Python is arguably one of the most in-demand programming languages in the world. Industries need it, and technologists – particularly Data Scientists – want to learn it. In fact, StackOverflow’s 2022 Developer Survey ranked Python as number 4 on their list of most popular technologies and number 3 on the list of technologies developers want […]
It is quite easy to add a non-nullable field to an empty table. Any migration tool, including Alembic, can automatically generate a migration file for you that is immediately ready for use, with no modifications required. The problem arises when you have a table that is populated with data. You specify that you want a new […]
The first step to growing your career is identifying what you want. Are you a mid-level developer seeking to move to senior level? Do you want a new challenge in your daily role? Or are you looking for a complete career change? It’s very easy to get too comfortable at work, particularly after a long […]
As part of our ongoing mission to connect brilliance with opportunity, we regularly hold webinars and events for our Andela Community. We open up the floor to our technologists to discuss what they’re most passionate about, from building Docker environments to ReactJS dos and don’ts. Recently, our very own Amuda Adeolou Badmus hosted a webinar […]
In this week’s Writer’s Room – a series of blogs and tutorials written by experts from our Andela Community – Benjamin Ndovi takes us through the mechanics of being a Product Manager, and offers all the essential tips you need to understand this increasingly popular role and industry. What is product management? Innovation is usually […]
In the past, user interface design (UI) and user experience design (UX) were considered “nice to have” skills by most organizations. Great additions, but not essential or in demand. While the design industry prized UX and UI technologists, many global organizations dismissed the design medium as frivolous, offering little to no buy-in to invest in […]
In this week’s Writer’s Room, Andela Community member and Site Reliability Engineer Frank Adu discusses Site Reliability Engineering using Kubernetes, an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. How big is the CLOUD ? There’s no doubt that Microservices and the Cloud have changed in recent years, driven towards Cloud Native […]
This article was a collaboration by technologists in The Andela Talent Network. Thanks to: Mazen Raafat, Amuda Adeolu Badmus, Hope Ngerebara, Chesvic Hillary. Remote work is taking the world by storm, and this new work model is here to stay. Almost 48% of the employees surveyed by OWL labs said they would start looking for […]
In this week’s Writer’s Room blog, Andela Community member Haymanot Tamrat explores using .NET interactive in Visual Studio Code. In early 2020, to get started and explore dotNET REPLs, a NET developer had to install Anaconda, Jupyter, and Python. Now, all a developer has to do is install a single Visual Studio Code extension (keeping […]
In this week’s Writer’s Room blog, Andela Community member Muaad Abdirahman explains why you can put Javascript aside and build modern web apps using Ruby on Rails and Hotwire instead! I’m sure some of you are asking yourselves the question “No JavaScript? Seriously?”. I wouldn’t blame you if you were a little skeptical. After all, […]
User experience designers – otherwise known as UX Designers – are an essential part of technical product teams, closely involved in anything from app creation to website builds. A creative, engaging, and fulfilling career choice, UX Design jobs are some of the most sought after across the world. The UX Designer’s role is to make […]
In this Writer’s Room blog, Andela Community Member and UX researcher Carlos Tay explains how UX design can enable agile teams to thrive! As part of an Agile team, UX professionals need to be closely involved in scrums and other essential meetings to ensure open communication, influence product success, and to contribute to the team’s […]
In this Writer’s Room blog, Andela Community Member Ebenezer Adjei explores the new and improved Redux – Redux Toolkit – and its capabilities for the future of State Management! Redux Toolkit is a great tool that has finally taken over the core Redux. It encompasses all the features of Redux with extra capabilities. When using […]
As a technologist, showcasing your skill set is essential to gaining the attention of potential employers and like-minded developers, engineers, and technical professionals. Whether you’re a Ruby developer or data scientist, UX designer, or product manager, by creating content, particularly technical tutorials and thought leadership articles, you can share your knowledge and center yourself as […]
Creating a killer design portfolio is as much a design task as it is a critical part of the process of showcasing your work to potential clients. But what makes a great design portfolio? How do you ensure that anyone looking at your portfolio isn’t just blown away by how amazing it looks, but gets […]
Calling all ReactJS developers! Are you a mid-level ReactJS developer looking to upgrade to a senior-level role? Or, are you already a senior developer, seeking to upskill and perfect your craft? Front-end development is an ever-evolving industry, where programming languages and applications are continuously updated, and new and improved releases hit the market before you’ve […]
Flexible working is here to stay. In the aftermath of the pandemic, many global organizations – including Andela – adopted a remote-first culture, building a business model around the lifestyle and productivity benefits of working from home. As a remote-first company, Andela believes that no matter where you’re based in the world, you should have […]
Andela has opened up career paths for more than 175,000 technologists worldwide, helping them to build the skills they need to work in a global economy, at exciting companies including ViacomCBS, GitHub, and Mastercard. This is one of the findings of a recent case study from the IFC – the International Finance Corporation. As a […]
