Boyan Iliev
@bo-iliev
I am a Junior Site Reliability Engineer, that loves web development and is looking forward to his journey as a developer.
A Super Quick Intro to Ansible
Written by Boyan Iliev
# Introduction According to Wikipedia: > Ansible is an open-source software provisioning, configuration management, and application-deployment tool enabling infrastructure as code. It runs...
What is HTTP, HTTPS, and SSL
Written by Boyan Iliev
# Introduction If you are a developer, you probably know what an `SSL` certificate is. If you don't know what it is, don't worry. An `SSL` certificate is a must-have on any website. It lets...
# Introduction Linux is one of the most popular operating systems in the world. It is Unix-like, and it is also open-source. Quite a big percentage of developers use Linux because it can be...
# Introduction For the past few years, Python has become one of the most popular programming languages in the dev world. It is often used to build websites and software, it is also used to...
How To Get Better At Googling
Written by Boyan Iliev
# Introdction Don't worry, you've read the title of this post correctly. We are indeed going to explain how to get better at googling. In the web dev world, googling is one of the main thin...
Share Your Desk Challenge
Written by Boyan Iliev
As developers we spend most of our time in front of a screen. Or more precisely on our desk. This is why I want to start the **Share Your Desk Challenge**. It's really simple to enter, chec...
# Introduction Git is probably the most well-known and used version control system. It makes working on a single project with other developers much easier because Git tracks all the changes...
# Introduction One of the main data types in JavaScript is `strings`. These data types are used for storing and manipulating **text**. And luckily for us, there are quite a few methods that...
# Introduction MongoDB is a `NoSQL` (not only SQL) database. In NoSQL databases, we store our data in a collection of documents. These documents are very similar to `JavaScript objects` or...
# Introduction The array is almost always used in your or someone's code. It is a very important part of programming and you probably couldn't do the stuff that you want to do without array...
How to use the splice() method
Written by Boyan Iliev
# Introduction Arrays will always be something that you will use or run into. You can store different types of data inside of them. For example - strings, numbers, objects, and even other a...
# Introduction Until recently(if you think that 2009 is recently), we could only run JS code in a web browser. Node is a JavaScript runtime that executes code outside of the browser. We can...
How to Install MySQL on MacOS
Written by Boyan Iliev
# Introduction MySQL is a database management system based on SQL. like other relational databases, MySQL stores data in tables made up of rows and columns. If you are doing backend web d...
8 Linux Commands Everyone Should Know
Written by Boyan Iliev
# Introduciton It's a well-known fact that developers use terminals. And using a terminal is something that everybody should know. It is a good thing to know and do because it will help you...
Introduction To JavaScript Promises
Written by Boyan Iliev
# Introduction A Promise is an object representing the eventual completion or failure of an async operation. A promise is a returned object to which you attach callbacks, instead of passing...
How To Write A Good README File
Written by Boyan Iliev
# Introduction If you're familiar with GitHub, then you know what a README file is. But if you don't know what it is, you can think of it as the introduction to your repository. It's very h...
# Introduction Whether you are a senior developer, or you have just started getting into code, there comes a time when you start losing motivation. It is normal to lose motivation and that...
DOM Event Listeners
Written by Boyan Iliev
JavaScript is probably one of the most reliable and most powerful programming languages. But what takes JS to the next level is the DOM. The DOM stands for **Document Object Model**. In othe...
# Introduction Everyone watches YouTube. You probably spend many hours every week. I mean how else are you gonna catch up with all those cat videos. But YouTube isn't just about cat vids a...
# Introduction One of the most important things in JavaScript is arrays. 99% of the time, there is going to be an array in someone's JS script. If you look into someone else's code, you wil...
JavaScript Loops And How To Use Them
Written by Boyan Iliev
# Introduction When most people get asked if they know all the loops in JavaScript, the usual answer is 'The *while* and *for* loop. I know them all!'. Well, what if I told you that these a...