Learn to configure and use this code formatter to make your life easier — Tabs or spaces? Double or single quotes? Trailing commas and whitespace? It doesn’t matter, while you’re being consistent and using the same pattern throughout your code. However, getting warnings and errors about these small things can get pretty annoying pretty fast. That’s why you should use a code formatter and…

A beginner’s tutorial on how to create and apply multiple themes on a web app using only Angular and Sass This week I was given the task of setting up a theme picker for a client, but many parts of the app were not developed using Material. The client didn’t…

My practical toolkit for dealing with procrastination, avoiding the productivity trap and finding joy in my own goals Ithink most of us can agree that this year has been quite anxiety-inducing so far. I had been struggling with a long to-do list since the beginning of quarantine, and the more…

What are front end, back end and full stack developers? What kind of jobs can I get as a junior programmer? In the last part of our series we’re going to answer these common questions We have come a long way with your first steps in the programming world: in…

What is debugging and why is it important? What are the tools that can help me as a junior developer? This article was written in collaboration with my great friend, mentor and computer wizard Joaquín Tumas What is debugging? When trying to compile or run a program, it’s not inusual to find errors…

What are logical operators and variables? What are data types? Why do frameworks and libraries exist? This article was written in collaboration with my great friend, mentor and computer wizard Joaquín Tumas First part here The technology industry in general, and software development in particular, is a growing market and…

What is programming and why learn it? In 2016, when I finally started working as a programmer after a full year of studying, I thought I was “starting late” (I was 21). I thought I was automatically disadvantaged, seeing all those 18-year-olds in my class who looked like they were…