Function.prototype: apply(), call(), bind()

Function.prototype.apply()

What does it need?

It takes it in context and optional arguments array.

How do we use it?

How large are Node chunks?

Node will receive data in 64 KiB chunks (aka 65536 Bytes)!

var http = require('http');

http.createServer(function (request, response) {
  request.on('data', function onData(chunk) {
    console.log(chunk.length);
  })…

Kate Heddleston: How to Onboard Software Engineers

The goal of onboarding a new engineer is to get them to reliable independence, which is composed of three parts.