Tips to Enhance Coding Skills

This morning, a former on the job trainee asked me to give him some tips on how to improve his coding skill. I would like to share this to everyone, especially those who loves programming. Some of the thoughts are not my original idea, some of these I got from books, friends, teachers and colleagues who help me improve my coding styles in programming.

Tip No. 1: Think like an artist. Everytime you put your fingers to the keyboard to start designing a program think as if you are painting a masterpiece – a wonderful work of art. Just like an artist, your masterpiece should be clean and well-polished. Avoid unnecessary lines, lines should be well aligned, remove complicated codes that makes your code unreadable by spectators.

Tip No. 2: Be insecure to yourself. Don’t be too confident with your code, even a master in programming has the possibility of overlooking some errors in his code. So I suggest reading your code very well, understanding how you code it and making improvements as needed.

Tip No. 3: Be a perfectionist. It’s true that nobody is perfect but if you try to be perfect, you are pushing yourself to be on its best.

Happy Coding Everyone : )

VMware Connect2013

Similar to a complex computer system, virtual machines like vSphere, also have the possibility of failure. Therefore, it becomes crucial for data administrators to have data security and system recovery features in place to be able to secure and recover database contents/data that are damaged or lost when problems occur.

Last Tuesday, March 12, 2013 me and my colleagues went to Makati to attend another seminar hosted by VMware with the help of its partners like Trend Micro, Cisco, Riverbed, NetApp and others. In comparison with the last year seminar, which we also attended, where they introduce their product called vSphere, this time they discussed the tools that can be use to add security and recovery features on their product. They also demonstrated how to migrate from old operating system to the latest one without interrupting the user on what he/she is doing and saving all the data and settings of that computer in a simple and hassle free steps. They also discussed about the advantages of using Cloud as data centers. Their partners also introduces their product that backed up VMware to achieve its goal.

The experience is great, we learned a lot from the discussions and they full our stomach with tasteful food which they serve from start to finish. J

They ended the program at 6:00 PM after giving out prizes like Ipad on the raffle draws.

GDG DevFest 2012

Google Developer Group Philippines hosted their first GDG DevFest last August 4, 2012 at Asian Institute of Management Conference Center, Makati, and I am pleased that I had a chance to attend such a great opportunity, not only to be with the googlers all around the country but to know more about the recent developments of Google Technologies and their products. Together with Mr. Jovito Royeca and Mr. Denross Salenga, we went to Makati to attend the said event. The rain didn’t have the chance to hinder our excitement. We arrived on the venue 30 minutes before the event starts.

Whenever we hear the word Google, the first thing that comes to our mind is “Search”. As a developer, Google played an important part of my life. For me, Google is a friend that I can always count on when answers are of nowhere to find. In every successful program that I develop, Google has a big part of its success.

At the GDG DevFest, I have learned that Google is not just a search engine, it offers us applications and services like Google maps for mapping, adSense to monetize your website, analytics for reporting the status of your site, App Engine to create software that can be uploaded to Google Apps, and Google Plus for socializing to other googlers. In addition to that, they also introduced new technologies like Android and HTML 5.

Students from different universities showcase their projects using different Google products and services before the event ends. One of them is the Project Noah (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards) which is the response of the Department of Science and Technology to the call of President Benigno Aquino III for a responsive disaster prevention system (see link : http://noah.dost.gov.ph/). The system used Google Maps to select the location being reviewed. There are also systems that monitor traffic on Metro Manila, Status of the MRT and many others. These systems are made possible using different Google Technologies.

The event ended at six o’clock in the evening and in spite of all, IT’s WORTH ATTENDING.

Virtualization Rocks - VMWare vSphere Conference 2012

In an era, where technology is not only an alternative but a must solution for a successful business, companies nowadays should plan their systems carefully. Every company needs a system that is robust, fast, easy to maintain, up to date and especially, cost effective.

Last Tuesday, May 29, 2012, me and my colleagues namely, Jovito Royeca, Denross Salenga and Iskander Dino, went to Shangri-La Makati to attend a seminar held by VMWare Technology about their product vSphere – an enterprise virtualized platform somewhat same to the open source VirtualBox. Partnered with popular companies like IBM, Trend Micro, Silver Peak, Veeam, CISCO and EMC2 , makes the event more exciting as they discusses how their products can be integrated to VMWare vSphere.

The event was started with an opening remark by Jon Robertson, General Manager ASEAN of VMWare Technology, followed by discussions about vSphere features introduced by Denny Daniels and other products that were discussed by the Presidents and General Managers of partner companies.

VMWare vSphere is truly an amazing technology that answers the company’s need from a system. Imagine a company having 5-10 manageable servers running in a single machine, yes, you read it right, “On a Single Machine”. Each virtual server acts like a real server on a real machine and not just a simulation. And what is interesting here is each server can be configured independently or as a group depending on how or what function the server will perform. Personally, I am recommending this technology for companies need this functionality but don’t have sufficient fund buying additional servers for their company.

The event ended around 5:30 in the afternoon. Though it was tiring, it’s worth attending and I am personally giving the event a TWO THUMBSUP for the interesting topics, smart speakers, and of course, for the tasteful food they prepared.