Buy a house, or cautiously build your own. — What’s the difference between a framework and library? I’ve had this discussion with developers at work and meetups, and the core idea boils down to this. You tell libraries what to do, frameworks tell you what to do. Framework Upsides Generally speaking a framework tells you what to do. It has a…

The multi-tool strikes again. — In my last article I offered you a challenge to recreate well-known functions using reduce. This article will show you how some of them can be implemented, along with some extras! In total we’re going to look at ten utility functions. They’re incredibly handy on your projects, and best of…

90% convention, 10% library. — Redux is among the most important JavaScript libraries ever created. Inspired by prior art like Flux and Elm, Redux put JavaScript functional programming on the map by introducing a scalable architecture of three simple points. If you’re new to Redux, consider reading the official docs first. Redux Is Mostly Convention Consider this simple…

Hopefully this reduces the confusion about the reduce function in JavaScript. — In my experience learning and teaching JavaScript, reduce is one of the toughest concepts to crack. In this article I’ll try to address one core question… What is reduce and why is it called that? Reduce Has Many Names Some of them, according to Wikipedia, are Reduce Fold Accumulate Aggregate Compress They all hint…

Do lots of projects. — Do lots of projects.

Copy–until you can create. — As developers, we understand how important practice is to continued professional success. The web moves fast, and just a year or two of contentment can leave you eating JavaScript’s dust. Yet many developers, regardless of experience, frantically ask: “Which project should I do?”

TLDR: Coerce yourself to use triple equals. — I unintentionally found this JavaScript meme on Reddit, and it’s the best one I’ve ever seen.

Use #8 for deep copying! — JavaScript has many ways to do anything. I’ve written on 10 Ways to Write pipe/compose in JavaScript, and now we’re doing arrays. 1. Spread Operator (Shallow copy) Ever since ES6 dropped, this has been the most popular method. It’s a brief syntax and you’ll find it incredibly useful when using libraries like React and Redux. …