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by joshuacc 13y ago
As a bit of a counterpoint, I'm originally from rural Mississippi and was raised by very religious parents who would absolutely say that God should be #1. But this didn't translate into devaluing education. Instead they viewed it
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Why I Test Private Functions In JavaScript(philipwalton.com)
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I'm self-publishing two in-progress JavaScript books with Leanpub, and have had a fantastic experience so far. They basically share a Dropbox folder with you and let you edit your book in Markdown. For me this means that I'm easil
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by joshuacc 13y ago
While I agree that there isn't necessarily an actual correlation, better visual design can make the content seem more trustworthy.
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For the sort of small-scale interactions Zakas was talking about, that's a perfectly reasonable thing to do.
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Angular is also quite good about allowing you to enhance only parts of server-rendered pages.
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by joshuacc 13y ago
FYI, Nicholas Zakas, the person who gave this presentation (which I attended) is a well-known JavaScript expert. He's definitely not complaining about JavaScript as such, just horrible misuses of it.
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I'd go so far as to say that it might be slightly more important than the ability to write code, depending on the company, the project, etc. Being able to effectively discuss requirements and technical tradeoffs with non-technical stak
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"I'm in a terminal or, most likely, my editor way more often than I'm in the browser and for any non-trivial change it's way faster to use git in the terminal or fugitive (vim-git integration) than the web interface.&quo
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Using 'apply' to Emulate JavaScript's Upcoming Spread Operator(designpepper.com)
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How OS X “Mavericks” works its power-saving magic(arstechnica.com)
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by joshuacc 13y ago
"The terminology in the article is somewhat idiomatic" Do you mean idiosyncratic? Not trying to nitpick. I was genuinely confused until I concluded that it must be a typo.
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by joshuacc 13y ago
And you don't even need to use assignment. This works as well: do -> # module body
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You may want to read the HN guidelines: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html In particular: Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say in a face to face conversation. When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of callin
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by joshuacc 13y ago
Plunker is another good alternative for multi-file code: http://plnkr.co/
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If this bothers you, you might want to consider a religiously affiliated counselor. Many religious institutions offer different forms of counseling as part of their ministry. Sometimes it is just for members, but other times it is open to a
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by joshuacc 13y ago
My employer uses the term "UI Developer" for front end roles, and I've seen that become increasingly common. But I think there are a different set of expectations that come with that title than "Front End Developer." The most prominent bein
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by joshuacc 14y ago
If you're referring to the custom elements, Angular will also let you do things in a way that validates. Something like: <div data-plot="height=3, width=3"></div>
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It's pretty huge in DC. :-)
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Sending Frequency: More Is Not Always Better(blog.mailchimp.com)
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Do you happen to have a link to an example for those of us just getting started in Angular?
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I agree that many of these points are about having tests. But my observation has been that if tests aren't written first, they either aren't written at all, or they are written half-heartedly.
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I was initially turned off by that as well, but persisted long enough to watch the demo videos. At that point I was sold.
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The Clown Car Technique for Responsive Images(github.com)
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There is a minimum karma threshold before new users are allowed to downvote.
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The Quiet Revolution in Programming(drdobbs.com)
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Test-Driven Development with Jasmine Presentation(designpepper.com)
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Transforming JavaScript Arrays with Array#map(designpepper.com)
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Some points from a recent presentation I gave on the subject. Writing tests first: * Leads to better code design by encouraging smaller units of code which you can combine to achieve your larger goals. * Having tests/specs lets you refactor
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by joshuacc 14y ago
And once again, the anti-HTML zealots are out in force, declaring that just because they don't like HTML email, no one else should be permitted to receive HTML email. A counterpoint: I subscribe to several HTML newsletters, and the fact tha

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