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Django Best Practices — Refactoring Django Fat Models

Every developer understands the advantages of having clean, easy to read and understand coding. Which is where tools like QuerySet and Manager come into play when using Django. They embed basic DRY and KISS principles that most forget about when using ORM in many frameworks. This has lead to the use of Fat Models which might seem fine in the first place but can lead to complications down the road.

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When Python scores over PHP?

When you hear the words "Server-side Programming" a number of languages are going to come to mind. But amongst that list are two that are very much loved and respected by programmers worldwide. These are obviously PHP and Python. The debate on which to use for any core web application has raged on since the very beginning.

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Top MongoDB Alternatives — Features, Use Cases, Pros and Cons

MongoDB is considered the most famous of NoSQL databases out there. It is the go-to tool used by Javascript developers when it comes to the creation of code that combination with Express, Angular or React, and Node.

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10 Best Practices for Outsourcing Software Development

Almost 30% of companies outsourced IT services, and 78% are satisfied. Software development outsourcing can bring big benefits to your business, but there are significant risks and challenges when negotiating and managing outsourcing relationships. Here, we present 10 outsourcing best practices you should adhere to when outsourcing software development.

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How to Choose a Software Development Company in 10 Steps

The stakes are high when you’re investing significant capital, resources, and time into an outsourced software development project. You want to choose the right vendor, but with over 23,000 companies offering custom development services on Clutch.co alone, the sheer number of options can be overwhelming.

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Golang vs. Python — Which One to Choose?

The internet is filled with great codes. They form the bedrock on which various infrastructures are built. Even the very platform you are reading this on is built with a dedication to creating great codes. While the average user isn’t going to take note of this, good developers, on the other hand, are always seeking to make their applications (and hence, their coding) better.

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How to Web Scrape with Python: Scrapy vs Beautiful Soup

If you need web scraping, Python is the go-to language for you. But knowing that it’s the right language to use does not mean we should start coding from scratch. Instead, we have two very appealing options to choose from.

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Why choose Go for your next project?

At some time in every developer’s life, they reach a point where they just want things to work. No long workarounds, no trade-off, and no endless stream of rewrites that will keep them awake for hours on end. We recently arrived at this point. Thus started our search for a simple yet effective language that just works.

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AWS Kinesis vs Kafka comparison: Which is right for you?

I was tasked with a project that involved choosing between AWS Kinesis vs Kafka. The choice, as I found out, was not an easy one and had a lot of factors to be taken into consideration and the winner could surprise you. In this article I will help to choose between AWS Kinesis vs Kafka with a detailed features comparison and costs analysis.

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Top Python NLP Libraries: Features, Use Cases, Pros and Cons

Text data the most common form of information on the Internet, whether it be reviews, tweets or web pages. Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a powerful technology that helps you derive immense value from that data. In this article, we will look at the most popular Python NLP libraries, their features, pros, cons, and use cases.