Author Archives: Ajitesh Kumar

Ajitesh Kumar

I have been recently working in the area of Data analytics including Data Science and Machine Learning / Deep Learning. I am also passionate about different technologies including programming languages such as Java/JEE, Javascript, Python, R, Julia, etc, and technologies such as Blockchain, mobile computing, cloud-native technologies, application security, cloud computing platforms, big data, etc. I would love to connect with you on Linkedin. Check out my latest book titled as First Principles Thinking: Building winning products using first principles thinking.

Learn Javascript – OOPs Inheritance Concepts with Code Example

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This article represents OOPs inheritance concepts in Javascript along with code examples. Please feel free to comment/suggest if I missed to mention one or more important points. Also, sorry for the typos. Following are the key points described later in this article: What is Inheritance? Inheritance – Code Example What is Inheritance? As per Wikipedia page on Inheritance, In object-oriented programming (OOP), inheritance is when an object or class is based on another object or class, using the same implementation (inheriting from a class) or specifying implementation to maintain the same behavior (realizing an interface; inheriting behavior). As per Webopedia page on inheritance, In object-oriented programing (OOP) inheritance is a …

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Learn Javascript – OOPs Encapsulation with Code Examples

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This article represents one of the key OOPs concepts such as Encapsulation along with code examples. Please feel free to comment/suggest if I missed to mention one or more important points. Also, sorry for the typos. Following are the key points described later in this article: Encapsulation – Basic Concepts Encapsulation – Code Examples   Encapsulation – Basic Concepts As per Wikipedia page, Encapsulation is the packing of data and functions into a single component….It allows selective hiding of properties and methods in an object… In OOPs based language, access specifier such as “public”, “private” and “protected” are used to specify the access properties of member variables and methods. Following …

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Learn Javascript – Classes & Objects with Code Examples

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This article represents OOPs concepts on classes and objects in Javascript along with code examples. In later articles, I shall also visit the topics of Inheritance and Encapsulation. Please feel free to comment/suggest if I missed to mention one or more important points. Also, sorry for the typos. Following are some of the key points described later in this article: What are Classes? What are Objects? Code Examples – Classes & Objects   What are Classes? Class is a construct used in several object-oriented programming languages such as Java/C++ etc, primarily, to model real-world objects. For instance, company, vehicle, shape, car, circle etc. Unlike programming languages such as Java where …

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Data Science – Commonly Used Plot Parameters in R Programming

This article represents some of the commonly used plot parameters across different plot commands, while you are working with different kind of plots in R. Please feel free to comment/suggest if I missed to mention one or more important points. Also, sorry for the typos. Following are the key points described later in this article: What are some of the common plots (commands) in R? Commonly Used Plot Parameters   What are some of the common plots (commands) in R? Following represents some of the plots (commands) used in R language for different purposes. I shall be writing different blog on different use-cases where one should use one or more …

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Data Science – Why Learn R?

This article represents thoughts on why it is OK to learn yet another programming language named as R for doing data analysis. Please feel free to comment/suggest if I missed to mention one or more important points. Also, sorry for the typos. Following are the some of the key points described later in this article: Why can’t I use Java/C etc for data analysis? Key Aspects of Data Analysis vis-a-vis R Language Why R fundamentally? Advantages & Disadvantages of R   Why can’t I use Java/C etc for data analysis? I have worked a lot with Java/C/PHP/C++ etc in my career. From whatever I have known about R by now, …

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AngularJS – How to Use AngularJS with Legacy UI Code?

This article represents tips on how to use AngularJS with legacy UI code which could present challenges such as those described later in this article. Please feel free to comment/suggest if I missed to mention one or more important points. Also, sorry for the typos. Following are some of the key points described later in this article: Is it that easy to create Angular apps in Legacy UI? Can I use AngularJS with existing forms? Is it OK to use Angular with JQuery-based UIs? Browser compatibility, especially, for IE-sensitive applications   Is it that easy to create Angular apps with Legacy UI Code? Yes, it is! All you need to do is …

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Code Quality – Why Avoid Higher Cyclomatic Complexity?

This article represents my thoughts on why one should avoid a higher cyclomatic complexity (value more than 15 or so). Recently, I have been doing code reviews for multiple projects using Sonar. This is where I came across the rule called as “Cyclomatic Complexity”. The rule raises an alert for all the methods whose cyclomatic complexity is found to be more than 10. Thus, I thought of listing down reasons why one should pay attention to the cyclomatic complexity of method when he/she is writing fresh method or making changes to existing method. Personally, I do agree and strongly believe that one should avoid writing methods/function of code complexity higher than 15 or …

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Template – HTML5 BoilerPlate with Spring MVC & GAE

This article provides instructions on how to create your quick Google App Engine (GAE) based web application project using Eclipse IDE, based on Spring MVC and HTML5Boilerplate (or Initializr) HTML project templates. Note that this is my personal way to get started quickly with any GAE-based web projects within 5 minutes or so and upload the same on Google cloud. Please feel free to comment/suggest if I missed to mention one or more important points. Also, sorry for the typos. Following are key points described later in this article: Create HTML template projects using Initializr Create Google App Engine/Spring MVC template project Create Google Web Application project & Import Files …

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How Can I Become A Data Scientist?

