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Choosing the best debugging tools for software developers
Both junior and seasoned developers understand that debugging is one of the most time-consuming yet critical steps in the development...
How UX/UI informs software development (and vice versa)
User experience (UX) and user interface (UI) design are key roles in the success of software products like websites and...
The future of programming languages
As the technologies powering our modern world continue to evolve at an unprecedented pace, the tools and programming languages used...
10 effective debugging techniques for developers
Debugging is a crucial part of software development and is widely considered to be the most time-consuming and challenging aspect...
Capsule networks: The next generation of deep learning architecture
Traditional convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have helped realise some amazing breakthroughs in computer vision, natural language processing (NLP), and various...
How to implement Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
The applications that drive our digital society require complex code development that uses many different tools and platforms. The result...
Cloud-based vs Traditional databases: which one should you choose?
Almost all businesses in our digital era rely on data in some form or another. Considered the “new oil” powering...
The role of DevOps in modern software development
While the agile methodology has grown in popularity in recent years, development and operations teams still largely remain siloed in...
Choosing the right database for your application
Choosing the right database management system is not a simple task. As it is considered a long-term commitment for any...
5 best code editors on the market
Just like how there are numerous options for photographers to edit photos, designers to edit images, and filmmakers to edit...
Frontend trends for 2023
Over 5 billion people (63.1% of the global population) accessed the internet regularly via smart devices in 2022 – and...
Do you really need maths to be a programmer?
The most common question people ask when exploring the possibility of a career in IT is this: “Do I need...
5 cybersecurity must-haves for small businesses
Small businesses face many challenges on a daily basis but few are quite as potentially damaging as cyberattacks. Smaller companies...
Low-code vs no-code development: the key differences
Until recently, organisations wanting to create new information systems had limited options. Either they had to build a new system...
Best web development frameworks
Creating sophisticated and intuitive websites that grab the attention of users requires perfect synergy between UX/UI and development teams. The...
The challenges of software integration
As our IT and technology industries continue to evolve, the functionality requirements for modern applications also need to keep up....
The career path for a software developer
As businesses in almost all global sectors begin to fully embrace digitisation, so grows the demand for software developers to...
Developing for AR: a quick crash course
What was originally seen to be an inaccessible technology to the everyday person is quickly becoming a reality thanks to...
Working Machines: A book by WeAreBrain
You can find Working Machines: An Executive's Guide to AI and Intelligent Automation on Amazon and Apple for purchase. Artificial Intelligence...
Creating an e-commerce website: template vs custom
If you are thinking about starting your own e-commerce business, we think you would find our guide very useful: How to start...
How to build an app: A complete guide of tips and tricks
Wondering how to build an app? Well, you're not alone. There has never been a better time to get into...
The Differences Between Web, Native, Progressive Web and Hybrid Apps
In order to create your mobile app, you need to deploy certain development tools and applications. In this article, we’ll...
Designer-Developer handoff: The art of collaboration
When we refer to a ‘design handoff’ we are speaking about the process where designers submit their design prototype to...
Best practices for newbie Scrum Masters
An interview with WeAreBrain’s brilliant Scrum Masters Taking the first steps of your career in the tech industry as a Scrum...
Project management essentials in 2020
Project management has evolved greatly in recent years as today’s projects are more complex and teams are far bigger than...
How to avoid the biggest newbie programmer mistakes
I recently sat down with some of our rockstar programmers at WeAreBrain to discuss the most common mistakes beginner programmers...
The 5 Scrum values: What are they and why do we need them?
Some years ago the creators of Scrum, Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland, added 5 values to the framework that each...
Living on the Edge: What is edge computing and why do we need it?
We’re living in the age of ‘stronger, better, faster’ where every piece of software or technology undergoes constant updates and...
Should you make the switch to Drupal 9?
With the expected release of Drupal 9 arriving mid-2020, your friendly tech nerds at WeAreBrain take a look at the...
Waterfall vs Agile vs Scrum: What’s the difference?
The tech world is littered with tricky terms, jarring jargon and convoluted concepts which are hard to keep track of,...
Stronger together: How to be an inspiring Technical Team Leader (TTL)
Every team needs a leader. No matter how big or small, teams rely on someone to guide, support, motivate, and...
The efficiency of voice search has the potential to change how we communicate
The advent of voice search is changing the way we interact with technology and with our ‘collective consciousness’ itself. We...
