git Graphical Git Tools Although I believe developers should learn git on the command line, graphical tools can be useful, especially for inspecting history. Last night a friend showed me a new one (below), so I thought I would list my favorites in this space.
Programming Code Comments And When To Use Them tl;dr: Don't. Basically any information you might want to put in a code comment is better communicated somewhere else. Please read if you don't believe me.
Work New Job I started a new job a few weeks ago! I am now a Senior Developer at a prominent advertising agency. Photo by Thomas Quaritsch on Unsplash
Work Parting Thoughts Yesterday was my last day for my NetApp contract. After saying goodbye to the team on Slack, one of my coworkers responded with the quote below.
git Transfer Git Branch Across Repos Quick guide for moving a commits in a git branch to a separate repository.
Programming Destructure First And Last Element Of Array Extracting the first and last items in a JavaScript array should be easier.
Web Development Web Development Starter Pack Getting started with web development is fun and exciting, but also frustrating, since you don't know what you don't know. Below are some links to many useful resources. Don't feel like you need
Programming A Gentle Introduction To Using Git A Gentle Introduction To Using Git Terminology working directoryThis is the top-level directory (folder) that contains your project files. Once you initialize git (git init), your working directory will have a new .git
Modern Web Modern Web Notes Modern Web Variety Show 2017-01-24 by Tracy Lee (twitter) (meetup) Moe Long - Keynote JavaScript testing sucks. Mocha and Jasmine are okay-ish. Dan Wilson - Building Native With Angular NativeScript and npm install
Ruby Triangle.rb Notes - Things To Look Out For In Rails 5 Things To Look Out For In Rails 5 2017-01-10 with Brandon Mathis (meetup) History Rails 1 Rails 2 Tiobe language popularity ranking EnvyLabs "commercials" They did a whole series of "
Triangle.js Triangle.js Notes - React With Typescript React With Typescript 2016-11-16 with Doug Miller (meetup) (slides) Static Typing Options For JavaScript TypeScript - Microsoft flow - Facebook Advantages And Disadvantages pros better tooling find errors earlier ramp up new team
Notes Triangle Front End Notes - CSS Layout Techniques CSS Layout Techniques 2016-11-03 by Bermon Painter (Meetup) (Twitter) Hardest problem on web... Horizontally and vertically centered box. body { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; } .box { height: 100px; width: 100px; } Previous best solution
JavaScript Triangle Modern Web - Variety Show Modern Web Variety Show 2016-10-24 by Tracy Lee (Meetup) (Twitter) The inaugural meeting in the Triangle featured free food and several excellent speakers. MetLife hosted. Simon MacDonald - What's New With Apache Cordova/
JavaScript Thought On React And Redux Note: This post is in response to a client asking why a single state store is preferable to a more object-oriented approach with multiple objects, each managing its own state. First, a caveat:
Ruby Triangle.rb Notes - Ten Gems To Know About Ten Gems To Know About 2016-07-12 by Brandon Mathis (Meetup) pry pry-byebug (also byebug) awesome_print quiet_assets faker letter_opener rubocop brakeman taperole flamegraph pry Edit ~/.ircrb to automatically use pry instead
JavaScript Thoughts On Setting Up A Greenfield Node Project Basic Setup The choice is between a "traditional" server-side rendering setup or and API server with client-side rendering. I'm aware of full-stack frameworks like Meteor, but that is complete overkill, at
JavaScript JavaScript Prototype Functions AKA "instance methods"! Constructor functions (any function you call with new) in JavaScript have a prototype property, which you can decorate with functions and other arbitrary values. When instantiating an object,
Node npm And Global Packages Using a Node module that provides an CLI presents some challenges, especially to newcomers. Below is a discussion of some approaches and some pros/cons. Global Only Just install globally and don't worry
Health Insurance Dear BCBSNC Blue Cross; I'm writing to give you some feedback based on my personal experience from today. I have bronchitis, and like the past few evenings, tonight I will (likely) be kept from sleep
