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Author
Jonathan Bartlett
Date
June 28, 2023

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Programming

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Abstraction, Code, Coding, Computer programmers, Computer Systems, Computers, Encapsulation, Interface, Jonathan Bartlett, Object-oriented programming, Polymorphism, programming}

Why Is Object-Oriented Programming Popular?

_{This method makes programmers think more systematically about their code} _{Jonathan Bartlett

June 28, 2023

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Programming practice has gone through several evolutions in its lifespan. The first phase might be considered the “exploratory” phase, where there were no rules but a lot of imagination. People wrote code that was simultaneously amazing and terrible—amazing at what people got their slow computers to do, but terrible in that no one but the author would ever be able to maintain the programs. The lessons learned from the exploratory phase led to what is known as “structured” programming. The goal of structured programming was to be able to write programs that someone else had a chance of reading and understanding. Structured programming favored having really well-documented inputs and outputs to every function, very clear entry and exit points to each function, and Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Bartlett
Date
March 15, 2022

Categorized
Programming

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Amazon Web Services (AWS), API Gateway, AWS Lambda, Code, serverless computing}

First Steps to Serverless on AWS: A How-To Guide

_{A step-by-step tutorial on how to build and deploy a simple serverless web application on AWS} _{Jonathan Bartlett

March 15, 2022

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Programming}

In a previous article, we talked about what serverless applications are and how they work. In this article, we will build and deploy a simple serverless web application on AWS (AWS is the cloud computing platform created by Amazon). For this application, I will assume that you have an AWS account already set up (if not, start here). While AWS has an enormous number of tools available for developers, we will focus on two: Lambda and API Gateway. Lambda is the general serverless function-invocation system on AWS. Essentially, everything that happens in AWS, whether it is a file upload, a video transcoding job, or an HTTP request, can be enabled to trigger a function defined in Lambda for further processing. Lambda functions Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Bartlett
Date
September 27, 2021

Categorized
Business and Finance, Programming

Tagged
Code, Donald Knuth, entrepreneurship, optimization, software development, tech startups, Technology}

The Entrepreneur’s Worst Mistake In New Technology Ventures

_{As a new entrepreneur, you won't make it to 100,000 users unless the product works well for your customers} _{Jonathan Bartlett

September 27, 2021

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Business and Finance, Programming}

I’ve worked with many tech startups over the years. By and large there has always been one overriding factor that has caused tech startups to falter — trying to build their application to handle too much traffic upfront. The goal of every tech entrepreneur is for everyone in the country to use their next product. Everyone is going to make the next star application, like Facebook. In order to accomplish this, tech entrepreneurs give a command to their tech team that is probably their worst mistake: “Make the application able to scale to millions of users.” That might sound like a reasonable request, but I can assure you that it is absolutely the worst possible plan of attack. Programming legend Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Bartlett
Date
February 10, 2021

Categorized
Programming

Tagged
Code, Computer programmers, no code software, programming, software development, software writing}

The Myth of “No Code” Software (Part II)

_{Why (and where) no-code doesn't work} _{Jonathan Bartlett

February 10, 2021

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Programming}

In my previous article, I noted that what programmers do is translate ambiguous specifications into very exact specifications, taking into account all of the specific subtleties that the implementation requires. However, I recognize that those not familiar with custom software may not recognize the problem. This article describes in additional detail the kinds of considerations that cause no-code solutions to be problematic. The essence of the problem is this: there are an infinite number of possible ways your business could possibly work, but only one way that it actually works. The work of the programmer is to make sure the software matches the specific way that your business works. Let’s take something simple like calculating shipping. It might be easy Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Bartlett
Date
February 8, 2021

Categorized
Programming

Tagged
Code, Computer programmers, no code software, programming, software development, software writing}

The Myth of “No Code” Software (Part I)

_{"No code" software has its place, but not as a replacement for programmers} _{Jonathan Bartlett

February 8, 2021

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Programming}

For at least the past twenty-five years of software development, people have been claiming that, using this tool or that tool, we will be able to build software with “no code,” and that our tools will build code for us. The claims have varied with whatever the current technology is. In the 1990s, the idea was that we could have a system which allowed building software entirely with drag-and-drop interfaces. Tools such as Visual Basic, Delphi, PowerBuilder, and even Microsoft Access made people think that this was an achievable dream. It turned out not to be deliverable on its promises. We’ll get more into the “why” later on. Today we have a new set of tools and a new set Read More ›