Joe Eames in Thinkster.io

Feb 3, 2020

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Code Smell: Null Check

I love this code smell. First I find the solution to be fascinating. Second, the indicator (checking for null) is often…

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Joe Eames in Thinkster.io

Feb 26, 2020

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Code Smell: Abstractions?

I recently read a great blog article by Coding Unicorn over on dev.to titled “Flexible code considered harmful”…

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Joe Eames in Thinkster.io

Feb 12, 2020

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Creating When Nobody Seems to Care

You know exactly what you need to do. You know how to do it. Everything has lined up. You start and you work and you create. “Build it and they will come” has been ringing in your head every minute. So you work and you build, diligent and committed. You launch, you…

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Joe Eames in Thinkster.io

Feb 24, 2020

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Clever Removal of Duplicates from Arrays

Removing duplicates is one of those things we need to do somewhat frequently but we also want to make sure we do it efficiently. Doing it by hand can easily lead to inscrutable code and a lurking performance issue. Typically, in JavaScript we’ll be removing…

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Joe Eames in Thinkster.io

Feb 14, 2020

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What is the JAMStack and why should you care?

When you first hear about JAMStack, due to the funny name, you may wonder if people are just messing with you. But if you haven’t checked out JAMStack yet, you should definitely give it a look. The problem may be that you mostly hear about it in…

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Joe Eames in Thinkster.io

Feb 21, 2020

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Code Craftsmanship — Anticipating Change

Recently, I wrote a blog about shotgun surgery. I talked about how the shotgun surgery code smell works. If you aren’t familiar with it, go and check out that blog post.

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Joe Eames in Thinkster.io

Feb 17, 2020

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Code Smell: Side Effects — Solution

Recently I wrote about a particular code smell: Side Effects. Several people called me out for…

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Joe Eames in Thinkster.io

Feb 4, 2020

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JavaScript is Taking Over the World, and TypeScript with It

JavaScript has become the most popular programming language in the world. But as JavaScript has become more popular, so has TypeScript, and it’s rise continues. The RedMonk language popularity measure has been recently released…

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Joe Eames in Thinkster.io

Feb 7, 2020

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A Better Way to Loop Over an Array

When you need to loop over an array in JavaScript do you default to the trusty for loop? Even got yourself a quick keyboard macro to create your for loop? You’re in good company, I do the same. Something like the following is my habitual goto when looping over an array…

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Joe Eames in Thinkster.io

Feb 6, 2020

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How to Fail A Technical Interview At Google

Six years ago I interviewed at Google to join the Angular team. It was a brutal, all-day interview with four different interviewers, each of which had me run through pretty difficult problems using every programmer’s favorite tool: a whiteboard. At this…

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