software delivery solutions that are fast, yet flexible to numerous amendments. As a result, Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) methodologies are gaining popularity. They...

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Understanding the Foundation of Protocol-oriented Design

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When Apple announced Swift 2 at the World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) in 2016, they also declared that Swift was the world’s first protocol-oriented...

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