Utility Functions
📖 This Weeks Article As I’ve gone through projects over time, I’ve found a few functions that I end up creating for every significant project that I’ve...
The Importance of Writing For Software Developers
📖 This Weeks Article Once somebody hits a minimum threshold of technical skill to hold a job in the industry, about 80% of their ability to succeed in...
How To Keep Learning JavaScript
📖 This Weeks Article A member of my team at work asked me last week how I continue to learn things about JavaScript. This is my answer. Note that it is...
Strategic Coding
📖 This Weeks Article I recently read A Philosophy Of Software Design by John Ousterhout. In an early chapter he paints a picture of a "tactical tornado"...
Reusable Code In React: Inheritance, Composition, Decorators and Mixins
📖 This Weeks Article Once you get past the initial complexity it creates by bucking conventions, React is the most developer friendly UI library I have ever...
Designing Front End Apps For Performance
📖 This Weeks Article Performance is a tricky topic to give generalized advice about. Moreso than any of the other front end concerns I discussed in my post...
Improving Code Readability With Async/Await
📖 This Weeks Article When it first became a part of JavaScript, I wasn't sure how much I was going to use async-await. I could see that it made things...
Designing Front End Apps For Reliability
📖 This Weeks Article In my recent post on Front End Architecture I identified Reliability as a key concern of front end architecture. I define reliability as...
6 Keys To Valuable Code Reviews
📖 This Weeks Article I've read 2 things lately that really reminded me of the value of code reviews. One was A Philosophy Of Software Design by John...
What's Involved In Front End Architecture?
📖 This Weeks Article The word "architecture" gets thrown around a lot in software discussions. But we don't seem to always use it the same way. Some example...
New Newsletter and The 2018 Roundup
Hi all, this is Ben McCormick. This is my first week trying out a new newsletter format for email subscribers. More details below in the post, but I'd love...