Nick Karnik articles - 21 total
What is the career track at your job?
I read an interesting article about Engineering Culture at Shutterstock and the illustration of IC vs...
Which qualities were exhibited by good managers you've had?
Have you ever had a manager that you considered good? What did this manager do that you found good?
How I Lost My Consulting Job
Landing a stable gig is every independent consultant's dream
Changelog: Updates to the comment box
Updates to the comment box
Protected Routes in React using React Router
Learn to create Protected Routes in React using React Router
Does your employer pay for your health insurance in the US? 🏥
Health insurance appears to be a benefit only a select few can afford to get on their own in the US.
Did you know that Oracle owns the trademark to Javascript?
Did you know that Oracle owns the trademark to Javascript?
How to Improve Your Debugging Skills
All of us write code that breaks at some point. That is part of the development process. When you run into an error, you may feel that you don't know what to do. However, even the most seasoned developers introduce errors and bugs that break their code. We are humans after all.
Implementing the Queue Data Structure in Javascript
In this video, we are implementing the Queue Data Structure in Javascript.
Implementing the Stack Data Structure in Javascript
In this video, we are implementing the Stack Data Structure in Javascript.
How can you swap two variables without using a third?
This is a very basic interview question in Computer Science
How to Improve Your Development Experience
To become a better developer, you need to think beyond coding speed. You need to improve not only your core skills but also the physical environment, tooling and your approach to problem-solving.
I worked on MSN, Live, and Bing Search at Microsoft, Ask Me Anything!
Nick Karnik is a Computer Scientist with a broad range of skills and experiences. If you are reading this AMA, Ask him ANYTHING!
GitHub Extensions to Boost Your Productivity
GitHub extensions provide additional functionality and allow us to boost our productivity
How to Build a REST API using Node, Express, and Mongo
A REST API is an integral component of a web application. You don't need to be an expert backend developer to make your own. In this workshop, we will walk through the basic building blocks of creating your own REST API using Node.js, Express, and MongoDB.
React Component Lifecycle Explained
React components have several lifecycle methods that you can override to run your code at a particular time in the process. In this video, we will explore all the React Component Lifecycle methods.
Using Parcel Bundler with React
Parcel is a web application bundler that offers blazing fast performance with zero configuration compared to webpack.
Poll: How old were you when you started to learn programming?
I would like to know when you first started to learn programming, how old you were, and what your...
Introduction to Mongoose for MongoDB
Mongoose is an Object Data Modeling (ODM) library for MongoDB and Node.js. It manages relationships between data, provides schema validation, and is used to translate between objects in code and the representation of those objects in MongoDB.
How to build your own React boilerplate
Boilerplates can be daunting if you don't understand the fundamentals of their underlying components
The hidden components of Web Caching
Caching allows you to increase application processing speed. Storing a copy of the previously fetched...