= spending 10% of the development budget on 2% of users — Brief history Internet Explorer was originally released in 1995 and got a peak of popularity in 2003 (about 95% of users). The last version of the browser is Internet Explorer 11, the development of the browser is stopped, but it still receives security updates. …

In this series, I will try to describe popular JavaScript interview questions and provide enough details to understand the topic, but at the same time will try to keep it short. 1. What is closure in JavaScript? A closure is a function created inside of another function that can have access to the scope of the…

One of the main goals of CodeTrace is to help non-developers understand developer skills — without understanding the underlying technologies. So here is a brief description of the main CodeTrace metrics and what they actually mean. The “Overview” Section This section on the screen provides brief information about the developer. Back-end badge — given…

In my career, I have noticed a lot of cases when on the stage project has tonnes of source code, developers wast time to fix issues that could be easily illuminated on the project initiation phase. I’ve prepared a list of simple suggestions that will help to get rid of…

Communication with Recruiters — This month we were working on improving communication between our users and recruiters. From the business perspective, we have started providing lists of the candidates, to recruiters. The generate the lists, we are matching user qualification with job descriptions provided by the recruiters. …

We have started working on CodeTrace about a year ago and it is right time to tell what we have reached. I am going to start with prehistory of this project. The idea was to create a way to have a certified approach for assessing developer’s real qualifications. Something like…