TypeScript is a great way to add intention to your JavaScript code and apps. Being able to explicitly define variable types at variable declaration is a great way to avoid type conflicts later in your code. While this is straightforward with primitives types such as numbers and strings, it’s not…

One thing I’ve learned from developing in JavaScript is to be wary of new trends. I’ve seen the next big thing happen over and over whether it’s JQuery to Angular and a divergence of Angular to React and Vue, or the newest flavor of Static Side Rendering with Gatsby or…

Have you ever had a task that requires you to test a file loader, file links or download a template to be able to preview Markup? If so you may have run into the issue of an overly cluttered Downloads directory. Users coming from a Windows or GUI background may…

Imagine you are headed to work, ready to face another stressful day at the office. The subway was running late, one of your fellow passengers spilled breakfast salsa on your shirt, but you’re still on time for your morning standup. As you approach the front door of your office building…

If you’ve worked on a legacy Rails project, then you’ve probably been tasked with inspecting, adding to and refactoring routes. Rails does a great job of making routing easy with its Rails magic. In keeping with the idea of separation of concerns, Rails keeps all routing logic in an aptly…

Why Node.js REPLs are how they are, and what happens when there is nothing to evaluate — If you’ve spent time exploring your browser’s console, or the Node.js command line tool in your terminal, you may have seen some strange behavior relating to a common JavaScript method. If you enter console.log() in the terminal, you will get back two values, though you may have only expected to…

If you’ve been on the web since the mid 1990’s you probably remember the annoying songs and sounds that would blast through your speakers whenever you loaded a new page. Thankfully the default for most browsers is to prevent this autoplay functionality, but audio and specifically music are still a…

Dependencies are a great way to avoid reinventing the wheel for every bit of functionality that you may want to use in your apps. However, they don’t come without a cost. Each dependency is prone to issues with version update breaking changes, new hardware losing bindings (looking at you M1…

Gaming is so prevalent in society that it is hard to find someone who has never played a video game. From hardcore Starcraft champions to Candy Crush moms, there’s a flavor of gaming for everyone. While many people enjoy games, game mechanics aren’t always as widely understood as the strategies…