Static Code Analysis

ESLint is a tool for static code analysis, which just means that it reads unexecuted code and attempts to any flaws that are likely to cause a runtime error. A runtime error is any flaw in the code that will either stop the program entirely or allow it to run…

The random number function is an equation that simulates randomness, but it is still a function. As a function, it will perform the same operation the same way, every time it is called to do so, so long as it is given the same arguments. In terms of Minecraft, well-defined…

A resilient divide-and-conquer paradigm, Ternary Search can be used to efficiently locate a desired element on an array.

Binary search is a familiar divide-and-conquer paradigm, which works by taking an array and breaking it into two smaller, similarly-sized sub-arrays; the resulting sub-arrays are then searched for the desired element. As its name suggests, Ternary Search breaks an array into three similarly-sized sub-arrays, rather than two.

When dealing with…

Constraint programming is one model approach for solving combinatorial problems. A combinatorial problem is any problem that can be solved by finding an optimal solution from a set of finite and discrete quantities. The goal of constraint programming is to create a set of rules that limit the number of…

Fractals—much like the Force—are all around us. They surround us in nature, they run through our bodies (our brains and lungs are fractal structures, our cells communicate with one another in a fractilized process called the cell-signaling cascade), and they even bind us together on the psycho-social level (under the…