Published in Ember-ish·Dec 21, 2019The most common Ember.js Octane mistakes and how to avoid themA month ago, I asked some Ember.js redditors about the most common mistakes they and their teams made while writing Ember apps using Octane, which is a word to describe the latest and greatest way to write Ember apps. …JavaScript6 min readJavaScript6 min read
Published in Cardstack·Sep 11, 2019Out-of-the-Box Tools for Outside-the-Box ThinkingElements of a successful hackathon event — Hackathons are one of the best ways to get more developers acquainted with a tool or product! I learned a lot from my participation in ETHBoston, a three-day event that encouraged developers to try something new. At Cardstack, we will utilize these lessons to provide a great experience for new…Blockchain7 min readBlockchain7 min read
Published in Frontend Weekly·Jul 20, 2019How to hire and train developers when you don’t use ReactSure, there are fewer developers who know Ember, Angular, Vue, etc. but does that have to make it difficult to grow your team? Nope. In this article, you’ll learn strategies for mitigating some of the challenges of using a less-common framework or library. 1. Screen for solid JavaScript, HTML, and CSS No matter your stack, new hires will…Ember6 min readEmber6 min read
Published in Ember-ish·May 13, 2019FAQs about Ember.js in 2019Here are some publicly-available resources that answer some of the most common questions about Ember in 2019. Is Ember still around?When will Octane be released? Is it hard to hire Ember devs? etc. Let’s go! Ember is still around!? What!? Yes! Ember began in 2011. It has releases roughly every 6 weeks, a core team…JavaScript4 min readJavaScript4 min read
Apr 30, 2019Ember.js Stack Overflow livestreams return!In May of 2018, Chris Manson and I set out to help improve Ember’s presence on Stack Overflow, and I’m excited to share that we’re doing it again! Our first livestream of 2019 is Wednesday, May 1st at noon UTC/8am EST. “May I ask a Question” is a month-long effort…Ember4 min readEmber4 min read
Apr 19, 2019Help, my Ember acceptance tests are leaking!Are you stuck debugging async in your tests? I’ll cover one use case, including what the symptoms looked like, the root problem, and the solutions. This article is cross-posted to my personal blog, since Medium has major accessibility issues. The code samples are all Ember 3.x. The symptoms Today, I was working…JavaScript5 min readJavaScript5 min read
Mar 6, 2019Interviewing your future coworkers — finding a kinder, fairer way to hireDo you dislike subjecting hires to whiteboarding, laundry lists of skills requirements, unpaid homework, and computer science drills, but don’t know what to do instead? Are you worried that your current process is driving away applicants who are underrepresented in tech? Are you tired of complaints that “we just can’t…Hiring10 min readHiring10 min read
Published in Frontend Weekly·Feb 4, 2019A practical beginner’s guide to RegEx (Regular Expressions)Want to skip the jargon and giant list of foundational concepts? This is just enough to get you through whatever RegEx brought you here. What is RegEx? It’s a handy way to search through strings to find what you need. You can search for patterns of numbers, letters, punctuation, and even whitespace. It…Regex5 min readRegex5 min read
Nov 18, 2018Trying out CodeSandbox for unified.js and Ember.jsHow interactive is the embedded editor of CodeSandbox? Let’s find out. CodeSandbox is a great tool for developing and sharing apps, including web apps. Unlike similar, past tools, it could handle the heavy lifting of the build step and file structures of modern web apps. A couple months ago, Michael…1 min read1 min read
Oct 27, 2018Yes, you should use Controllers in Ember.jsIn this article, we’ll cover what controllers are, when you should use them, some historical context, and how their role could evolve in the future. Special thanks to Edward Faulkner from the Framework Core Team for reviewing and writing a few key sections! This article applies to Ember 1.13 through…JavaScript6 min readJavaScript6 min read
