I'm not going to lie - I used to struggle writing comments. I have wasted hours writing comments that aren't helpful to anyone, while leaving out comments that have cost me hours of debugging time. As we learn to code, we get taught to write comments early. In FreeCodeCamp's curriculum,
Here's the question: What's the difference between these two methods of creating a function? function a() { //This is known as a function declaration console.log("Hello"); } var b = function() { //This is known as a function expression console.log("World"); } Both of these methods do almost the same thing, however there
Let's be honest. We all write bad code. Sometimes, we write absolutely shocking code. In the programming community, we have an obsession with "good" code – and it's not difficult to see why. Good code is objectively better than bad code. It's faster, cleaner, more maintainable – Why would you settle for
UPDATE: There is now an aspect-ratio CSS property which can be used to set the ratio between width and height. The best way to make a square is now aspect-ratio: 1 / 1 If you remember the days of floats and table layouts, display: flex is absolutely magical... until you want
When you start working in Javascript and building apps and webpages, you get used to running code based on inputs - someone pressed a button, and then your code gets to run. This is fine for most webpages, but what if you want to to make changes on the page
When we learn to write code, we spend a lot of our time doing exactly that - writing code. As we transition into careers and larger projects however, we find out that we actually spend most of our time reading code - and we quickly learn that developers can't write
JavaScript
Let's face it, writing unit tests is hard. Many new coders take a long time to get into unit testing. They're scary, a lot of effort, and it's difficult to understand how they work. When we do eek out a few unit tests, they don't seem to be proving anything.
CSS
When you're starting out with CSS and the web, it's easy to get into frameworks like Bootstrap, or Bulma. They're an excellent tool for fast prototyping, and getting to grips with how to build a website. However, these frameworks are opinionated, and as we grow we hit a point where
JavaScript
Every so often, there's an article with some list of rules on how to keep your code readable. Everyone wants their code to be self-documenting, but nobody seems to agree on how to do it. If you're reading this article, chances are you know your code isn't the cleanest. If
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