In my previous post, I explaind Understanding the Linux Command Line. The following are what I consider essential command line tools. Essential Command Line Tools jq – it’s sed for json files Essential Programing Tools Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04 comes with Python 2.7 installed. You may want to install python3. npm Read more
In my previous post, I explained How to create a Linux development environment on Windows 10. The shell prompt (or command line) is where one types commands in. When accessing the system through a text-based terminal, the shell is the main way of accessing programs and doing work on the Read more
In my previous post, I explained Why Linux is the best development environment Historically there were 3 ways to build a Linux development environment: your personal computer (local machine) computer in the cloud (cloud server) virtual machine (VM) on your personal computer As of 2016 Microsoft lets developers run Linux Read more
I’ve shared with you Why everyone needs to be a programmer, and that The Cut and Paste programmer is not bad. I’m here to tell you Why Linux is the best development environment. Linux is Quick You can create a Linux development environment in minutes. Essential Linux command line tools Read more
In my previous post, I explained Why everyone needs to be a programmer. ‘Cut and Paste’ (CaP) programming is primarily a pejorative term; those who use the term are often implying a lack of programming competence. There was a time early in my career where I sought out to be Read more
The reality is there are many more programmers in the world than you realize and if you don’t have some programming skills you’ll be left behind. It’s the same reason why I tell my clients as of 2018 there are no technology companies, just organizations that leverage technology or those Read more
In a previous posts, we shared why Linux is the best development environment and how to create an Linux development environment on a Windows 10. With that complete, you can use your Ubuntu shell as an Azure development environment. In this post we show you how to create a Linux Read more
With so many programming text editors out there today, the seemingly simple task of choosing one suddenly becomes daunting and overwhelming. Sublime Url: https://www.sublimetext.com/ Cost: $70 license fee with free trial Developer: Jon Skinner former Google Engineer Platforms: OSX, Windows, Linux Here is some text Atom Url: https://atom.io/ Cost: Free Read more
I am a practitioner and developer of the OPE loop: observe, position, execute. I have used the OPE loop for over 20 years in every facet of my life. Experimentation is important because 33.33% of the time you will get one of the follow: good results, bad results, indifferent results. Read more
A good indication of where you should put your focus is where Microsoft does. In looking at the Microsoft Blogs, we can infer which areas Microsoft is investing in. The following content areas are sorted descending by the number of blog posts created. Not surprisingly Development and IaaS topics lead Read more