If you have ever gone down a water slide, then you can understand arrow functions. — If you have been using JavaScript for a few years, you are probably familiar with this syntax: function addTen(num){ return num + 10; }); console.log(addTen(2)); //12 This function syntax was popular in ES5, or ECMAScript 5. There is one major advantage to this syntax: It includes the word function, so…

If you understand the general way that Hollywood movies are made, then you can understand Node Package Manager (NPM). Did you know that the initial version of Node.js was written by just one programmer, Ryan Dahl, in 2009? Today, in 2018, millions of developers have used Node.js to create the…

If you understand how a brewery works, then you can understand Amazon Web Services (AWS). — When you are working on building your first web app, you ALWAYS hear about the ease of launching a new product compared to past years. People will say things like, “Back in my day, you had to buy your own server and configure it yourself!” Or, “We would stay up…

If you have ever read a nutrition label, then you can understand the reduce() method in JavaScript. The reduce method in JavaScript gives you a simple way to take an array of values and combine them into one value, or sum the array based on multiple category. Wow, that is…

If you have ever visited a restaurant, this guide will help you understand how dev tools like Chrome Dev Tools and text editors like Sublime Text work. When you are building your first website with HTML and CSS, you can easily get overwhelmed with all the new technologies that are…

If you get dressed for work or school in the morning, then you can understand file directories. When you are building your first website with HTML, CSS and JavaScript, you only need a very simple file directory. You have one folder with three total files, and perhaps an image file…

If you have ever watched a TV show about court (or been to court), then you can understand booleans in JavaScript. You might think that booleans are the most straightforward topic that you could ask for in JavaScript. After all, since a variable can be any of the following: number …

If you are familiar with the college application process, then you can understand JavaScript’s filter functions. Compared to the map() and reduce() methods in JavaScript, the filter()method has probably the most straightforward name. You input an array, and you filter out the elements that fulfill a specific condition into a…

If you have ever bought milk at the supermarket, then you can understand server-side and browser-side caching. If you are an avid internet user (you probably are), you have benefitted from caching over and over again. But, you might not know when or how it is working its magic behind…