A Wrong Answer is Worse than No Answer
Solving problems is our job, yet the process of doing so is never simple. And if we go about it the wrong way, we’re likely to make things worse.
Laurie Barth
Component Lifecycle Methods Explained
There are a number of front end frameworks, and they have a lot in common! One of those things is the concept of components, and the ability to interact with them during different stages of their lifecycle.
Creating an Authentication Navigation Guard in Vue
Being able to navigate to pages is a crucial part of any application. But sometimes your users will try and access a page they don’t belong on. In Vue you can check for this using a navigation guard!
How I Make Sense of RxJS
Reactive Programming is a pattern with some complexities, but incredible power. Many explanations of it exist, but this is how it makes sense to me.
How Architecture Improved My Coding Skills
We all our skills in different ways. The path to becoming a senior engineer is never the same. This is an example of how mine involved writing less code than most.
Human Readable JavaScript
There are plenty of optional characters when defining functions. When used in functional methods these options increase. What are they? And how do they affect readability?
Nuxt, Next, Nest?! My Head Hurts.
I clearly know what all of these things are. Their names are not at all similar. But let’s review, just to make sure we know…
Focus vs Focus-Within
Choose the right pseudo-class for your needs. In this post, we’ll examine the difference between focus and focus-within.
An Introduction to the Hover Pseudo-class
Dynamic behavior on the web isn’t limited to JavaScript anymore. Come learn about CSS syntax that can respond to state!
Understanding Rest Parameter Syntax
You finally understand spread syntax, but what’s this other thing? It looks the same but is somehow different. You’re probably looking at an example of rest syntax, come learn about it.
Understanding …mapGetters in Vuex
I was recently working with vuex and came across a piece of code I wanted to learn more about.
How to Turn an Existing Gatsby Site Into a Theme
Jason Lengstorf and I had a really great time on Learn With Jason porting a portion of my site into a theme! I wanted to write up that process so that others can do it too.
Splice! Slice! Shoot, I meant Shift!
Figuring out what array manipulation function to use in JavaScript is such a common joke at this point. There are a lot of them, and most of them seem to start with an ‘s’! Let’s dive into a handful of these functions.
Deep vs Shallow Copy – with Examples
The spread operator is a great piece of syntax, but it produces shallow copies. What exactly does that mean? And when does it matter?
Let’s loop – for…in vs for…of
These two alternatives to for loops are wonderful, but they do different things. Let’s understand them better!
5 Uses for the Spread Operator
JavaScript has a bunch of syntax that aims to make your life easier as a developer. The spread operator is a particularly popular option, so let’s see what you can do with it!
Introducing Object.fromEntries
We’re learning about ES2019 and this entry is all about understanding the Object.fromEntries function.
Understanding Array.prototype.flatMap
ES2019 added a new function called flatMap for manipulating arrays. In this post we’re going to learn all about it.
Demystifying Array.prototype.flat
I’m an ECMAScript junky and I wanted to dive into the latest features! In this post we’ll look at Array.prototype.flat.
3 Powerful Examples of Destructuring Assignment
ES2015+ introduced so many wonderful features, but destructuring assignment may be one of the most powerful and versatile of them all.
A Primer on SEO
Ever wondered what a canonical_url was? Or how sites show up early in your search results?