Published in Dev Genius·May 3, 2021Regular Labels Are Better Than Floating LabelsLet’s get straight into this. By now, we’ve all seen, used or built applications using Bootstrap or Material Design. Time and time again, I encourage developers to write vanilla CSS, but that doesn’t change the fact that these tools offer a consistent style, fast turnaround times for prototyping and a…UI4 min read
Mar 9, 2021Why The Farmers’ Protest Affects Every Discipline. Yes, Even Software.Towards the end of last year, from the wake of the pandemic that shook the global communities, farmers across various states in India unified in the millions to lead a roaring protest against the Bills passed by the Indian Government to “disrupt” the agricultural sector. From the perspective of (millions…Christopheralexander5 min read
Published in Dev Genius·Jul 2, 2020Sharpening the Junior Developer — Is This Handbook Worth Your Time?The Coding Career book serves one objective and that is securing software jobs and excelling at them. You have already seen a repeated number of blogs on career advice, negotiating or the typical “Top 5 x To Become Better At y”. This isn’t a career advice book. It is packed…Software Development4 min read
Published in Dev Genius·May 11, 2020Chapter 3— FunctionsBefore you were probably born, Fortan dominated the charts in popularity for nearly 3 decades. You can imagine how much different the dynamics of Software has changed since then, but functions still prevail. Today we are going to dive into cooking up nice, clean functions! Small — The 1st Rule You may have been given…Software Development5 min read
Mar 17, 2020Chapter 2 — Meaningful NamesIf your shitty code still has good variable and function names, then it’s not entirely shit. — Unknown You already know the importance of crafting meaningful names. The type of name that you see and does exactly what you expect. It puts a smile on your face because it behaves…Software6 min read
Mar 3, 2020Chapter 1 — Clean CodeThere will be code. — It is crazy to assume that code will one day become obsolete. Code represents the details of the requirements… details which must be specified explicitly via a machine that can execute them. A skill also known as programming. What people really mean when they say “it should just code automatically…Programming3 min read
Feb 2, 2020Starting to Read ‘Clean Code’I am beginning to dive into the infamous Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship, written by Robert C. Martin — or as the internet knows as — "Uncle Bob.” Why am I reading this book? Why can’t I…Java Script2 min read
