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Getting to Know IntelliJ IDEA

On November 6th 2022, Trisha and I launched our book, Getting to Know IntelliJ IDEA. It’s taken us over two years to write, and it contains…

4 min readNov 22, 2022

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Annotated Screenshot from the book Getting to Know IntelliJ IDEA

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Helen Scott

mongod, mongo, mongosh, mongos, what now?

As you might know, I joined MongoDB last month as a Keynote Storyteller, and, as you might expect, in order to work on the keynotes it’s…

5 min readJan 29, 2022

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Helen Scott

Three Ingredients for Great Content!

Creating content can be a daunting prospect. It might be a blog post, a video, a talk, a presentation or something like a Twitter thread…

3 min readOct 31, 2021

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Three Ingredients for Great Content!

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Helen Scott

How can you stay ahead of the curve as a developer?

Some days I feel like I’m sprinting down the tracks being chased by a high speed freight train that is labelled something like “changes in…

6 min readAug 19, 2021

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How can you stay ahead of the curve as a developer?

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Helen Scott

Delivering Your First Live Talk Remotely

This blog post focuses on delivering live talks remotely, but if you are delivering a pre-recorded talk, go check out Carly’s blog post on…

6 min readJul 24, 2021

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Helen Scott

Responding to a Developer Conference CFP

So here we are, you’ve done some public speaking at a user group, and now you want to apply to speak at a conference. Good for you!

16 min readJun 30, 2021

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Responding to a Developer Conference CFP

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New to Java? Some Resources — Helen Scott

In this tweet, I was asked if I had a list of resources for developers who are new to Java. I didn’t at the time, but I’ve spent some time…

6 min readApr 15, 2021

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New to Java? Some Resources — Helen Scott

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Helen Scott

25 Content Creation & Sharing Hacks

The benefits of creating content are relatively well known, but it’s worth reiterating them before we go on.

12 min readFeb 22, 2021

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Helen Scott

Pairing, but not as you know it

We’ve all heard of the benefits of pairing when it comes to coding, many of us have done it in our jobs and reaped the rewards, but have…

5 min readFeb 7, 2021

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Helen Scott

Generating code with IntelliJ IDEA

One of the super cool things about IntelliJ IDEA is how much code you can generate with minimum effort. Yes, it’s not the 1990s anymore…

5 min readJan 19, 2021

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Generating code with IntelliJ IDEA

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Helen Scott

Helen Scott

Keynote writer @MongoDB , wannabe author, public speaker, official wordsmith, kettlebell wrangler & gin devotee. Knows just about enough to be dangerous.

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