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Functional languages have some restrictions that will shock traditional coders. This follows from our previous blog on Why Bother with OOP? Welcome to the latest news from TalkIT. These are my thoughts based on programming and training over the last 15 years. Please add your comments below. Contents So What Is It? Some Key Principles […]

Recently I have included machine learning in my coding courses. I also found there was a lot of misunderstanding about machine learning. Both of what it is and how it can be practically used. This blog looks at the principles of Machine Learning.  If you want to find out more look at our complete training

There is a clearly recognised shortage of software developers in the UK. “Analysis of today’s labour market shows a total of 9,000 vacant JavaScript developer roles across London and the South East. That roughly equates to 210 new jobs roles being advertised every day. By comparison, the North West has, on average, 38 new roles

Why use OOP? Welcome to the latest news from TalkIT. If you want to know more take at look at our courses in OOP languages, for example developing in C#. In the next newsletter we will look at recent developments in Functional programming. When I first coded with OOP it seemed to add complexity without

Welcome to the latest news from TalkIT. This issue looks at working with Azure. If you want to know more take at look at our complete training course in Azure. Contents Why Bother with Azure Azure Features Getting Started using Windows Azure  Why Bother with Azure Over the last 15 years I have developed in

Women in Coding – Welcome to the latest news from TalkIT. This issue explores the theme of women in coding. It is fascinating that in the male dominated industry of programming, more and more women have become involved. So what do we know so far about this trend? Also see our past newsletter on what

The first thing to ask is why do you want to learn to program. If your answer is web development then maybe HTML5 and JavaScript are good starting points. However if you don’t really know what you want to do; then we suggest a good starting point is either Visual Basic or Python. JavaScript with

Contents Setting the scene What is Hadoop? 1. Setting the Scene Big data - the 4Vs What's wrong with relational databases? How about massively parallel processing databases? Big data technologies Data is the lifeblood of any organization The challenge… The volume of data is growing exponentially Magnitudes larger than a few years ago Big data

What better way to kick off Autumn than by learning something new. The ability to be able to code is becoming an essential skill for success in an ever-digital world. Whether you’re building simple websites and apps or coding complex data analytics tools – programming languages are becoming the new universal means of creative conversation we

What to watch in the web world this this year? If you want to know more take at look at our blog on the 5 Top Languages in 2017.  Welcome to the latest news from TalkIT. These are my thoughts based on programming and training over the last 15 years. Please add your comments below.