When asked about particular skill sets possessed by returning veterans, Jones remarked on the specialized digital security training provided to many service members who are now available to serve the technology industry as internet programmers and mobile application developers.

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Gone, the days when programmers just wrote code to the application programming interface (API) and put it on the market directly.

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Polanski's use of Skype was welcomed by locals, the popular application having initially been developed by a trio of Estonian programmers.

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Meanwhile, Windows and Unix programmers had access to a host of popular application development tools, ranging from Visual Basic to Visual C.

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Rather than simply remaining a place for reactive problem-solving, the platform has become a place where talented programmers find each other across geographic and institutional boundaries and join together to launch major new application development initiatives.

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