Samuel Rouse articles - 47 total
Bad Interview, Good Practice
LeetCode, Codewars, and similar sites that "test your skill" as a developer aren't good interview...
Coding Case Study: Initial Value
The answer isn't always simple, even when the problem seems to be. Figuring out answers and...
Arrays: Reduce - Make Something
When you have a set of data you want to transform into something else, like an object or a sum, you...
flow: JavaScript Functional Programming
flow is all about passing data between functions, which is an important part of functional...
Convention and Creativity
I recently ran across a small code example that made me think about rigid conventions and how they...
When Objects Aren't
Not everything that looks like an object is one. Here are some cases that look something like...
Developer Quick Bits: Go To Line
You might occasionally use the Goto Line or Line/Column feature in your IDE (Control-G for VS Code,...
JavaScript Quick Bits: Number Methods
We rarely need to access prototype methods on primitive types like plain numbers and strings, but we...
Promises Resolved
When you start integrating promises into your workflow, it can seem like you need to make everything...
Measuring Productivity?
Measuring developer productivity has always been difficult. Let's talk about why. A...
JavaScript Arrays: Filter
Filter - Fewer is Better When you need to eliminate entries from an array, you are...
JavaScript Arrays: Map
Map: One-for-one Changes Sometimes you want to modify data to return part of it or perform...
JavaScript: Arrays are Everywhere
Arrays are the foundation of nearly all data. If you ever have two or more of something, there is a...
Make Small Commits
When it comes to version control, I advocate for making many small, focused commits rather than large...
JavaScript Quick Bits: Computed Methods
You probably know about computed keys in objects, but did you realize you can use computed keys with...
Learn by Proxy: JavaScript Quick Bits
Understanding what goes on behind the scenes when you operate on an object or call a method like...
Do we need Promise.allSettled()?
What do you think about Promise.allSettled()? To me, allSettled looks like a solution in search of a...
Write a Shopping Cart
Some projects are great for building your skills as a developer. A shopping cart can cover a wide...
6 Skills You Need To Read Tech Articles Like a Pro
In the fast-paced world of technology, not everything you read is accurate or unbiased. Not...
Git is Lazy (And That's OK)
Git source control is somewhere behind most of the software we work on today. It has a bit of a...
JavaScript Quick Bits: Bad Comparisons
Small bugs can creep in from unexpected places. Bad values can make your conditional logic fail in...
Conditional Logic Quick Bits: Requirements & Edge Cases
We develop skills for reading and writing logic conditions over time, and new language features can...
JavaScript Micro Performance Testing, History, and Limitations
I think performance optimization interests many developers as they learn more about different ways to...
📚 Rosetta Code: Learn Programming By Comparison
Rosetta Code is an incredible resource for learning programming languages and building your skill as...
Abstracting Magic: JavaScript Functional Programming
One of the smallest, easiest introductions to a functional programming style is turning strings and...
🧐 JavaScript Shenanigans: Time Travel with Destructuring
Did you know you can time travel with variable assignment in JavaScript? Here's some silly JavaScript...
Supercharged Debugging with Conditional Breakpoints
You might be accustomed to setting breakpoints to troubleshoot or debug your code, but you can...
Loop Unrolling in JavaScript?
JavaScript can feel very removed from the hardware it runs on, but thinking low-level can still be...
Identifying 🤖 AI Articles?
Generative AI articles seem to be common now and detecting them can be difficult. I even found an...
Stop Indexing node_modules! 😱
Running npm install (or npm ci) can add tens of thousands of files to your computer in the...