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I’m afraid I traded my ability to understand SQL for the ability to understand Object-Oriented Programming a long time ago. That’s why I never have been at ease with databases in general and SQL in particular. Given the not-so-recent trend about NoSQL, I thought it was time to give it a try. When I became aware that 10gen - the company behind MongoDB, was making free online courses available at regular intervals, I jumped at the chance and last month, I registered for M101J: MongoDB f

When I heard that the Coursera online platform offered free Scala courses, I jumped at the opportunity. Here are some reasons why: Over the years, I’ve been slowly convinced that whatever the language you program in your professional life, learning new languages is an asset as it change the way you design your code. For example, the excellent LambdaJ library gave me an excellent overview of how functional programming can be leveraged to ease manipulation of collections in Java.Despite my