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This article represents thoughts, primarily, on how to become a data scientist. Please feel free to comment/suggest if I missed to mention one or more important points. Also, sorry for the typos. Following are the key points related with different aspects of data scientist, that are described later in this article: Key skills of a data scientist Key roles & responsibilities of a data scientist What would it take me to become a data scientist? What would I create as a Data Scientist? Key Skills of a Data Scientist Mathematics & Statistics Knowledge: A data scientist would do a great job if he/she has a strong mathematics and statistical background. …

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Big Data – How to Get Started with Data Science

This article represents my opinion on what would it take to get started with Data Science. As I started exploring Big Data, one thing that became clear is that I may not be successful with Big Data unless I have learnt and applied Data Science to make sense out of Big Data (the data with 3Vs: Volume, Velocity, Variety). This is where I started to find out on How to Get Started with Data Science. Please feel free to comment/suggest if I missed to mention one or more important points. Also, sorry for the typos. Following are the key points described later in this article: Data Science is NOT Easy …

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Big Data – Top 8 Use Cases for Beginners

This article represents top 8 Big Data use cases that beginners could get started with, and create one or more proof-of-concept (POC) projects around these use cases. I compiled the list after digging enough at various places on web, videos, webinar etc. Different use cases mentioned below are only briefly discussed and each of them shall be explained later in separate articles. Please feel free to comment/suggest if I missed to mention one or more important points. Also, sorry for the typos. Following are use cases are described later in this article: Social sentiment analysis Customer interaction analysis Pattern matching Publicly available data analysis Web pages data analysis Clinical data …

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Java – 4 Security Vulnerabilities Related Coding Practices to Avoid

This article represents top 4 security vulnerabilities related coding practice to avoid while you are programming with Java language. Recently, I came across few Java projects where these instances were found. Please feel free to comment/suggest if I missed to mention one or more important points. Also, sorry for the typos. Following are the key points described later in this article: Executing a dynamically generated SQL statement Directly writing an Http Parameter to Servlet output Creating an SQL PreparedStatement from dynamic string Array is stored directly Executing a Dynamically Generated SQL Statement This is most common of all. One can find mention of this vulenrability at several places. As a …

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BPM – Key Aspects of Process Discovery Phase

This article represents different aspects of process discovery phase which is key to any business process implmentation project. The analogy to process discovery phase in regular software project is “requirements gathering phase”. However, it requires different approach than regular software requirements gathering phase owing to the very complexity of business process. Please feel free to comment/suggest if I missed to mention one or more important points. Also, sorry for the typos.   Following are the key points described later in this article: Different aspects of process discovery Key Deliverables Key Stakeholders Effort & time involved   Different aspects of process discovery Following are key phase of process discovery that a …

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AngularJS – Recommended Directory Structure for Angular Apps

This article represents the recommended folder structure that you would want to create/adopt for your next Angular App. Please feel free to comment/suggest if I missed to mention one or more important points. Also, sorry for the typos. Following are the key aspects of organizing your angularJS app files into the recommended folder structure described and displayed later in this article: Identify key Angularjs elements (files/folders):Following are key elements of AngularJS that need to be stored in form of files within different folders: Core Module: Core module representing the Angular app Components:Components such as following that are used in the core module: Services Filters Directives Important point to note is …

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Java – Top 5 Exception Handling Coding Practices to Avoid

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This article represents top 5 coding practices related with Java exception handling that you may want to watch out for or better say, avoid, while doing coding for exception handling. Recently, I have been involved with code review of multiple Java projects and found following as most commonly seen coding instances across various Java projects. As a matter of fact, I recently ran sonar code analysis on Spring Core project (Spring Framework) and found the below mentioned instances related with exception handling. Please note that these are suggested to be avoided as a general coding practice and do not mean that they can not be used at all. There are …

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AngularJS – 10 Best Practices to Create Custom Directives

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This article represents top 10 best practices that one may want to apply while creating custom directives. Please feel free to comment/suggest if I missed to mention one or more important points. Also, sorry for the typos. Following is listed the best practices for creating custom directives: Naming Convention: Prefer using two or three letter prefix (except ng) while naming directives to avoid collision with future HTML releases. Using “ng” as prefix might collide with AngularJS OOTB directives in future. Directive Definition Object (DDO): Prefer returning DDO rather than a function. TemplateUrl Usage: Prefer storing HTML template code in a seperate file and assign the path to templateUrl variable. Attribute …

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