Hard to believe this was 7 years ago. Its uplifting to see this, and to know that I still feel the same excitement of running CodeWeekend with a group of amazing friends and colleagues as I did when we first got off the ground – we who collectively believed in the mission of educating the next generation …
You should surround yourself with people who can stand next to you in both your good and bad. If you are smart, you should marry one.
oftware developmentĀ is a process that includes all that is involved between the conception of the desired software through to the final manifestation of the software, sometimes in a planned and structured process. Software development may include research, new development, prototyping, modification, reuse, re-engineering, maintenance, or any other activities that result in software products.
In Afghanistan, the software industry is experiencing a steady but slow growth. Accessibility of Internet, governments investment and attention in going digital, private sector development and rise of technology companies and startups and overall security to enable all these transformations are necessary factors in making this growth slower or faster. However, as a person who is closely watching the software industry in Afghanistan through a community I founded in 2014, CodeWeekend, I can for sure say that the growth in all directions are promising.
As part of my over ten years of work experience in different software development roles and responsibilities in companies of different size and structure and in countries like Turkey, Afghanistan, England and Canada, I gathered insights and experiences that I summarily share below for those who want to start a software development career or want to excel their already started ones. Some of these principles that are also covered widely in the book: The Passionate Programmer, by Chad Fowler that I highly recommend.
Nowadays, there is a huge interest in learning how to code. You will notice plenty of articles coming up in your social media feed, in technology portals and even in mainstream media that emphasize the importance of learning to code, no matter who are you or what you do. A major annual campaign run by …
I attended Learning Technologies exhibition with my classmates at Bournemouth University, UK. The trip was full of surprises and I can say I learnt a lot. The first surprise was that University was conducting this trip! I was excited to learn this, as it helped me continue having my positive perceptions toward my university š …
I always had a special interest in C#. This was maybe I studied in Turkey and I was influenced by how Microsoft technologies are commonly used and practiced there and maybe because I was accepted into Microsoft Summer School and then Microsoft Student Partner program of Microsoft Turkey and then become the first MSP in …
Below are some free-licensed and opensource tools can be used for diagram designs, workflow designs, flowchart design, process design and many more. yEd Graph Editor yEd is a powerful diagram editor that can be used to quickly create diagrams manually or import external data for analysis and auto-magically arrange even large data sets by just …
Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS) Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS) is a Microsoft solution for empowering users with anytime access and anywhere access, while making sure IT can protect users and data, and easily manage the environment. Enterprise Mobility Suite includes the following 3 products: Microsoft Azure Active Directory Premium Microsoft Windows Intune Microsoft Azure Rights Management …