A Beginner's Guide to Using Nano Text Editor

If you are new to text editing in the Linux environment, nano is a great option for you. In this guide, we will walk you through the basics of using nano and its features. To start using nano, simply open your terminal and type nano <filename> to open a file in the editor. One of the great things about nano is that you can directly start typing characters into the file without worrying about different modes or settings....

An introduction to Arduino: Revolutionizing Amateur Electronics

Overview of the Arduino Electronics Platform Arduino, a groundbreaking technology in the amateur electronics ecosystem, has revolutionized the way people learn and interact with electronics. Unlike traditional electronics studies, Arduino brought fun and ease to the learning process, making it accessible to beginners. This Italian-born marvel has created an entire industry and movement, known as the makers movement. By being a completely open-source platform, Arduino has gained immense popularity, allowing individuals and companies to build their own Arduino clones and contribute to its ever-growing ecosystem....

An Introduction to GitHub for Developers: A Beginner's Guide

GitHub is a website that serves as a hub for millions of developers to collaborate on open source projects. It hosts billions of lines of code and acts as a platform for developers to share their software and report any issues they encounter. As a developer, understanding GitHub is crucial as it is a powerful tool that can improve your workflow and allow you to integrate other applications into your development process....

An Introduction to Yarn: A Powerful JavaScript Package Manager

Yarn is a JavaScript Package Manager developed by Facebook. It is a direct competitor of npm, one of the most widely used package managers in the JavaScript ecosystem. Yarn is compatible with npm packages and serves as a drop-in replacement for npm. While it used to be faster than npm due to parallel download and caching, npm has caught up with many of its features. Regardless, Yarn remains a popular and powerful choice for managing JavaScript dependencies....

Introduction to Linux: A Powerful and Free Operating System

Linux, an open-source and free operating system, is widely regarded as the backbone of the internet and powers the majority of servers. It offers a level of freedom that proprietary systems like macOS, Windows, and mobile platforms cannot match. Developed by a community of volunteers, Linux does not have a single commercial entity dictating its direction and priorities. Linux is not just limited to servers; it can also be used as a daily operating system on desktops and laptops....

The Evolution of JavaScript in the Last Decade

Looking back at the last decade of JavaScript and the evolution of the web, it has been a truly remarkable journey. In 2010, JavaScript wasn’t as widely used as it is today. While I had JavaScript books from as early as 1998 in my library, I mainly used it in the form of Mootools and jQuery plugins. Although I wrote some glue code in JavaScript, it wasn’t anything groundbreaking. Back then, JavaScript was not considered a hot language, except for projects like GMail and Google Maps that required advanced work and large budgets....