Despite our best efforts, there’s usually no option but to agree with people when they say there’s no substitute for C or C++. No matter how many new programming languages come and go, these two are seemingly here to stay....
There was a time when finding a developer was difficult, but times have changed and so has the skill set of developers around the globe. Knowing how to code in C++ or Java are no longer skills that you can...
Originally developed by Facebook in 2011, HipHop Virtual Machine (HHVM) is a virtual machine that’s intended for the execution of programs written in Hack and PHP. Featuring a special type system known as “gradual typing,” it supports the use of...
Java Standard Edition (SE) 8 was initially released on March 18, 2014, introducing several features into the general-purpose programming language, some of which includes language-level support for lambda expressions, a runtime environment in which developers can embed JavaScript code, annotation...
Right before the unveiling of Hack, Facebook developers Julien Verlaguet and Alok Menghrajani wrote on the company’s engineering blog. Their words were “Every PHP programmer is aware of the day to day tasks that can be tricky or cumbersome.” So...
A year and a half ago Google was turning heads with its Google Go Programming language. While they kept the world distracted, another internet giant quietly stepped into the realm of computer programming too. Their language is called Hack, and...
Welcome to Golang certification class number 19—How to use interfaces in Golang programming. Today, we’ll be discussing how you can define and use interfaces in Golang programming. Let’s begin by discussing why interfaces are necessary in programming. An interface is...
We’ve so far discussed how you can declare and initialize maps in Golang. In this blog post, we discuss how you can use loops to implement your Golang maps. We use loops in maps to initialize a block of several...
We’ve so far discussed how you can declare and initialize arrays and slices in Golang. In this blog post, we discuss how you can use loops to initialize your arrays and slices. Why do we need loops when initializing some...
In our previous blogs, we’ve discussed Golang’s data types, arrays and slices. In this tutorial, we present a one more in-built type—the maps. By the end of the class, you should have learnt how to use maps in your Golang...