How to design a chatbot from scratch — a comprehensive guide
A UX designer friend recently asked me for some advice on how to go about designing a full-scale chatbot process...
Demystifying AI Part 6: Machine Learning vs Deep Learning — what’s the difference?
In our ongoing effort to demystify AI for business owners and executives, our team at WeAreBrain has just released a...
How to quickly configure Drupal as a decoupled (headless) API-first system
Drupal is both a coupled CMS for editors who need control over the presentation as well as a headless CMS...
Background Execution Limits for Android Devices
By Andrii Savytskyi, Android Developer at WeAreBrain. I recently faced a challenging task for one of my projects: how do I...
Creating your custom font kit (icon font)
Icons are everywhere. No matter how large or small your project is — there is always a need for icons....
UX designers and QA engineers — crossing our T-shapes for better collaboration
Complex digital products are like symphonies — they need an orchestra full of different musicians — a multidisciplinary team. We...
Sink or Swim: Why SMEs need Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in order to remain competitive
Ready to build your own AI business strategy? Purchase WeAreBrain’s new book, Working Machines - An Executive’s Guide to AI...
React client-side authentication with Facebook, LinkedIn and Google
By Dmitry Shishko, full-stack developer at WeAreBrain. In this article, I will be showing you how we used React to enable...
Moving from Webpack 3 to Webpack 4 — Now with some exciting updates
By Dmitry Shishko, PHP developer at WeAreBrain. The Latest Updates: We had such a great response to our article about moving from...
Make a Bluetooth-driven electronic device with Arduino at its heart — Part 2
By Sergey Gernyak, Back-end Engineer at WeAreBrain. In part one of this two-part article series, we discovered how to make Arduino...
Make a Bluetooth-driven electronic device with Arduino at its heart — Part 1
By Sergey Gernyak, Back-end Engineer at WeAreBrain. I really like electronics. I like doing fun experiments, and they’re pretty interesting to...
Programming languages that are worth a second look
At WeAreBrain we invest a great deal of time in R&D and we’re always keen to investigate new programming languages...
Limitations to Chatbot Functionality: Facebook Messenger’s Chatbot API
Recently WeAreBrain built a Facebook Messenger chatbot for one of our clients, Bloom Avenue, an e-commerce startup that specialises in organic...
MVP for Android Part 3 — Moxy Strategies
Welcome to my 3rd article about MVP on Android. As promised today we’ll be looking into Moxy a little more...
MVP for Android Part 2 — Featuring Moxy
Welcome back for the second article in our Android development using MVP pattern series. Last time we spoke about a...
MVP for Android — Part 1
I’ve been looking for a way to create cleaner Android application code for ages, studying reams and reams of articles...
Why I fell in love with Visual Studio Code
We all know that for a developer their editor or IDE, is their main tool and it’s the one used...
Use Jest for React App Testing
By Dmitry Shishko, Full Stack Developer. In this article, I would like to share my experience with testing the React application....
Lex vs Luis: choosing the right solution to create bots for your business
I’ll avoid a long intro about the new age of automated solutions, artificial intelligence and cognitive services, mostly because right...
Web designers vs. Front-end developers: Avoid quarrelling!
There are situations when front-end developers complain about designers. You might hear: “Their mockups are unclear! The indents are different,...
Add a new editor to CMS Cockpit
By Sergey Gernyak, Back-end Engineer at WeAreBrain. The CMS Cockpit forms a separate part of the Hybris Platform which allows you...
How we made our product building process great again
By Sergey Prihodko, CTO at clevergig. There are a huge number of books and a myriad of articles on how to properly...
Project configuration in Hybris
There are a lot of instances when a number or string should be able to be adjusted in environments outside...
How to use Maven dependencies inside the Hybris extension
So we’ve been stuck on this for some time due to the lack of official documentation regarding this topic. But...
Elixir runtime processes
By Sergey Gernyak, Back-end Engineer. Mostly when you create your new Elixir application you’ll run the following command: mix new my_app --sup It...
How to run a Rails application on jRuby or how a Rails application is run inside WAR
By Sergey Gernyak, Back-end Engineer. Some time ago, we started to move one of our Rails projects from MRI to a...
Prettify Ecto errors
By Sergey Gernyak, Back-End Engineer. I came into Elixir from the Ruby and Rails world. RoR has many cool libraries out of...
Why I don’t like #JavaScript
By Sergey Gernyak, Back-end Engineer. Here at Brain, JavaScript is a very big part of the work we do. Especially for...
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