The weather app on your smartphone can tell you the weather for any place on the planet. How? Your phone doesn’t store all the weather data for the whole world. That would be a crazy amount of data. And even if your phone could store it all, that would be a big waste of space […]
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Front-End Development vs Back-End Development
Try Googling ‘web development jobs.’ Most are called front-end, back-end, or full-stack. The back-end is how your computer got this article when you went to VentureLessons.com. The front-end is how your computer knew this should look underlined and this should look bold. Together, they’re the full stack. The back-end The point of the Internet is […]
Which Programming Language Should I Learn First?
There are so many programming languages out there that it can be hard to know where to begin. Should you learn a high-level or low-level language? Do you need to know more than one language? Is it a good idea to try out a few and see which one you like? All of these are […]
How to Become a Data Scientist
Data scientist is the buzzword job title that automatically instills a level of coolness and expertise in anyone working in the tech field. Because, let’s face it, explaining how companies can reach their goals with numbers is pretty cool. Much of the academic and EdTech world agrees with the popularity of data science. With universities […]
What Is Git And How Do I Use It?
Do you write reports for work, essays for school, blog posts, poems, computer code, recipes, articles, or literally anything else that involves typing on a keyboard? If so, Git is the best piece of technology you can learn. It solves three big problems: Learning to use Git is tricky. But even if you don’t use […]
Java vs Javascript: What’s the Difference?
If you’re a Javascript developer, at some point you’ve probably had a conversation like this one: “You’re a developer? What languages do you know?” “I mostly work with Javascript.” “Oh, I’ve heard of Java! Cool!” “Um…” To the average person, these terms sound so familiar that some people don’t realize they are two separate languages. […]