William NealThings I wish I knew before adding a minimax function to a Noughts and Crosses gameThere are a lot great guides out there on how to implement minimax function in the context of a game of Noughts and Crosses (Tic Tac Toe)…May 7, 2018May 7, 2018
William NealRecursion in javaScript: factorial exampleRecursion is away to break up a large problem into several smaller problems, which considered in isolation are easier to solve, but which…Mar 11, 2018Mar 11, 2018
William NealSummary: Of the difference between interpreted and compiled languagesSource code is a set of statements telling a computer to do something that is understandable by humans but not computers. JavaScript…Feb 18, 2018Feb 18, 2018
William NealWalk through of the official React’s Noughts and crosses tutorial: Part 1The tutorial can be found here, in part 1 we are going to walk through the vert first part of the tutorial “ Passing Data Through Props”.Dec 14, 2017Dec 14, 2017
William NealForays into React: Elements and PropsI jumped straight into the React tutorial and quickly became disillusioned following instructions without knowing the “why” of what I was…Dec 7, 2017Dec 7, 2017
William NealJavaScript can do lots of things at once despite being a single threaded language. How?JavaScript can only do one thing at a time, this is what is meant when we say that it is single threaded language. Once it starts a task…Dec 4, 2017Dec 4, 2017
William NealYou probably shouldn't use XHR for building a Random Quote GeneratorThis post is a testimony to me stumbling down a blind alley, but learning a lot about ajax calls in the process, particularly in the…Aug 6, 2017Aug 6, 2017