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JavaScript Patterns – Chapters 1 and 2

I certainly love stretching my mind and learning new things, but after weeks of reading Ruby and more strictly-typed languages, I breathe a sigh of relief every time I step back into JavaScript world....

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Learning…how to think ahead about big-picture coding problems

In past posts on this blog, and conversations with mentors, colleagues and friends — we have lamented the difficulty of the learning path for the intermediate coder. The posts I’ve been writing about...

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JavaScript Patterns — Chapter 3

In this reading, we focus on literals and constructors. Again, this continues the exploration into the fundamentals of how JavaScript works — with the goal of being able to grok design patterns — ways...

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Functions – Chapter 4, JavaScript Patterns

In this week’s selection, the JavaScript Patterns book continues into its interesting deep dive on the intracacies of how the language works, looking at functions, or the blocks of code that can...

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On best practices: Re-examining the philosophy of how I code

What does it mean to “grow up” to the next level of how we work? How do we take hacking to find a solution, any solution, and turn it into a purposeful, logical craft? It’s a question I’ve been trying...

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Lessons from an intermediate journo-programmer’s journey (part 1 of 3)

I’ve had some opportunities to think back on my journey over the past five years — from student to teacher in the same classroom, from writing my first lede to building highly technical projects and...

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JS Design Patterns: Chapter 5 – Object Creation Patterns

Several months ago (sometime in the fall), I was logging some notes and thoughts on the JS Design Patterns book, as we work our way through selected portions in a small group at work. It’s been a...

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Lessons from an intermediate programmer-journalist’s journey (part 2 of 3)

No programmer is an island. Back in grad school, I learned a journalistic tenet of avoiding specialized jargon, to make our writing more accessible for readers. But when it comes to working with...

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Lessons from an intermediate programmer-journalist (part 3 of 3)

Thanks to my recent awakening in embracing a programmer identity, I’ve learned a lot. Self perception is a lot more important than we might think in our day-to-day work, and my eyes have been opened....

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Hello again — What constitutes “clean data”?

They say better late than never, right? Do people still blog in 2017? Let’s hope so! The last time I updated was about two years ago, and my, how things have changed. I do more work on data analysis...

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