5 Steps to Build your First App

May 8, 2017 6:48 am Published by

Think building an app on your own is impossible? It’s not – in fact, it’s actually pretty easy when you know how. Almost everyone has a smartphone these days, which means the market for apps and the audience of app consumers is almost endless. App purchases are expected to generate over $77 billion and keep over half a million people employed in the next year, too. It’s undoubtedly a very lucrative area to get into. But how do ‘apprepreneurs‘ get started? Here’s the steps you need to take to build your very first app, from start to finish.

 

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The Coding Codex: 10 Terms New Programmers Should Know

May 1, 2017 6:53 am Published by

Are you learning to code? Are you thinking about it, but the sea of programming jargon is putting you off? Don’t worry – you’re not the first and you definitely won’t be the last person to feel that way. Computer programming is actually very very simple to learn; it just doesn’t seem like it at first because, literally, it’s a different language. Once you get a handle on the various common terms and what they mean, it all becomes much clearer. Luckily, we’re here to help! Here’s an explain of 10 essential programming terms all newcomers should know…

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Can Online Coding Courses Improve Your Programming Skills?

April 24, 2017 11:09 am Published by

It’s no secret that computer programmers are in hot demand all over the world. As we rely more and more on technology in our daily lives, we need more and more people to build, maintain, and improve it for us. From medicine to manufacturing to online shopping, code plays a part in pretty much every industry.

What many people don’t realise is that coding fundamentals are actually very easy to pick up. Elementary school kids can – and do – build computer programs, albeit very simple ones. And once you have the basic principles of coding mastered, you can learn any programming language and build (almost) anything with some hard work and analytical thinking. And you can do all of that from your own sofa, through e-learning.

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