Interview Questions, Async/Await, & More…

From jokes to career tips to technical jargon, the Dev Digest has it all. This week’s edition is an especially good one with lots of technical content to sink (Async?) your teeth into. Can’t wait? Neither can we. Let’s get to it.

Top Stories

• The Windows command line is getting an upgrade!
• Check out the new and improved updates to expect in the Java 11 release

Development Insights

• Learn the basics of functional Python programming in 10 minutes
• There’s more to software security than bug bounty programs and basic QA
• Scott Hanselman teaches you how to run a SQL server on Linux
• React components power a lot of the single-page applications on the web. Here are five things you should know
• Converting a list to a map used to be a difficult, manual process, but new Java updates make it easier
• Is agile the enemy of design?
• Why Async/Await wins the battle for managing function execution in JavaScript

Professional Advice

• Don’t just code — why a successful software career involves more than writing applications
• If you have a software dev interview coming up, here are 10 potential questions to look out for

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Originally published at Intertech Blog.