by Chris | Sep 1, 2023 | Javascript
Probably one of the most used and most powerful functions ( .reduce() might be the most important) in the Javascript language is the .map() function (And let’s not forget it’s somewhat closely related cousin .forEach()). Both of these functions allow us to...
by Chris | Aug 26, 2023 | Javascript
Javascript’s ‘new’ keyword goes hand-in-hand with the object oriented programming paradigm in which the code written aims to mimic things and actions in the real world. A dog can run and jump, a user can login and logout. In the world of Javascript,...
by Chris | Aug 16, 2023 | Angular, Javascript, RxJS, Typescript
If you’re just starting to dive into Angular you’ve probably quickly realized that it’s a lot different from the other major front end frameworks such as React and Vue. Angular is a “convention over configuration” framework in the sense...
by Chris | Aug 2, 2023 | Javascript
A closure in JavaScript is a pretty obscure concept to grasp, especially when starting out. They’re one of the more important building blocks and concepts in JS that enable many other features in the language to work. (Like iterators and generators, and even...
by Chris | Mar 9, 2023 | Javascript
Let’s explore how we can use JavaScript to determine whether or not a string containing parentheses, square brackets, and/or curly braces has an equal number of opening and closing brackets/braces. Essentially we’re going to determine if a string such as...
by Chris | Feb 10, 2023 | Javascript, React
I actually had this come up as an interview question once, and it was more of a theoretical discussion on how I would implement it, as opposed to actually having me white board it/live code it. I thought it would be good practice to re-visit this and implement a quick...
