In my previous post I discussed four essential JavaScript concepts to master as a web developer, which I will link below — 4 JavaScript Concepts That Every Developer Should Know JavaScript represents one of the three [most common] pillars of the internet- HTML and CSS providing the structure and…denalibalser.medium.com In this next installment I will cover the next four critical concepts to grasp.

JavaScript represents one of the three (most common) pillars of the internet, with HTML and CSS providing the structure and style (respectively) and JavaScript giving life to web pages. At this moment in time, it doesn’t seem that JavaScript is going anywhere anytime soon. The language is used by over…

APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) are leveraged by developers to add functionality to an application so as not to have to write all of the code themselves. Additionally, APIs allow for accessing data from other applications — think sidebar advertisements, a request is sent to an API and if successful a…

For any software experience there are to essential elements — the application and the data. A functional user-experience depends upon the presence of both. The application portion is stateless. Given this, developers can overwrite the application with the most current version when pushing new deployments of the application. Unlike the…

Version control, alternatively referred to as source control, is the exercise of tracking and managing changes to software code. A version control system is a software tool that aids software teams in managing changes to source code over time. …

First, let’s begin by discussing TypeScript itself. TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that provides optional classes, static typing and interfaces. TypeScript was released in 2012 and since has gained significant popularity within the frontend community due to the provided code consistency, improved maintainability, and future browser support. …

While this project has taken me the longest to complete, it is definitely the project that helped build my confidence and solidify concepts the most. I created a web-base Rails application that serves the purpose of providing users with a submission-generated list of vegan friendly restaurants sorted by state. User’s…

You’ve probably heard this acronym and most likely know it stands for Application Programming Interface, but if you were really to explain what an API actually is — what would you say? A good analogy to help visualize the functionality of an API is a restaurant. Imagine you are the…

With the introduction of Redux JavaScript library, Reason syntax and toolchain, and the Cycle library functional programming has become increasingly relevant within JavaScript. Functional programming simply describes programs that are constructed by applying and composing functions. An important concept with its roots in functional programming is partial application, where values…