Top 10 Gift Ideas for Programmers, Software Engineers, and Tech Geeks

My friend circle has a lot of programmers and non-programmers. When it comes to buying gifts for birthdays, anniversary, or holidays, I receive a lot of queries from my non-programmer family and friends about what to buy for a programmer? Well, buying a gift is easy but choosing or finding the right gift for someone is really really tough. I have had this experience when it comes to buying gifts for kids. I know they like toys but my wife told me to buy something more valuable, which not only keeps them engaged but also provides value, help them in learning and they appreciate every time they use. That's a lot to cater to one gift, but that's the perfect gift, isn't it?

Top 10 Computer Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Sci-Fi Movies Programmers Should Watch

Guys, It's a fun time here, as Holidays are approaching, it's Movie time for many of us. Being a computer programmer, I love movies which are based on programmers life, work, and concept. Thankfully Hollywood is no short of films based on computers, programming, and geeky technical stuff. Another day, I was pretty bored, and when I look back to my DVD collection, I found Inception, Matrix Reloaded, and The Social Network, this all movies are in some way related to computers and technology, which strike me the idea to publish my list of Top 10 Computer programming movies.

Top 10 UNIX and Linux System Programming Books- Best of Lot, Must Read

I have been sharing programming books in this blog for a long time, starting with core Java; I moved to other related technology, like Spring, Design patterns, Data Structure and Algorithms, etc. Today, I am going to share some of the best UNIX and Linux programming books. The list contains some of the must-read UNIX books from great writers like Sir Richard. Stevens, Sir Brain Kernighan, who has contributed so much to the development of the UNIX operating system. Most of the books on this list are timeless,  classic, and don't age with time, much like UNIX, which is around for the last 40 years, and I am sure it will be around for the next 40 years, or maybe forever.

Top 5 Courses to learn C# (C-Sharp) in 2020 - Best of Lot

If there is one programming language that deserves more credit, then it currently receives from developers, than it would be C# or C-Sharp. When we talk about popular programming languages, we mostly talk about how Java is ruling the programming world from the last three decades, how JavaScript changed the web world, or how Python has taken over all programming languages in last couple of years, but we seldom mention C#. If you follow the StackOverflow survey, then you know that C# is always one of the top 5 Programming languages rated by programmers, and this year also close to 31.0% has said that they use C#, which is significant.

How to send HTTP request using curl and wget command from Linux and UNIX? Example Tutorial

You can use either curl or wget command to send HTTP requests from UNIX or Linux operating system. Both commands allow you to send GET and POST requests, which means you can also call REST web services.  I have a Java web application, which runs on Linux and exposes WebServices. I was writing a UNIX script to download In some data from that web service when I hit by the question, how do I make an HTTP call from UNIX? What is the UNIX command should I use? If you are also facing the same problem, then you have come to the right ht place. Basically, you can use two UNIX commands to make the HTTP request, wget, and curl.

Top 5 Books to Learn Scala and Functional Programming - Best of Lot

Scala is one of the relatively new programming languages which encompasses best practices of many programming languages. The biggest strength of Scala is that it provides a beautiful blend of object-oriented programming and Functional programming. So, you can not only construct elegant class hierarchies for maximum code reuse and extensibility, but you can also implement their behavior using higher-order functions. It has a concise syntax with less ceremony, which also makes it ideal for scripting but doesn't underestimate its power. Like Java, Scala has also used for mission-critical applications by technical giants like Twitter, LinkedIn, and Intel.