As a long-time Vim user and web developer, I‘ve experimented extensively with configuring Vim to match the feature set of modern IDEs and code editors. Out of the box, Vim lacks many creature comforts web devs rely on like intelligent code completion, real-time linting, and fuzzy file finding. But with the right set of plugins…
As a full-stack web developer, you know that user engagement is key to the success of any application. But in a world where attention spans are short and competition is fierce, how do you keep your audience coming back for more? Enter the Push API – a powerful tool for delivering timely, relevant content directly…
ECMAScript 2015, widely known as ES6, marked a pivotal turning point in the evolution of JavaScript. Released in June 2015, ES6 introduced a plethora of new features and syntax enhancements that greatly modernized the language. As a full-stack developer who has worked extensively with JavaScript both before and after ES6, I can confidently say that…
The history of the World Wide Web and JavaScript is a wild, fascinating, and sometimes messy journey filled with innovation, competition, and controversy. It‘s a story of how a simple idea to share information on the internet evolved into the most ubiquitous and influential software platform ever created. The Birth of the Web Our journey…
I remember the exact moment I got the call. I was sitting in my car, heart pounding, staring at my phone in disbelief. After months of rigorous preparation, countless coding challenges, and a gauntlet of interviews, I had an offer to join Snapchat as a software engineer. I immediately called my parents to share the…
I remember the exact moment I earned my Front-End Development certification from freeCodeCamp. After months of grinding through HTML, CSS, and jQuery challenges, I was ready to take on the world. But my eager click on the "Back-End Development" track catapulted me into a strange new universe – Node.js. Suddenly, I felt like a rookie…
As developers, we make decisions in our code every day – if this condition is met, then execute that block of code. While these may seem simple on the surface, understanding the logical underpinnings can help us write more robust and concise conditional code. In this guide, we‘ll dive deep into the fundamentals of logic…
As a professional JavaScript developer, one of the most important yet often misunderstood concepts is the ‘this‘ keyword. Improper use of ‘this‘ is a common source of bugs, especially for developers coming from object-oriented programming backgrounds. In fact, a survey of over 1000 JavaScript developers conducted by Mozilla found that incorrect ‘this‘ binding is the…
"Part of being a good steward to a successful project is realizing that writing code for yourself is a Bad Idea™. If thousands of people are using your code, then write your code for maximum clarity, not your personal preference of how to get clever within the spec." – Idan Gazit, AirBnB Engineer In the…
TypeScript has exploded in popularity as a typed superset of JavaScript that compiles to plain JavaScript. Developed by Microsoft, TypeScript adds optional static typing, classes, and other features to help make JavaScript development more productive and maintainable, especially at scale. Let‘s dive deep into what makes TypeScript so powerful and how you can wield it…
GraphQL, the query language for APIs, has seen explosive growth in popularity since its public release by Facebook in 2015. According to the State of JavaScript 2019 survey, GraphQL has an impressive 87.6% satisfaction ratio among developers who have used it. But while GraphQL provides a powerful and flexible way to query data from an…
Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) libraries have become an essential part of the modern JavaScript ecosystem. By abstracting away the low-level details of interacting with databases, ORMs boost developer productivity and make applications much easier to maintain. As a full-stack JavaScript developer, you have no shortage of ORM options to choose from these days. According to the…