Nimmo articles - 25 total
A monad is a thing you put things in so you can do things with them.
You can skip reading this post now, if you like - it's all there in the title. But if you want to...
Elm: A short example of the development experience on a real code change (video)
I love working with Elm, but it can be hard to explain what the development experience is really like compared to JavaScript-based tools. I thought a short video might help.
Take a day off
Sometimes taking a day off is the best thing you can do - for yourself, for your colleagues, and for your work.
Deploy every Friday
We can do better than only feeling confident to deploy for 80% of the working week.
Easier paths to accessibility in Elm
Accessibility is a big topic. It covers all sorts of things that affect people in different ways, but...
Some basic JS issues, and how Elm avoids them (Video)
JS can trip you up in so many ways, and it's usually our users who suffer. This series is going to be looking at how Elm overcomes a lot of common issues that we see in our JS code.
State transitions (i.e. Elm messages/React actions etc.): Past or imperative tense?
Do you have an opinion over which helps either you or your colleagues reason about your applications...
Optional chaining: What is it, and how can you add it to your JavaScript application right now?
Optional chaining gives you a concise way to handle issues that crop up with values in JS that may be `undefined`.
Sometimes, in the heat of the moment, it's forgivable to cause a runtime exception.
Perhaps we could benefit from putting more thought into how our code can fail, and who is going to see it when it does.
Bothering people over [communication tool]
A short post on feeling like you don't want to interrupt people with notifications
"Can't we just...?"
Maybe we could just not accidentally trivialise problems.
A look at a small Elm application
An intentionally not-too-deep look at how an Elm application is put together
Communication is hard: Some thoughts on one aspect of remote working, after 18 months
I've been working remotely for a while now, and it's definitely right for me. But it is hard work.
JS Performance: Perhaps We Shouldn't Always Use Arrays
A very short post about about something that recently improved some poorly-optimised code
The basic Elm example that I wish I'd had
When originally exploring Elm, I fumbled my way through figuring out how to manage state in an Elm application, and managed to make my life much more difficult than it needed to be. I hope this helps someone avoid the pain I put myself through!
Don't split up your codebase before you need to: The most useful Elm tip that I shouldn't have ignored
A short post intended to help people building their first Elm application to avoid the headaches I gave myself.
Do your team a favour: start writing a styleguide
What is the best way to code? (Spoiler alert; It's "together")
Smallest-viewport first
What do we mean when we say "desktop" or "mobile"? What understanding do we gain from these words?
State Driven Development for User Interfaces (Part 3: Parallel State Machines)
A short series outlining the practice of placing the most importance on your application's state
State Driven Development for User Interfaces (Part 2: Finite State Machines)
A short series outlining the practice of placing the most importance on your application's state
State Driven Development for User Interfaces (Part 1: An introduction)
A short series outlining the practice of placing the most importance on your application's state
That's f***ing teamwork!
Our team is comprised of a team lead, four engineers, and a product owner. We've been together in our...
Pure functions, and why I like them.
A very basic look at pure functions, and why I think they make life better.
Thinking of the next developer
Musings on making your work easier for the next person to understand
I was wrong to dismiss Elm, and I think you probably are too.
A few reasons to be genuinely excited about Elm; the best thing to happen to front-end development for as long as I can remember