50. Back to Basics: 5 Concepts Every Software Developer Should Know

If you’re studying to become a software developer or you’re early in your career, then this episode is for you! We will be covering five basic concepts every developer should know from what a variable is, to the SOLID principles. In the episode, we give a brief overview of our five most important software concepts as well as direct you to our other episodes if you want to learn more. New episodes come out fortnightly on Wednesday morning (NZT). Where to Find Us: ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠ Tik Tok ⁠⁠The Hot Girls Code Website⁠ Links Programming Fundamentals Check out Episode 10. Common Data Structures Check out Episode 4. Getting Started: The Fundamental Concepts of Coding Version control Check out Episode 20 Why you need Version Control in your Life if you want to learn more about version control Check out Episode 22 Git 101 to learn more about Git Object-Oriented Programming and Popular Design Principles Check out Episode 34. What is Object-Oriented Programming? to learn more about OOP and its principles Check out Episode 12. What is Good Code? to learn about a bunch of popular design principles. Check out Episode 37. Breaking Down the SOLID Principles Basics of software components Check out Episode 9: Types of Software Engineering Roles to learn about different types of software and the people that work on them Check out Episode 24 Basics of Software Infrastructure to learn more about the different parts of a software system work together Debugging and Problem-Solving Skills Check out Episode 4. Getting Started: The Fundamental Concepts of Coding (starting at 16.53) to learn more about debuggers and IDE Check out Episode 32. Are IDEs the Makeup Bags of the Coding World? (starting at 7.28) to learn even MORE about debuggers and IDE