blog.annamcdougall.comHow to Support Junior DevelopersIntroduction I am in a unique position right now: I am a Junior Software Engineer filling in for a Tech Lead for two weeks, covering two internal projects filled with other juniors, trainees, and interns. This means that I am both a junior and acting...Jun 13, 2021·13 min read
blog.annamcdougall.comDockerising a MongoDB Microservice in Kotlin/Maven/Spring BootAs part of my training, I'm working on creating a smaller user microservice for a fake property website. After crafting the basic controller/service/repository and the testing alongside it, we were tasked with dockerising both the application and the...Apr 12, 2021·9 min read
blog.annamcdougall.comLearning Docker: My Tutorial Experience Part 1I have been so excited to learn Docker. For so long, it's been a name floating around every tech space I've inhabited, but I haven't had the time to sit down and look into the details of what it is or how it works in a practical sense. Today, I took...Feb 18, 2021·12 min read
blog.annamcdougall.comHow I Became a Junior Software Engineer in Under a YearToday I announced my first official job as a developer after accepting a position as Junior Software Engineer with Novatec GmbH. I see this job as a long time coming, and the culmination of years of interest in technology and coding, but the truth is...Feb 1, 2021·19 min read
blog.annamcdougall.comInteract with the Command Line using "process.argv" in NodeJSFollow Me on Twitter @AnnaJMcDougall One of the really cool things I'm discovering about NodeJS is that it allows us to interact more directly with computers, and enables the production of tools using the CLI (Command Line Interface: you may know it ...Jan 6, 2021·4 min read
