Monday, January 30, 2023

How Will Next Gen AI Empower SDLC?

Dev colleagues, as AI-driven development becomes more pervasive, expect to see a shift in the way developers work. Rather than spending the majority of their time writing code, developers will be able to rely on AI-powered tools to handle many of the more tedious and time-consuming tasks. This will free up developers to focus on more creative and strategic work, such as designing new features and improving user experiences. Another way in which AI will change the way developers work is by making it easier to collaborate. SDLC should also benefit from increased AI-powered collaboration tools, thus being able to share and access information more easily, leading to faster and more efficient collaboration. AI-driven coding and quality assurance are on the new-term horizon as well. These factors will allow junior and advanced developers alike to focus on the bona fide creative problem-solving aspects of SDLC. While many SDLC tasks will be transformed by AI the net result should lead to more sophisticated and effective code … benefitting all dev positions.

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Monday, January 16, 2023

Low-No Code + Chat GPT - A Revolutionary Impact on SDLC?

Dev colleagues, the confluence of low-no code movement and ChatGPT impact the software development arena resonates worldwide. The Gartner Peer Insights (2022) report “What is an Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms (LCAP)?” states that “LCAP typically creates metadata and interprets that metadata at runtime and abstracts the underlying server infrastructure for ease of use; many also allow optional procedural programming extensions. LCAP supports: UI capabilities via responsive web and mobile apps, Orchestration or choreography of pages, business process, and decisions or business rules, Built-in database, and ‘One button’ deployment of applications”. Thus, LCAP is a valuable tool for CIOs, yet is far from a panacea for closing the Dev skills and resource gap. At the same time CNET’s article (December 2022) “There's a new AI bot in town: ChatGPT, and even if you're not into artificial intelligence, you'd better pay attention.” Moreover, “It's a big deal. The tool seems pretty knowledgeable in areas where there's good training data for it to learn from. It's not omniscient or smart enough to replace all humans yet, but it can be creative, and its answers can sound downright authoritative. A few days after its launch, more than a million people were trying out ChatGPT.” ChatGPT can write blog posts, articles and even create computer programs. This chatbot is still in its infancy. However, as ChatGPT scans more Internet content and expands its knowledge base, the applications for consumers and professionals alike appear almost limitless.”

The Heart of the Matter: Each of these items could lead to a tectonic shift in software development globally. Moreover, we believe the combination of LCAP and ChatGPT - with a 3-5 year time horizon - will likely transform SDLC … from JavaScript to Python and beyond!.

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Monday, January 9, 2023

Discover the Top 3 SQL Training Programs for 2023

Colleagues, the average salary range for SQL Developers is $81,259 and $101,124 according to Salary.com. SQL is a “must have” skill for all developers involved with data-driven front- and back-end applications. Here are our Top 3 picks to advance your career and income in 2023. First up is the SQL Essentials Training & Certification. Learn how to write SQL (Structured Query Language) using Microsoft's SQL Server Management Studio from scratch with SQL Essentials training course. Next is Microsoft Azure SQL. Build fundamentals skills and  database concepts in a cloud environment, get basic skills in cloud data services, and build your foundational knowledge of cloud data services within Microsoft Azure. You will explore relational data offerings, provisioning and deploying relational databases, and querying relational data through cloud data solutions with Microsoft Azure. You will learn about SQL. Third is the Learn SQL program. SQL is the core language for Big Data analysis, and enables insight-driven decision-making and strategy for your business. Perform analysis on data stored in relational and non-relational database systems to power strategic decision-making. Learn to determine, create, and execute SQL and NoSQL queries that manipulate and dissect large scale datasets.

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Monday, January 2, 2023

2023: MEAN Stack Development

Dev colleagues, the MEAN stack is a JavaScript-based framework from MongoDB for developing web applications. The MEAN acronym covers MongoDB, Express, Angular, and Node, the four key technologies that make up the layers of the stack. MongoDB — document database, Express(.js) — Node.js web framework, Angular(.js) — a client-side JavaScript framework, and Node(.js) — the premier JavaScript web server. ZipRecruiter estimates the average salary for MEAN Stack Developers at $120.800. Our top MEAN Stack training picks for 2023 include:

M - MongoDB Developer Certification Training: Master the leading document-oriented NoSQL database, MongoDB Architecture, CRUD, Schema Design, Data Modeling and Indexing using real-life case studies. Learn the types of NoSQL Database, and NoSQL vs. SQL Comparison, ACID & Base Property and the CAP Theorem, implementing NoSQL.

E - RESTful Microservices Using Node.js and Express: Backend refers to the server side of development. Here, the primary focus is on how a website works. Node.js is considered efficient for the development of backend applications as it brings event-driven programming and enables development of fast and efficient web servers in JavaScript.

A - Angular for Modern Web Applications: Learn to effectively create and manage front-end codebases using Angular, currently one of the most popular front-end JavaScript frameworks.The approach is hands-on. You start with a basic boilerplate application, and throughout the course, add new functionality to your skill set. Angular has undergone some substantial changes over the past few years, and this course presents the latest features and best practices for beginner to intermediate developers.

N - Node.js, MongoDB and AngularJS Web Development: This program offers comprehensive instructions covering setting up, configuring, and running the NoSQL database MongoDB. The video course covers incorporating high-performance MongoDB databases into server-side Node.js applications and scripts. Next, the Express web server module for Node.js is covered, providing the understanding you need to easily build up your own scalable web servers. The video then describes how to build out client-side applications using the AngularJS JavaScript framework.

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