Quantum computing has been an infant technology for a while now, and it would take more time for it to become an inseparable part of our lives with the intensity of technologies like smartphones or the Internet of Things. Before going into the nitty-gritty of quantum computers, we need to set straight the difference between them and the computer you are now using to read...
Everyone in the IT industry is well acquainted with the inevitable time we spend on average staring at blaring pixels. Our job is tightly connected to some display, helping us work with interactive data. Although IT specialists certainly top the charts, several other professions also clock a high dose of screen time. But how do we manage the golden ratio between a healthy life and...
Portable devices grab our attention more than ever before, and we wonder what the effects of these gadgets will be on the lives of the younger generation. As we analyze the impact of technology as part of our daily fuzz, mobile devices have established themselves as indispensable tools. They have infiltrated our life to the point where we feel naked without the feel of our...
If you monitor websites like Workana or Indeed and check out skills requirements for Digital Marketers, you’ll see that experience in A/B testing is what most employers seek. Indeed, the idea of A/B experiments is more than tempting. Put forward an optimization hypothesis, test it, and scale the best results. However, only 1 of 8 conducted tests show any signs of real process breakthrough. To...
AI (Artificial Intelligence) is a hot topic in the Tech World. IT websites for jobs scream for Data Scientists, Senior Python Devs, or just anyone well versed in the secrets of Machine Learning. How AI-ready is your company? For non-tech mere mortals, the thought of AI in a company can bring about a climate of fear and mistrust. “They’re going to replace everyone with robots!”...
In 1976, Niklaus Wirth published a book titled 'Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs.' In the 2020 decade, that statement still stands true. Data structure is the arrangement of data in memory. They are essential for organizing, processing, retrieving, accessing, and storing data.Data structures usually work together with algorithms. They hold the data while algorithms solve problems using the data.Data structures are one of the...
User experience (UX) increases a website’s quality and makes business or personal websites stand out. Among many competing UX strategies, you might wonder which ones are effective for you and boost your brand. What Is UX Design? UX design is about putting customers first through meaningful product design. In practice, UX design often applies to any website and mobile app development. It combines research, usability...
Expectations from front-end developers have increased significantly in recent years, mostly due to the strengthening of browsers and comprehensive front-end frameworks. Both raise the bar high, and people need to adapt fast. We have a thing or two to say about that. A good front-end developer is no longer someone limited with doing stuff like navigation menus and pop-ups. Front-end experts are now people with...
In a perfect world, the internet computing environment would consist of a single gigantic computer and hard drive that stored all data without worrying about hardware failure or losing data. Of course, our computing world is not perfect, and interconnected computing environments spread computing requirements over many different computers, networks, and storage systems. In failure, data is backed up or replicated on multiple storage units,...
Images on webpages usually render in two formats - raster and vector images. Raster images are photographs in pixels and are typically written with the <img> tag in HTML. They must be scaled or resized according to the device width or height to preserve responsiveness and resolutions. Vector images, on the other hand, use lines, points, and shapes to render images. They could be rendered...
Canvas is one of the graphics elements in web design. Canvas 2D API (Application Program Interface) is an object that allows us to draw, and manipulate game graphics applications, graphs, text, and visual images using JavaScript and HTML5. Canvas is very interactive because it responds readily to JavaScript and DOM events. It is often compared to SVG, another graphics element in HTML5. Even though they...
