Software Development

3 Different Ways to Import Modules in TypeScript

Recently, I have been learning TypeScript (an open-source language that builds on JavaScript) by creating a few applications. One of the things I needed to learn was how could I import modules and it…

GraphQL Queries in Python

Taking a script from rough sketch to maintainable production code.

AWS ECS Cluster using the EC2 Launch Type

The diagram below shows you what exactly I will create in this tutorial. I will create a cluster in one region spreading instances across three availability zones. All instances will be isolated…

A Comprehensive Guide to Python Application Servers

web and wsgi/asgi servers

4 Reasons Why ‘var’ is Considered Obsolete in Modern JavaScript

JavaScript is a powerful language because you can write an entire software without adopting any other programming language at all. var used to be a way to declare variables in JavaScript. However…

How to Make the React useEffect Hook Not Run on Initial Render?

We can make the React useEffect callback not run on the first render by creating a ref that keeps track of whether the first render is done. Then we can check the ref’s value to see when the first…

Creating Invoices in Javascript and Node.js

In this article we are going to create an invoice in NodeJS in the most easy way possible. We will be using the NPM library EasyInvoice.

Set up AWS SQS for Queuing and Consumption from Node.js

5 Ways You Can Remove the Last Character from a String in Python

How to remove the last character from a string in Python.

Set Up Python on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

How to set up your Python development environment on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)