Michael MenteleHow We Became the Most Up-To-Date Monitor of Open-Source Github Projects on the WebThis is the story of how two developers set out to discover the top contributors to open-source. We do this by tracking the top 100,000…Feb 9, 2017Feb 9, 2017
Michael MenteleJavaScript —And It’s Lazy ChildrenIn other languages like Ruby, or Python we have classes. In JavaScript we have constructor functions. Constructors make lazy, bossy…Aug 18, 2016Aug 18, 2016
Michael MenteleRecursionI’ve often heard new programmers ask why recursion is so useful. My brother, a successful IOS developer still doesn’t see the value in…Jul 26, 2016Jul 26, 2016
Michael MenteleThe DOM is an Idea… Not a ThingWhen I first learned about the DOM I was confused about how it was referred to as a ‘thing’ that could be accessed (false) and as a way of…Jul 17, 2016Jul 17, 2016
Michael MenteleWTF Javascript!?This was my initial reaction when introduced to prototypal inheritance. I was like, jeez, do you have to make it so awkward to instantiate…Jul 12, 2016Jul 12, 2016
Michael MenteleDo You Really Know How Functions Work?A function is pretty simple, right? It’s just a reference to a block of code that get’s executed when called…Jul 5, 2016Jul 5, 2016
Michael MenteleScope in JavaScriptScoping rules in any language are critical to understanding the context your code is operating in and what variables functions have access…Jun 27, 2016Jun 27, 2016