Javascript

I fell in love with programming in the early 80s with a language called BASIC (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code). It was easy to learn, using line numbers and a strictly procedural flow, and it was the default language on several computers of that time. My first was a Commodore VIC-20, followed by a Commodore 64, and on those two machines I became fluent in my first programming language. Continue reading

JS's built-in array methods are like the bouncer who guards the door at a bar or nightclub. You know, the large and usually intimidating looking person who everyone has to walk past on their way in. Whether or not you get in is up to the bouncer. Whether or not you remain in the club or bar is also up to the bouncer. Continue reading

jQuery, you had a good run. You made a significant impact on the web development world, and we'll always remember you for that. But it's 2023, and we have outgrown you. It's time for you to take a step back and let the modern tools and technologies take the spotlight. It's time for you to gracefully accept your place in the history of web development and let the new generation forge their own path. It's time for you to take your pension and pack for Florida. Continue reading

Polonius was full of garbage advice, such as this steaming lump of poo: To thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. Continue reading

One of the classes I'm teaching right now is an introductory CSS/HTML/JavaScript class. I feel it's my challenge with these code newbies to help them become addicted to coding... and to do that, they need to understand how their code editor works. Continue reading

As you progress through your journey into learning React, you will eventually come across what may seem to be a paradox, the classic question of "what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?" Continue reading

More obscurum about the last obscurum. Continue reading

What is wrong with this function? What is wrong with YOU? Continue reading

My mind went blank. This was after it recovered. Continue reading

Just read the agile manifesto. I did, and it made me a better person. Continue reading