We'll also discuss a real world analogy that should help clarify the role of React's component lifecycle hooks in a JavaScript application. Show notes and full course: https://rails.devcamp.com/comprehensive-react-development-tutorial/react-project-two-build-birthday-countdown-application/deep-dive-component-lifecycle-react...
This video walks through some of the negative consequences for using the names along with providing examples of improved ways to explain code to others. Show notes: https://rails.devcamp.com/development-soft-skills/development-skills/there-is-no-foo-bar...
All of us have a wide ranging set of tasks that we have to get accomplished on a daily basis and being able to properly manage those can be quite challenging. And so what we're going to walk through in...
In the constant pursuit of learning and improving myself, I’ve discovered that going through books is a great way to expand my knowledge on a wide variety of subjects. I’m going to keep this post open and update it with...
This is first in the series of Google coding interview questions. In order to pass this exercise, you will need to know how to find all of the potential combinations for an array, along with selecting the values that match...
When it comes to parsing files that contain URLs, a common practice is to have the ability to group URLs by type. In this guide we walk through how to categorize links based on regular expressions. Summary Parse multiple markdown...
After reviewing the Rock, Paper, Scissors game code, I realized that there was a bug with the computer guessing mechanism. In this guide we're going to walk through how to implement caching in order to correct the issue. Summary Refactor...
Ruby has a helpful method for removing duplicates from an array, the uniq method. However, there are times when you simply want to know which elements in an array are duplicates. In this guide we'll add a method to the...
Rock, paper, scissors may seem like a simple game to build, however it offers a great base case for how to build a rule's engine that can be scaled up for more complex systems. In this guide we'll examine how...
Building validations in programs is a common requirement. In this exercise we'll examine how to ensure a set of dice are valid by implementing a method that returns false if the dice are outside the range of 1-6. Summary Build...
