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Introduction to Kotlin: Android Programming for Humans
Java has been a dominant programming language for ages, but modern times call for modern languages. Meet Kotlin, a modern, clear, and expressive programming language powered by the same virtual machine technology that powers Java.
In this article, Toptal Freelance Software Engineer Tomasz Czura takes us for a spin through the world of Kotlin and shows us how it can be used to make an Android application with an elegant architecture without compromising the very qualities of the code that Kotlin aims to provide.
Tomasz Czura
Tomasz (MCS) is an Android wizard and team lead. His favorite project has been doing the app and back-end of a hotel entertainment system.
Testing Your Go App: Get Started The Right Way
When Golang first came out, there were next to no resources available about how to efficiently test your Go-written application. Even now, with plenty of guides and recommendations available, many bright-eyed developers still try to apply their Ruby or JavaScript mindset and use external frameworks to test apps written in Go.
In this article, Toptal Freelance Developer Gabriel Aszalos first explains Golang philosophy and then covers the basics of testing in Go, from table testing to JSON response assertion.
Gabriel Aszalos
Gabriel is a senior developer & Go enthusiast with experience working in diverse environments and multicultural teams around the globe.
Scaling Scala: How to Dockerize Using Kubernetes
Are you a Scala developer hoping to scale your application in the cloud? If so, meet Kubernetes, a cluster manager for Docker applications. Developed by Google, it’s the latest in new open source tools making major waves.
In this article, Toptal Freelance Software Engineer Michele Sciabarra guides us through a step-by-step tutorial on how to take a generic Scala application and implement Kubernetes and Docker to launch multiple instances of the application.
Michele Sciabarra
Michele is a system architect with over 20 years of experience. He is a polyglote developer but his specialty is Scala and DevOps.
Gulp: A Web Developer's Secret Weapon for Maximizing Site Speed
When dealing with web-based projects that run in the production environment, being able to build and deploy changes quickly is a top priority. However, repetitive processes such as building front-end assets, when not automated, can be prone to critical errors.
In this article, Toptal Freelance Software Engineer Anton Kanevsky shows us how Gulp can solve various challenges of build automation through simple JavaScript routines.
Anton Kanevsky
With a bachelor’s in CS and 15+ years of full-stack development, Anton is a pro software engineer who’s delivered numerous complex projects.
Keep Calm and Transition to a New Development Team
Many product owners don’t have a technical background and thus often find themselves unprepared and scrambling when it comes to bringing on a new development team. This often results in hindered progress, wasted time, and frustration for everyone involved. If this sounds like it could be you, either now or in the future, then you should be somewhat concerned.
In this blog post, Toptal Freelance Software Engineer Carlos Ramirez III will walk you through the various steps of a typical transition process in project management so you can prepare for this eventuality and make the transition as smooth as possible.
Carlos Ramirez III
Carlos is a professional software engineer specializing in the Ruby on Rails framework. He has worked with US tech companies for years.
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Boost Your Data Munging With R
As a language, R is strongly tied to data and is thus used mostly by statisticians and data scientists. Many who already use R for machine learning, though, are not aware that data munging can be done faster in R, meaning another tool is not required for that task.
In this article, Freelance Software Engineer Jan Gorecki explores tabular data transformations and introduces us to one of the fastest open-source data wrangling tools available.
Jan Gorecki
Jan is a business intelligence and data warehousing expert with advanced R skills and some infrastructure experience.
Get Your Angular 2 On: Upgrading from 1.5
“So much of what’s new and exciting about Angular 2 is its new way of thinking rather than its new architecture,” says Toptal Freelance Developer Ethan James.
In this article, Ethan walks through the inner workings of a simple Angular 1.5 app and then shows us how to upgrade it to Angular 2 while giving us the necessary understanding to truly appreciate it.
Ethan James
Ethan is a passionate Javascript developer who writes clean, semantic HTML5 and CSS3 and is as responsive as the sites he builds.
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