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A Brief History of Java: From Oak to Java 27

A short tour of Java's history, from the Green Project and Oak in 1991 to Java 27 in 2026: the key releases, the move to open source, the Oracle era and modern Java.

Debajyoti Nath Updated Oct 26, 2026
Java JVM OpenJDK Programming
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TCS CodeVita Season 14 (2026): Dates, Eligibility, Format and Prep Plan

TCS CodeVita Season 14: registration closes 13 Nov 2026, pre-qualifier 11–12 Dec. Eligibility, the 3-hour format, languages and a six-week prep plan.

ConfidentHire Academy Updated Oct 26, 2026
C++ TCS CodeVita DSA Competitive Programming
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Fresher and Internship Openings This Week: American Express, Cisco, C-DAC and More (Oct 2026)

Fresher and internship openings at American Express, Cisco, C-DAC, GlobalLogic, GoTrust and Sutherland: eligibility, pay, deadlines and how to apply.

ConfidentHire Academy Updated Oct 26, 2026
Freshers Internships Jobs Placements
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IDisposable, Finalizers and the Dispose Pattern in .NET

Deterministic cleanup in .NET means releasing a resource the moment you are done with it, instead of waiting for the garbage collector. You get it by…

@llaxmikant Updated Oct 26, 2026
.NET Memory Management IDisposable C#
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Intern and Job Updates: TVH, Amazon, Amber, Cisco, Deloitte and Wipro (Oct 2026)

AI, data and SDE internships at TVH, Amber and Amazon, plus fresher roles at Cisco, Deloitte and Wipro: eligibility, the work and how to apply.

ConfidentHire Academy Updated Oct 26, 2026
Career Internships Placements Jobs
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The Paradigm Shift to Low-Code and No-Code Development

Low-code and no-code (LCNC) platforms let you build working software mostly by configuring visual components and declarative rules instead of hand-writing…

@llaxmikant Updated Oct 26, 2026
Productivity Software Engineering Low-Code No-Code
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Testing Your Code and Building Your First Python Project

Test Python code with assert, unittest, and pytest, then build a tested command-line to-do app as a capstone.

@llaxmikant Updated Oct 26, 2026
pytest Python Programming testing
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Why Every Software Engineer Should Learn AI in 2026

Artificial Intelligence is no longer reserved for data scientists. Why every software engineer should build AI skills in 2026 — what to learn, in what order, and how it changes day-to-day engineering

@llaxmikant Updated Oct 22, 2026
Software Testing Artificial Intelligence Data Science
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WCF in the AI Era: Testing Legacy Services and Migrating to CoreWCF or gRPC

A pragmatic WCF migration path: pin behavior with generated-client tests, lift unchanged contracts onto .NET 10 with CoreWCF (verified end to end), then move consumers to gRPC on your schedule.

@llaxmikant Updated Oct 22, 2026
.NET Web API WCF gRPC
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WCF Test Client: How to Test WCF Services with WcfTestClient.exe

Find, launch, and use WCF Test Client: add a service by WSDL, invoke operations with complex parameters, read the SOAP XML, fix the classic quota errors, and know its limits.

@llaxmikant Updated Oct 22, 2026
Web API WCF .NET
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User-Defined Functions in SQL Server

A user-defined function (UDF) in SQL Server is a reusable routine that takes parameters, runs T-SQL, and returns either a single value or a table. SQL Server…

@llaxmikant Updated Oct 22, 2026
Functions SQL Server T-SQL
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Types of SQL Server Joins with Examples

A join in SQL Server combines rows from two or more tables based on a related column. The type of join decides which rows survive: an INNER JOIN keeps only…

@llaxmikant Updated Oct 22, 2026
SQL Server T-SQL Data Joins
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Testing ASP.NET Core Web API using Postman

Test ASP.NET Core Web API endpoints with Postman — GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE with the status codes to expect, then the power features: JWT-protected endpoints, chaining requests with variables, asser

@llaxmikant Updated Oct 22, 2026
ASP.NET MVC Web API ASP.NET Core
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Temp Table vs Table Variable in SQL Server: Key Differences

The difference between a temp table and a table variable in SQL Server: statistics, indexing, scope, transactions and recompiles, with a decision table.

@llaxmikant Updated Oct 22, 2026
SQL Server
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SQL Server Stored Procedure vs User-Defined Function

The core difference is this: a stored procedure is a routine you execute to do work — it can modify data, run transactions, handle errors, and return one or…

@llaxmikant Updated Oct 22, 2026
Stored Procedure T-SQL Functions SQL Server
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CTE in SQL Server: Common Table Expressions with Examples

What a CTE is in SQL Server and how to use it: replacing subqueries, top-N per group, chaining CTEs, recursive CTEs for hierarchies, and CTE vs temp table.

@llaxmikant Updated Oct 22, 2026
SQL Server
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Setting Up an Angular Development Environment

To set up an Angular 22 development environment you need three things: a supported Node.js LTS runtime, the Angular CLI installed globally (npm install -g…

@llaxmikant Updated Oct 22, 2026
TypeScript Angular Tooling Frontend
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RESTful CRUD Operations with ASP.NET Core Minimal APIs

To build a RESTful CRUD API in ASP.NET Core, model each entity as a resource, map the four HTTP verbs (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) to read/create/update/delete,…

@llaxmikant Updated Oct 22, 2026
Web API Minimal APIs REST .NET
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Render a Partial View with a Model in ASP.NET Core MVC

To render a partial view with a strongly-typed model in ASP.NET Core MVC, use the <partial tag helper and pass the model through its model attribute:…

@llaxmikant Updated Oct 22, 2026
MVC Razor ASP.NET Core .NET
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