DNS( Domain Name System): The Invisible Dot

Everyone knows the basis for website URLS and domain names right? Starts with “www” ends with anything from .com .gov .email etc. But after the last section there is an invisible dot. This mystery dot is what initiates a call to find the actual IP…

Data Structures: Are you LIFO or FIFO?

Our coverage on data structures was interesting to say the least. We got to learn how at the…

Breaking Down Agile and SCRUM

So this week we dove into AGILE and SCRUM which is a form of product management. The key concept is that the project is broken down into segments called stories and completed in sprint sessions. To get the terminology all straight lets break it down.

What do you know about Big “O”?

Confusing? Yes

Hard? Sure

Important? Absolutely!

Can you tell me which isle the Hosting is in?

I must be hungry or just looking at too many food pics on social media. This post will attempt to explain web hosting using a grocery store example. Lets say you made an awesome new website depicting your new hobby, raising urban chickens. This has…

HTTP:Another Acronym?

I can’t help it. When I see an acronym or just set of letters that I cannot decipher I get a little, ok more then a little anxious. Being an Air Force Veteran I was constantly looking at the foreign language of “Acronym” everyday often getting frustrated. But in this case it makes sense in…

What is the Internet Anyways?

This week in VWC we are going over the high level concepts of how the internet works and the history. Everyone seems to have heard the term IP address at some point via the news, intro to computer class etc. IP stands for Internet Protocol and is used in conjunction with…

Recursion inside recursion inside recursion

Learning recursion this week was, umm, interesting. I actually thought I had it down before class even started. I mean after a five minute YouTube video I am pretty much an expert right? Not quite.