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Experimenting with CSS

July 21, 2015

Over the years CSS has grown… a lot. Just like with HTML and JavaScript APIs (like geolocation and web storage), the specification for [...]

JavaScript’s new way to make objects

July 17, 2015

blog, FrontPage, JavaScript, Programming

In JavaScript, we use functions in three different ways: as methods of objects; as constructors of objects; and, as “regular” [...]

A Manager’s Guide to Design Patterns

June 30, 2015

blog, Design Patterns

We’ve just finished a cool project with O’Reilly: a short manager’s guide to design patterns. Here’s the idea: create a guide that gives you the [...]

What makes JavaScript different?

June 28, 2015

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JavaScript is a bit different from other programming languages. How? In part three of Head First JavaScript Programming Teasers, Elisabeth steps [...]

The Art of Design Patterns

June 18, 2015

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Anyone who has ever been late on a software development project (who hasn’t?) can relate to this. Software development starts to feel more like [...]

JavaScript arrow functions

June 12, 2015

Beginner's Mind, blog, FrontPage, Programming

JavaScript isn't the first language to use first class functions, but it's likely the language that made them popular. Java, Objective C, C#, [...]

Coming soon to JavaScript: block scope with let

March 26, 2015

Beginner's Mind, blog, Programming

Like var, you’ll use let to create variables (not constants). You might be wondering why we need two ways to create variables. Well, let differs [...]

Coming soon to JavaScript: constants

February 18, 2015

Beginner's Mind, blog, Programming

In programming you can assign values to variables. In some languages, you can also assign values to constants. What's the difference? The values [...]