Example of Functional Programming in Three Web Languages

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Functional programming is all the rage in the Javascript community this year, and I’ve been doing a lot of it lately because I’ve been using Redux on my latest project at work. It occurred to me that web developers have had some of the building blocks of functional programming for over two decades. Here are examples of a functional approach, mapping an array to a new array, in just three languages popular in web development, ones that I’m familiar with.

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Let’s Compare Javascript Testing Frameworks

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Testing your code is one of the most important things that you can do to make yourself a better coder. That’s not just because testing can prevent you from breaking previously-working code when you make changes (also known as regressions), but more importantly, it forces you to write better code in the first place.

We have known about the benefits of testing to prevent regression for a long time. That testing encourages better code in the first place is a viewpoint that is honored more in theory than practice.

In this article, I will compare javascript testing frameworks, so that you can see how easy it is to get started, and see which one makes the most sense for you. Continue reading Let’s Compare Javascript Testing Frameworks

The 12 Days of Git, Day 12: Fixing Mistakes with Git

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On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… twelve ways to fix mistakes.

In the previous lesson, we learned about stashing changes with Git until you need them so that we could save work in progress while we handled something more pressing. Today, we’re going to learn some ways to fix mistakes with Git. Continue reading The 12 Days of Git, Day 12: Fixing Mistakes with Git