Topics Overview of React Hooks Why are Hooks created? Rules to follow useState and useEffect Hooks Hooks API Reference Overview of React HooksReact.js is an open-source JavaScript-based UI library that uses component-based architecture and is widely used for web and mobile app development. A component in React is an isolated and reusable piece of code. […]
Have you ever been in a situation where you have an enterprise app with data that exists in an SQL Database, and the business team asked you for a text search feature? If you answered yes, most probably your first trial was to conduct a text-based search using the database query. However, it might work, […]
The month of June is recognized around the world as Pride Month: a celebration of and reflection on the civil rights movement for LGBTQIAS2+ communities. As a rapidly evolving industry, technology appeals to a global world of technologists, and it is this far-reaching, diverse community that is enabling the industry to grow quickly and efficiently. […]
The technology industry is evolving at a rapid pace, and for any senior-level technologist seeking career progression, it can be overwhelming. But the key to embracing the constant shifts is learning to develop your own skills. Changes in the tech industry aren’t part of natural evolution – they’re driven by tech leaders, fuelling innovation and […]
When collecting customer data, the headaches often stem from having to manually input data points and manage large deposits of data that may include redundant information. As a Salesforce Admin currently embedded at an eCommerce company that sells sleep products, I’ve learned how powerful Salesforce forms can create unique user journeys resulting in better, cleaner […]
From K-12 to higher education and workforce upskilling, there’s a growing global demand for online learning. According to one report, the global EdTech market holds an absolute growth of more than 130% between 2022 and 2027. The ethos of EdTech companies is to share education with the world. This alone has revolutionized the education industry. Today, […]
When Prince Hamlet opens his soliloquy with the phrase “To be, or not to be”, he is debating between living and dying. While this article will not delve into this morbid subject, the decision to use a relational or non-relational database for your application has far reaching consequences. Hopefully, by the time you’re done reading […]
Pride month is celebrated throughout June, across many countries around the world. Andela is proud to be a global organization honoring the countless contributions to the tech industry by members of LGBTQIAS2+ communities through our #AndelaPride365 campaign. An important part of celebrating Pride is paying tribute to LGBTQIAS2+ individuals who paved the way by shaping […]
The remote workplace is becoming increasingly dominant in the technology industry. Technology is enabling remote work, and technologists are benefiting from it. The world of work has changed dramatically over the past two and a half years. Before COVID-19, some companies had embraced a remote-first strategy, but they were the exception rather than the […]
As a Salesforce Developer currently embedded at a software company in the professional services industry, I’ve worked on wide-ranging projects that impact everyday business value. One of the most critical projects I’ve focused on recently involves migrating legacy data from an existing system over to Salesforce. Migrating legacy data is necessary for a number of […]
At Andela, we believe that brilliance is evenly distributed but opportunities are not. We’re changing lives across the globe, while bringing people together around the world of work. As the world shrinks and engineering jobs increase in number, where you’re located in the world matters less: the anytime, anywhere workplace is officially here to stay. […]
In this week’s Writer’s Room – a regular blog series of articles and tutorials written by technologists from within our Andela Community – Carlos Tay takes us through a day in the life of a UX designer! AM to PM: A day in the life of a UX designer As UX designers, on a daily […]
As a technologist, it’s imperative that you’re one step ahead to grow your career. Even as a senior developer or engineer – at the top of your game – it’s essential to understand the ways in which you can hone your skills, perfect your profile, and build your brand to attract opportunities at some of […]
In this week’s Writer’s Room – a regular blog series of articles and tutorials written by technologists from within our Andela Community – Chesvic Hillary explains how you can consume the SOAP web service the Node.js way! The word SOAP triggers goosebumps for both junior and experienced developers, yet it’s a web protocol that cannot […]
In 2017, George Udosen, a Biochemistry graduate, joined the inaugural Google and Andela learning program under the Andela Learning Community. While studying Android Development, his impressive performance enabled him to move from the fundamental class to the intermediate class. The goal of the Andela Learning Community is to help its members develop the skills that […]
In this week’s Writer’s Room – a regular blog series of articles and tutorials written by technologists from within our Andela Community – Ezzeddin Abdullah offers an introduction to asynchronous programming in Python using Async IO. Writing sequential (or synchronous) code is familiar to many programmers, even when they’re just getting started. It’s the kind […]
Unicorns creating real opportunities for technologists in Latin America Latin America is fast becoming a hotspot of innovation, with more and more startups exploring the opportunities that this fast-growing region offers – leading the way for technologists to explore new career paths. This is evidenced by the rapid increase in the number of unicorn startups […]
With a population of over 1.2 billion people, Africa is home to an abundance of talent with skills and experience who positively contribute to the technological growth of companies all over the world. To understand more about the environment Africa’s technologists are operating in, we commissioned the Africa Developer Survey 2022, which offers insights into […]
