Thoughts on Modern Web Development
For as long as we have been writing software, we have been accumulating Technical Debt a natural by-product of the trade-offs inherent to software engineering; a shortcut taken to meet a deadline, a deferred refactoring, an abstraction that never quite materialized the list goes on and on. While Technical Debt is understandably spoken of in unfavorable terms, it is... Continue Reading The post The…
Code Reviews are an essential part of Software Engineering, providing numerous benefits for teams and the products they deliver. Having spent a significant amount of time conducting them for many years now, in this article, we will touch upon some key aspects to consider which, generally speaking, are of particular importance. Primary Benefits Similar to functional testing, Code Reviews provide...…
To commemorate the 20th Anniversary of this Blog, I wanted to publish an Article which would stand the test of time; providing value to developers of all levels; both now, and for many years to come. In giving thought as to what subject should be covered, I contemplated the recurring issues I have observed over the course of the past... Continue Reading The post The 12 Fundamentals of Front-End…
In the history of technological breakthroughs, Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT) stand out as a monumental leap in Artificial Intelligence, with the potential to fundamentally transform the way we, as Developers, work. This highly advanced and sophisticated AI Language Model offers a plethora of ground-breaking software engineering applications, ranging from code generation to automating…
The introduction of Object.groupBy allows for a streamlined, native approach to organizing collections of data based on user defined criterion; thus simplifying the task of data analysis and categorization without the need for managing third-party dependencies. Using Object.groupBy Using Object.groupBy is simple and straight-forward. If you have previously used Lodash groupBy, then you are already…
Exception handling is a critical aspect to ensuring the reliability and resilience of a system. Perhaps of equal importance is the ability for developers to easily debug exception traces back to a root cause. In JavaScript, however, traditionally this process has often required rather convoluted solutions which lead to intricate patterns that ultimately continued to obscure the underlying root…
As is so often emphasized in my articles, facilitating reuse is perhaps one of the most import aspects of system design. For over a decade, languages such as Java, and C# have used generics as one of the primary mechanisms for reuse (I recall first hearing about them in C# back in 2005). Fortunately, Generics have been a key feature... Continue Reading The post Facilitating Reuse with TypeScript…
In the dynamic landscape of JavaScript, the TC39 proposal for the Pipe Operator tends to stand out as an interesting progression in terms of streamlining function composition in a way increases readability, maintainability, and DX. In this article, we dive a bit deeper into the realms of functional programming in JavaScript, and how upcoming language features such as the Pipe... Continue Reading…
Of the various Features proposed in ES2020, perhaps two of the simplest features will prove to be the most useful, at least in terms of simplification and maintenance are concerned. Specifically, the Optional Chaining Operator and Nullish Coalescing Operator are of particular interest as they are certain to result in less verbose, less error prone expressions. Optional Chaining In a... Continue…
One of the more nuanced features introduced in ES6 is that of Generator functions. Generators offer a powerful, yet often misunderstood mechanism for controlling the flow of operations, allowing developers to implement solutions with improved readability and efficiency. This article briefly delves into a few of the benefits that JavaScript Generators have to offer, elucidating on their purpose,…
Recently, I had integrated React Spring within an Application, and while it is one of the best Animation Libraries for React I have come across in quite some time; unfortunately, I encountered some issues when running tests and production builds. Essentially, the issues I experienced were related to the imported modules being written in ES6. This was an issue for... Continue Reading The post Quick…
After having used Yarn almost exclusively for the past couple of years, there has been one nagging issue which seemed to continually crop up. Specifically, the inability to have a project s package.json dependency versions kept in sync with the actual versions in yarn.lock. And so, while running yarn upgrade results in all packages being updated to the latest versions (as specified... Continue…