Published inJavaScript in Plain English·PinnedMember-onlyHow to Break into Software Development: The Ultimate Guide for University and College students 2021/22 (with WFH Advice) — Part 1To make it easier to follow this lengthy guide I have broken it up into easy-to-follow steps and the guide is in a three-part series. Part 1 Aim — Define the how and why and the goals to create a strong aim. Prepare: Learning and the Short Route — how to get…College Degrees14 min readCollege Degrees14 min read
Published inThe Startup·PinnedMember-onlyBuilding a Full Stack Application as Part of Your Journey Into Full Stack DevelopmentSo you’re back? Good to know and a pleasure to have you again :-) Following on from the previous post, What makes a full stack developer and how to become one in 1 weekend, we can safely continue our journey into full stack development but buckle your seatbelts this is…Full Stack Web Developer4 min readFull Stack Web Developer4 min read
PinnedMember-onlyThe new world of Web TechYou may wonder “a new writer, on a pervasive topic…what for?”. I had that thought too, but bear with me; hopefully you will resonate with some ideas from this series I’m sharing. I am Shuaib, a 30ish family man residing in Edinburgh, Scotland who loves web tech! I started casually…Web Technology3 min readWeb Technology3 min read
2 days agoFour function calculatorFour function calculator Ever wondered where to find a calculator online? Even moreso how about finding a four function calculator? If so then we have created just for that purpose => topsoftwaretools.com/four-function-calculator1 min read1 min read
Jul 11, 2022Member-only3 Ways to Win More Software Projects and Get Higher Paying Clients — .Net focus — $100k and plus projectsIn the world of software, it’s sometimes difficult to know what projects to target for maximum profit gains even though there is an ocean full of quality projects with good-paying clients. This article is for anyone who is a web developer, app/software engineer or software developer who wants to take…Win Software8 min readWin Software8 min read
Published inJavaScript in Plain English·Dec 22, 2021Member-onlyTop 5 Hottest NPM Packages and Modules to Use in 2022Here we are at the end of 2021 and what a year it has been! This year has had a lot happening for Node.js and NPM! With a focus on enterprise developers, we’ve seen a lot of companies change their opinion on the use of Node.js’s NPM packages. In this…Nodejs3 min readNodejs3 min read
Dec 21, 2021Member-onlyTop 5 online income streams for 2022As it’s fast approaching the end of 2021 we are in a phase of reflection. Reflection of the year behind us and thinking about what to do next. If you’re like a developer who loves his job but always looking for ways to supplement the income then you’ve landed on…Toponlineincomestreams4 min readToponlineincomestreams4 min read
Dec 10, 2021Member-onlyHow to Break into Software Development — The Ultimate Guide for University and College students 2021/22 — plus WFH advice ( Part 2 )Build a profile, skills, coding, which programming language and more… In this next part of How to Break into Software Development — The Ultimate Guide for University and College Students we will look at how you can use the most common source control system to build a portfolio and code…No Code7 min readNo Code7 min read
Nov 25, 2021Member-onlyMy Top 6 Online Programming Playgrounds — Best Coding FiddlesAs a coder/software engineer you will be using an IDE pretty much every single day. This will be your “bread and butter” tool and you will use it whether you’re a employee or a freelancer — an IDE is central to all of your projects. But as we all know…Best Online Fiddles3 min readBest Online Fiddles3 min read
May 19, 2021Member-onlyHave you heard of ThisJS.js?Let’s create a useful tool with NodeJS You may wondering how good ThisJS.js is or how it even ever came about. What’s true though is this was just a crap title and this thing does exist not — yes there is no library called thisjs.js our there. Well I hope…Thisjs6 min readThisjs6 min read