Articles by Jeffrey Cogswell

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  Key Tips for Upgrading Your Tech Résumé

  When I first started out as a software developer, I made a lot of mistakes on my résumé. Today, when I review incoming résumés as part of my job as a senior developer, I see people making many of…
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  Deciding Whether a Certification is Worth It

  Are you deciding whether to pursue certifications in a specific technology? As you explore your options, you’ll need to decide whether a particular certification is even worth your time. There ar…
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  How Hive Can Fulfill Your Big Data Needs

  Although relational database systems such as MySQL and Postgres offer high performance and replication, they weren’t built from the ground up for Big Data that’s distributed across multiple syste…
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  Earning Your AWS Certifications

  Over the past decade, cloud-computing technology has evolved at a rapid clip. While it’s hard to keep on top of the latest developments, it’s also essential that developers attempt to do so: pote…
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  Understanding How Docker Works

  Over the past few years, the tech world has embraced container technology, especially Docker. If you’re new to containers, it might take a little effort to understand their functionality and why…
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  Using Python for High-Performance Frameworks

  A common programming paradigm these days is asynchronous programming. Whether your software needs to run on the web or not, you’ll want to create software that scales well, whether to multiple co…
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  Choosing a JavaScript Framework

  In software development, choosing the right technology for the right job is (arguably) the most important decision a developer can make. But it’s also something easier said than done: For example…
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  Key Elements of Advanced JavaScript

  If you want to land a job using JavaScript, you need to know it well: It’s a language that seems simple on the surface, but can get very complex very, very quickly. Messing up can result in some…
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  When Coding, Think 'Security Always'

  When should you begin layering security into that software you’re building? The answer is always “immediately.” Whatever you’re programming—whether a piece of enterprise database software or a fu…
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  Tips for Acing Your Coding Test

  You need to learn the rules before you break them, as the old saying goes. That’s doubly true in programming, where not internalizing the basics can result in you building buggy, broken software.…