Alex Gwartney articles - 30 total
What I have been learning from the job hunt.
What to expect when your on the job hunt.
When should you use rest api for rendering vs server-side rendering?
When to use a rest api and consume with a client-side framework. Vs a backend server-side template.
College vs Self Taught vs Boot camps | Which one should you choose?
My thoughts on choosing between going to college to learn to program. Or if you should choose the self taught route or maybe even a bootcamp.
what programming language should you learn?
In this episode I discuss my advice for choosing your first programming language, to get started in web development. If you are new to programming this can be quite daunting so take my advice and get started!
Google Firebase Good or bad?
What do you all think about the use of firebase to help replace the need for a custom back end solution?
Why I failed to get a job as a programmer. And how I plan on changing this.
Failing to get into web development and how to change it.
How do you familiarize your self with a open source project.
How do you go about familiarizing your self with a open source project?
Front end frameworks which one to use?
How to decide which framework to use?
Windows vs linux?
So I wanted to create a short post here and get some opinions from the community. Since I have gotten...
Coming off a hiatus in 2020 and looking forward to a new beginning!
Coming off a hiatus in 2020 and looking forward to a new beginning!
Just SHIP IT! Tips for finishing up your project.
Just SHIP IT! Tips for warping up your project.
The end results of creating my first game prototype in Unreal
The end results of creating my first game prototype in Unreal
My programming journey where am I at.
So I wanted to make a update as to what I have been up to. So it has been almost a full year since I have started the dive into graphics/game programming. And this year has been full of learning math and learning c++. And so far I have made a ton of progress. I started in January knowing no more than basic algebra. and little about c++.
Dev.To Discord Channel?
possibility of a discord channel?
Remember your goals will take time
So this week I wanted to talk about something that I feel probably a lot of people go through. And that's when you first set out for a goal you have all this initial burst of motivation. And as time goes on you realize its a lot harder than you thought it was going to be. You may even feel like why is this not happening over night type of thought.
Motivation vs Self Discipline
So I wanted to talk about self discipline vs motivation and why one will always win. And the other will lead you to fail. The other night I was talking with a friend. And we were discussing how self discipline is how we have been able to keep going with our paths. And how while motivation is a good tool for picking your self up at times. Its not something that you want to use to keep your self on track.
My 7 month update of my programming journey.
My 7 month update of my programming journey.
Resources for learning graphics programming.
Resources for learning graphics programming
My programming journey: Learning math!
About six months ago I made the decision of breaking into graphics programming. And with that came the realization of learning math.
Understanding Pointers in c++
Understanding Pointers in c++
Recomeded music to listen to while programming?
Recomended music playlist to listen to while programming?
What do you guys think about Microsoft buying GitHub?
So I went on to twitter today. To see that Microsoft is obtaining GitHub. Now out of curiosity what do you guys think of this?
Keeping track of your goals
This week I wanted to talk about goals. Specifically how you should be keeping track of your progress toward your goals. I have been playing around with this for a while now. And I have come up with a solution that has been working for me.
Stop saying you dont have time!
This week I want to talk about something that I have used for a excuse quite a few times. Before I finally started getting a schedule going. And that is saying the excuse I don’t have time to learn blank.
My programming journey: Should you leave your current job to pursue your goals?
when should you quit your current job to pursue your goals. I see postings all the time of how people quit their job saved up money for x time and begin working toward there goal of getting a better career. I want to talk about the other half of this for a minute of is this really a smart move?
My Programming Journey: Have Patience And Avoid Burnout.
This week I decided to talk about a couple of things that I feel like probably a lot of you might go through on your way to getting where ever it is you want to get to. And that is that burn out feeling or lack of motivation after the fun of doing something turns into well work. And having the patience to get to your goal.
My Programming Journey So Far.
It has been about 5 months now. Since I started making the change to pursue graphics programming. I have done a ton of work in that time. Between school and learning a new language and studying a whole lot of math. And in this time, I have decided why not start documenting my process.
Choosing the right programming language. As well as a career!
My experience thus far when deciding what programming to learn. In order to land your self a career.
Explain Calling And Setting Getters And Setters Like I'm Five
Could someone explain to me in detail as to why we can do these two specific things with the get and...