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JavaScript Promises

JavaScript Promises

Promises. I remember it being such a weird concept when I discovered them half a decade ago. I remember reading so many articles but all I could gather from them was either a story about someone promising to come back or the word ‘promise’ repeated over and over again. Somehow,

History of JavaScript — LiveScript, JScript, ECMAScript, ES6 and not still Java

History of JavaScript — LiveScript, JScript, ECMAScript, ES6 and not still Java

Learning JavaScript can be confusing, especially when some articles sprinkle in acronyms like ES5, ES8, ES followed by some number. Here’s a fun 2 minute history lesson to make sense of it all. 1995 — a guy named Brendan Eich was recruited by Netscape to make a language that could

Understanding Prototypes in JavaScript

Understanding Prototypes in JavaScript

Prototypes is a weird and much avoided topic but vital towards mastering JavaScript. While classes are much easier to understand and is often the starting point for many when learning object oriented programming, prototypes is the foundation on which JavaScript is built. It looks like a class, it smells like

JavaScript Pyramid of Doom — How To Spot and Fix

JavaScript Pyramid of Doom — How To Spot and Fix

Anti-patterns. They are the bane of many developers that’s had the misfortune of meeting one. The pyramid of doom is often one that a lot of new JavaScript developers write. Most of the time, it’s written in innocence with no code janitor to tell them otherwise. I’ve

Equality Comparators (==) and Sameness Checks (===) in JavaScript

Equality Comparators (==) and Sameness Checks (===) in JavaScript

when == != === and returns true instead of false

What is bundling with webpack?

What is bundling with webpack?

Don’t get me wrong, JavaScript is amazing. But the first release was designed and created in 10 days. No one envisioned that it would one day take over the web and morph into a very special giant that needs a little bit of organization. That’s where bundling comes

What exactly is functional programming?

What exactly is functional programming?

Functional programming is something that existed for much longer than object oriented, dating back to the ancient days of Turing machines. It has seen ebbs and flows in popularity over time, based on whatever programming language and its foundational paradigms have taken over as part of the developer’s toolkit.