Adopting a Product Mindset can help Startups Win
There’s no point to putting time, effort, and money into a product that no one would buy or use. So many startups are launched with a great idea, but no results end up being developed. …
Using Prettier to Automatically Format JavaScript
Prettier is a code formatter that can automatically format code when save is pressed. I like using prettier to format my code because it saves me a lot of time and a lot of energy.
4 Mistakes to Avoid In Code Reviews
A code review is having someone other than the author check someone else’s code for errors or mistakes. Code Reviews are a great time to share knowledge, and learn from one another. I find that often code reviews have a lot of really common mistakes that make them a less effective.
What is Refactoring?
Martin Fowler defines refactoring as “Refactoring is the process of changing a software system in such a way that it does not alter the external behaviour of the code yet improve its internal structure.” I like to define it as “Refactoring is a systematic process of improving code without adding or taking away functionality…
What is Technical Debt?
Dealing with technical debt is one of the greatest frustrations and demotivaters to development teams. Technical debt is accumulated through out the software development lifecycle. Over time, the code becomes less and less clean which results in making changes more and more difficult.
How to do Code Reviews?
As a developer and technology manager, I like to set really high standards to ensure that code is easy to read (understandable), simple enough for the task, and commented well enough that almost anybody could understand what is going on.
Is jQuery Dead?
I don’t think jQuery is dead at this point, but it’s growth seems to be slowing.
What is a Product Manager?
A product manager is the person responsible for the creation of a particular product for a company or organization.
What is an Enterprise Service Bus?
An enterprise service bus (ESB) is a software architecture that allows for the integration of enterprise applications and services.
Since an enterprise service bus is a middle layer communication tool there are a number of great features that might exist.
Mapping Over a NodeList in JavaScript
In JavaScript a NodeList is an array-like list of objects. One thing to remember though is that array methods will not work on a nodelist because it’s not an array!
In this article, we talk about how to map over a NodeList.
Why you shouldn’t use GraphQL
GraphQL is gaining traction in the software development world because it offers an alternative to the traditional REST architecture.
Here’s why I don’t think it’s ready for common use.
NetSuite: Setting the Default Value on a Screen
When starting to develop on NetSuite it can be a pretty frustrating experience because the documentation reads more like marketing speak than a recipe guide of how to do something.
In this blog post, we walk through how to set a default field in NetSuite.
Introduction to Aurora RDS
Aurora is part of Amazon Web Service’s Relational Database Service. Aurora is a MySQL or PostgreSQL compatible database build for the cloud.
What I Wish I Learned as Junior Developer
After ten years or so of working in technology, I thought it was time to put together some thoughts.
There’s a lot of things that matter as a technologist, but writing code is only one of many.
Introduction to AWS CloudWatch
AWS CloudWatch is a monitoring solution that’s provided by Amazon Web Services. It’s really a big service that contains a large collection of monitoring tools.
How to Delete node_modules on Windows
Deleting node_modules on Windows 7 and Windows 10 can be a frustrating experience if you try to do it from Windows Explorer or Command-Line because the file path names tend to get really long.
Writing to S3 from AWS Lambda
To write to Amazon S3 from an AWS Lambda function in Node.js, you can use the AWS SDK for JavaScript in Node.js.
AWS Lambda: pricing model and pitfalls
The pay per use pricing model of function as a service makes it appear to be really cheap. For a lot of workloads, it is really a lot cheaper and maybe even free. There’s a lot of costs that can quickly add up and surprise businesses.
Using jQuery in Salesforce Lightning
Up until recently, if you were building websites you pretty much always used jQuery. jQuery really simplified working with the browser document object model (DOM) and doing really custom animations.
In this blog post, we go through how to jQuery with the Lightning Locker Service turned on.
Reducing Cloud Costs in AWS
It’s not secret that the cloud can be a lot cheaper than running hardware in our own data center. Unfortunately, a lot of AWS accounts spend a lot of money they don’t need to because of automation or things not getting shut off. In this blog post, we’ll cover some of the ways to reducing Cloud Costs in AWS.