Issue: 2022 - November/December

Rod’s keynote speech was an opportunity to look back at how he got here. He shares tips for getting along as a developer in the trenches for over 30 years.

Just when you’re thinking that you have this whole security thing covered, Sahil pokes a large hole in a common perception.

In the first two articles, you learned how to retrieve data using a set of wrapper classes. This time, Paul’s going to show you how to modify tables, perform transactions, validate data annotations, and add exception handling.

Bilal infuses some dependency injection into web applications with PHP Laravel. You’ll want to learn all about it to keep your code clear and uncluttered.

Wei-Meng shows you how Polars powers up speed and takes a bite out of inefficiencies in large datasets. Polars is a DataFrame library written in Rust, and despite its cute name, it brings all the power to bear that you could need on your projects.

The trouble with reusing code is that when you update, you have to update everywhere. Alexander teaches you how to simplify this process and make sure that you’re not creating problems somewhere else in the system.

You can take advantage of multiple platforms, protocol buffers, and HTTP/2 painlessly using gRPC, and Joydip shows you how.

There are quite a few moving parts on any given project. John looks at some fundamental truths to help you decide how best to proceed.

This bonus article accompanies Joydip's CODE Presents webinar of the same name, presented November 16, 2022. To watch the webinar recording, visit https://www.codemag.com/CodePresents.