As JavaScript projects become more complex, new tools and practices arise to improve code quality and workflows. In addition to unit testing, static type checkers such as TypeScript and Flow are becoming the norm among professional development teams. Regardless of project size, the benefits of making code more comprehensible while also catching errors during the...
Flow, Javascript, React Native, Type Checkers, TypeScriptGreat programmers are rare. Their productivity is 3 times that of an average developer and 10 times that of a bad developer*. The top 1% of developers in the world don’t just write solid code but have important intangible traits. After working with thousands of developers, we have been able to identify 7 qualities that...
Communication, Self Learning, Skills Testing, TalentAs artificial intelligence, or AI, increasingly becomes a part of our everyday lives, the need for understanding the systems behind this technology as well as their failings, becomes equally important. It’s simply not acceptable to write AI off as a foolproof black box that outputs sage advice. In reality, AI can be as flawed as...
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Machine LearningMobile applications have traditionally been written in native languages. Lately, however, hybrid cross-platform frameworks have been gaining market share. The recent swell of React Native’s popularity has raised the question: should developers use React Native for mobile development instead of full native? In the last 4 years, React Native has grown to a community of...
Cross-platform frameworks, Mobile App Development, Native, React NativeAny aspiring Product Owner looking to build a great software product could be forgiven for feeling overwhelmed. A quick Google search turns up a lot of conflicting, dated examples for a product requirements document. People used to follow the Waterfall Model and define everything their software would do at the outset (think bloated Use Cases...
Agile, Product Owner, Product Requirements Document, Sitemaps, Software, User Personas, User Stories, Waterfall, WireframesRemember how basic the Facebook status update used to be? Now, that same space contains an array of sophisticated text styling options that let users fully express what’s on their minds. This evolution has been driven by rich-text editors like Quill, which allow visitors to fully customize their content: from embedding photos and videos to adding...
HTML Editor, Quill.js, Software Evaluation, WYSIWYGA few years ago, the concept of Progressive Web Applications (PWAs) was born. This new development allowed the web to do things that were previously limited to native apps, like working offline, sending push notifications, or being installed to the home screen. These advances have simplified the process of cross-platform development while still allowing for...
Progressive Web Apps, PWAsJava, together with its associated framework ecosystem, has been experiencing a steady loss of its “cool factor” in the web development community of late. By contrast, the dynamically-typed languages, such as Python and Ruby, are trending upward in popularity. In this article, I’ll examine if this loss of interest in Java is justified by breaking...
Java, Python, Ruby, web developmentClocking in at over 20 years old, JavaScript is one of the elder statesmen of the programming world. It’s also, according to developer community HackerRank, 2018’s most popular programming language. This longevity, driven by continued demand for web apps, has put the spotlight on JavaScript’s inherent limitations. Dynamic and Static Language Types JavaScript has been...
Javascript, TypeScriptAs business logic increasingly moves to the front-end, more and more technologies are moving with the trend. In this article, we’ll explore how micro-service architecture – typically associated with backend development – is now available for front-end developers. I’ll explain the theory of micro frontends through a real-world example. This way, I can easily flag the...
Micro-frontends, Micro-services
