Category: Education
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What’s the easiest way to boost your career as a software developer? Learn to touch type.
I’ve been a professional programmer for about 30 years, self-employed for 25 years, and doing full-time corporate Python training for more than a decade. I run a small business, which
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My new course, “Understanding and Mastering Git,” is now available
Ah, Git. It’s one of the best and most important tools I use as a software developer. Git is everything I want in a version-control system: It’s fast. It lets
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Level up your Python, with three new courses
Back in July, I gave three live, online courses: Object-oriented Python, functional Python, and Python decorators. I have long found that all three subjects are misunderstood by many Python developers,
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Yes, you can master regular expressions!
Announcing: My new book, “Practice Makes Regexp,” with 50 exercises meant to help you learn and master regular expressions. With explanations and code in Python, Ruby, JavaScript, and PostgreSQL. I
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Now available: My interview on “Developer on Fire” about training programmers
I was recently interviewed by Dave Rael for the “Developer on Fire” podcast. That episode has now been released, at http://developeronfire.com/Podcast/Episodes/reuven-lerner-sharing-insight. Enjoy!
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Announcing: Coaching for technical trainers
What, exactly, do I do for a living? Yes, I’m a programmer — or as I’m supposed to say nowadays, a “full-stack Web developer.” And yes, I’m a lead developer/CTO.
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My latest side project: DailyTechVideo.com, posting new conference videos every day
If you’re like me, you love to learn. And in our industry, a primary way of learning involves attending conferences. However, if you’re like me, you never have the time
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“Practice Makes Python” is now available for early-bird purchase
My first ebook, “Practice Makes Python” — containing 50 exercises that will help to sharpen your Python skills — is now available for early-bird purchase! The book is already about 130 pages (and
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Three Pythonic products: A (free) Webinar, a course, and an ebook
I love developing software. I also love helping people to learn how to develop better. That’s why I have been teaching programming classes for more than a decade, and why
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Announcing: Teaching to Code, a community of programming instructors
In the wake of my last blog post, I’ve been thinking a great deal about the practice of teaching, and specifically the practice of teaching programming. I’ve realized that while