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Thanks for comments! I will attempt to fix the flaws. Fixing the english will be harder though, for the time being my english is flawed (period). :) I should p

Thanks for comments! I will attempt to fix the flaws. Fixing the english will be harder though, for the time being my english is flawed (period). :) I should provide some background. I don’t have any education in CS. This is an antempt on my behalf to fill gaps of knowledge. Being a junior frontend dev they are plenty, and I am thankful for your criticism (thanks again! You’ll make me better). Anyway, I have changed the blog post! Mostly by erasing text. But if there are no good, clear red thread this is the best way. :) Thanks again!

smellia 7y ago
Then you must have a look at the amazing elastic binary trees used in haproxy, the article describes their properties quite well in terms of binary search: https://wtarreau.blogspot.com/2011/12/elastic-binary-trees-ebtree.html https://wtarreau.blogspot.com/2011/12/elastic-binary-trees-e... These were featured at QCon last June by one of their authors. Really great work.
- claes-magnus 7y ago
  @smellia: thank you very much for this suggestion! This seems really interesting. :)
kqr 7y ago
Thank you for exploring algorithmic concepts as a front-end developer! Keep that up and you'll get very far in your career. I say this because we have interviewed nearly 150 front-end candidates and had to reject all but one due to their lack of very basic algorithm/data structure skills. I encourage anything that makes that pool less depressing!
- claes-magnus 7y ago
  I am not saying you are guilty of this, by I think this is sad in a way. My prejudice is that many frontend developers are interested in CS for the wrong reasons; I don't know if it's true though. But CS as a career boost is very instrumental. I think it's better to focus on the good parts: a) CS is fascinating, b) I also think there is an ethical side of CS. For each year, more 'logic' ends up in the frontend - I think. If this is true, there is an ethical dimension to it; not everyone have a new computer with the latest browser - performance has a ethical dimension. Also, I for one hates when web sites are slow (so I guess there also is a business/economical side as well). But my main point is that - and no, I am not saying you're guilty of this, you clearly like CS (why comment otherwise), but the reasons you provide would gain from adding the perspective I am trying to provide, I think - is that CS should be studied because it is important, and fascinating. :) I will never be good with CS. But if my own take on CS were only instrumental (career boost), I would most likely end up with less knowledge in comparison with reasons related to fascination (and ethics). I think this is an important point. Sure, it is perhaps made often. But in that case, I think it is important to repeat it. I see ads for many CS courses on i.e. Udemy with titles like CS for interviews and so on. I am not saying those course are bad (don't know); all I am saying is this is an instrumental view and that we (developers as a community) sometimes should be better at finding the right reasons. Sorry, this was a long reply. :( :)
carapace 7y ago
Keep up the good work! :-)

smellia 7y ago

Then you must have a look at the amazing elastic binary trees used in haproxy, the article describes their properties quite well in terms of binary search: https://wtarreau.blogspot.com/2011/12/elastic-binary-trees-ebtree.html https://wtarreau.blogspot.com/2011/12/elastic-binary-trees-e... These were featured at QCon last June by one of their authors. Really great work.

claes-magnus 7y ago
@smellia: thank you very much for this suggestion! This seems really interesting. :)

kqr 7y ago

Thank you for exploring algorithmic concepts as a front-end developer! Keep that up and you'll get very far in your career. I say this because we have interviewed nearly 150 front-end candidates and had to reject all but one due to their lack of very basic algorithm/data structure skills. I encourage anything that makes that pool less depressing!

claes-magnus 7y ago
I am not saying you are guilty of this, by I think this is sad in a way. My prejudice is that many frontend developers are interested in CS for the wrong reasons; I don't know if it's true though. But CS as a career boost is very instrumental. I think it's better to focus on the good parts: a) CS is fascinating, b) I also think there is an ethical side of CS. For each year, more 'logic' ends up in the frontend - I think. If this is true, there is an ethical dimension to it; not everyone have a new computer with the latest browser - performance has a ethical dimension. Also, I for one hates when web sites are slow (so I guess there also is a business/economical side as well). But my main point is that - and no, I am not saying you're guilty of this, you clearly like CS (why comment otherwise), but the reasons you provide would gain from adding the perspective I am trying to provide, I think - is that CS should be studied because it is important, and fascinating. :) I will never be good with CS. But if my own take on CS were only instrumental (career boost), I would most likely end up with less knowledge in comparison with reasons related to fascination (and ethics). I think this is an important point. Sure, it is perhaps made often. But in that case, I think it is important to repeat it. I see ads for many CS courses on i.e. Udemy with titles like CS for interviews and so on. I am not saying those course are bad (don't know); all I am saying is this is an instrumental view and that we (developers as a community) sometimes should be better at finding the right reasons. Sorry, this was a long reply. :( :)

carapace 7y ago

Keep up the good work! :-)