Many beginner Python users get stuck at the tutorial stage and don't know what projects will help them to advance their learning. This article gives them five options: a password generator, a life counter, rock-paper-scissors, a personal spellcheck, and a website blocker. Tips and instructions are provided for every project. | Read More →

This article discusses COBOL and its future in the marketplace. COBOL is commonly used by many businesses as the backbone of legacy programs. Additionally, there is currently a deficit in trained COBOL programmers. | Read More →

HTML is one of the most commonly used languages, though very few people code with it directly. This can lead many to wonder if it is still worth it to learn HTML. This article explains what HTML is, and why people may or may not need to learn it. | Read More →

The WhatsApp data breach stems from a buffer overflow in the application's code, and the result was 1.5 billion people were susceptible to remote code execution. Buffer overflow attacks are critical security bugs in any application, but they are also considered "needle in the haystack" finds for hackers. If programmers don't know how they work, it's difficult to identify functions and user-generated input methods that could result in an exploited application. | Read More →

This article details five ways to combat overfitting when training machine learning models. The article is written with minimal jargon and is intended to be approachable to machine learning novices but useful for anyone doing predictive modeling. Topic sections include: adding more data, reducing model complexity, regularization, validation and combining models. | Read More →

This programming blog post offers insights on URL shortening tools for app developers. Whether you are a dApp developer or a mobile app developer, increasing downloads of your app creations can lead to turbocharged revenues. Read on to learn more about URL shortening tools app developers should be using to improve their branding efforts and increase their app download analytics. | Read More →