code

5 of the Most Popular Tools for GraphQL

GraphQL is a query language that's often heralded as the replacement of REST. Here's a list of the five most popular GraphQL tools, as ranked by GitHub stars.

vue

11 Top Vue.js Libraries For Your App

Vue.js is an open-source JS framework that has seen nothing but growth since its release. Here are the top 11 libraries that improve programming with Vue.

testing

A Saner Approach to Testing

The pyramid of tests is considered gospel by many. But is it always understood correctly? Is there more to testing than just blindly following the rules? Find out here.

productivity

A Few Principles of Clean Code

Bad code works until it's the year 2,000. Here are some of the most important principles that X-Team developers make use of to keep their code clean.

android

React Native vs Flutter: Which One is Better?

React Native and Flutter are both popular frameworks that allow companies to have one codebase for both iOS and Android. But how do both frameworks differ?

productivity

14 VSCode Extensions That Will Improve Your Productivity

Extensions to your IDE are invaluable to speed up your work. Here are 14 VSCode extensions that will make you a more productive developer.

python

Best Python Frameworks for Web Development and Data Science

Python allows you to build web apps or delve deep into ML, data science, and AI. Here are some of the most popular Python frameworks and libraries.

javascript

Top JavaScript Trends to Watch in 2019

Stay up to speed with the biggest JavaScript developments of 2018, and some predictions as to what 2019 will bring.

javascript

36 Essential JavaScript Tools in 2019

This is a list of well-known and popular tools for JavaScript, placed into categories that define important parts of the development process.

python

Python Testing for the Lazy Dev

If you want to get your Python tests to save you time and make sure you are not going to be woken up in the middle of the night by painful calls to fix a bug, please, continue on.

javascript

Yarn vs npm

Yarn seemed to have taken npm's throne as JS package manager in 2016/17. But how does the situation look like today?

kotlin

Kotlin Basics: Thinking Functional

Kotlin is a statically typed programming language which runs in the JVM, but also can be used to compile Javascript or use the LLVM infrastructure to compile native code. Kotlin is a free and open source project under the Apache 2.0 license.

android

Using Firebase Analytics with Android (Kotlin)

Do you really know how your users use your app? Analytics can help you understand their behavior and better focus your development to be more aligned to the things the users really need and use the most.

javascript

Guide to Using the Composite Pattern with JavaScript

The composite pattern allows you to compose objects into tree structures to represent part-whole hierarchies. Be it for web UIs or game engine design, this is a pattern every developer should know.

procedural generation

Procedural Generation and Possible Worlds

Embark on a journey into the world of procedural generation, and learn the most basic fundamentals of how games like Minecraft or No Man's Sky generate their vast worlds.