Jun 1, 2019Getting REAL Work Done In Clojure: Application DevelopmentA Joyful Introduction To Clojure: Part III — << Part II When you’re learning a new programming language, the language itself is only half the battle. Most language tutorials focus heavily on the features of the language itself, which neglects the other half of the story: To get REAL work done, you also need to know the ecosystem…Docker26 min readDocker26 min read
Dec 2, 2018Getting Work Done in Clojure: The Building BlocksA Joyful Introduction to Clojure, Part II — << Part I Part III>> Now that we have our development environment set up, we can actually get to work and build something in Clojure. In this article, I’ll be assuming that you’ve already gone through part I of this guide, so you should already have the joyful_clojure example repository…Programming19 min readProgramming19 min read
Oct 6, 2018A Clojure Development Environment That Gets Out of Your WayA Joyful Introduction to Clojure, Part I — Part II >> One of the hardest things about getting started with Clojure is setting up a development environment that allows you to get the most out of the language with a minimum of fuss. For starters, you have to choose an editor. The most popular choices in the Clojure…Clojure17 min readClojure17 min read
Jan 3, 2017Hack Your Personal Finances: Why Small Tweaks Can Make a LIFE CHANGING DifferenceBe not afraid of gowing slowly, be afraid only of standing still. Happy 2017! What’s your new year’s resolution? If you’re like many people, you might have set up a resolution for this year, like “I’m going to lose weight!”, or “I’m going to enjoy life to the fullest!”, …Money6 min readMoney6 min read
Dec 23, 2016Dependency Injection part 2: A (More) Practical Example for Testing in JavaScriptBusiness and politics have a wholesome and an unwholesome interface. You have to eliminate the unwholesome interface. ~ Salman Khurshid In the last article, I discussed the technique of dependency injection as a practical strategy for making our code easier to test and refactor. …Dependency Injection5 min readDependency Injection5 min read
Dec 1, 2016Dependency Injection: Practical Examples for Testing and Refactoring in JavaScriptThree Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity ~ Albert Einstein As someone who builds software, I find myself thinking a lot about how to organize my code. Good quality code organization is one of the main factors…JavaScript7 min readJavaScript7 min read
Oct 21, 2016Learning to think with recursion, part 2Why should I care about this, anyway? — In my last article, I discussed a particular strategy that I use when I am trying to design a recursive algorithm to solve a problem. I definitely recommend reading that article before this one, but to briefly summarize, here is the strategy: Break the problem I am trying to solve…Programming5 min readProgramming5 min read
Sep 18, 2016Writing Expressive CodeComputer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. About a year ago, I was introduced to the Ruby programming language for the first time. …Programming6 min readProgramming6 min read
Sep 13, 2016Learning to think with recursion, part 1I have frequently heard people new to programming express that they have difficulty understanding how to write recursive algorithms. Although they understand what recursion is, they find difficult to understand how to go about creating a recursive solution. …JavaScript5 min readJavaScript5 min read
