Master the essential craft of code review with these important tips. — Reviewing code from peers is an essential - yet challenging — part of the developer’s job. While being a good reviewer comes with experience, it is often a solo path, and tutorials on how to do it well are scarce. …

If you are using React or React Native to build web or mobile apps, you probably know that managing the state of the app is key, and with hundreds or — even thousands — of components it can quickly become a complex puzzle. …

Can we finally put client-side math issues to bed? — JavaScript is notoriously bad with numbers, and calculations involving decimal precision are likely to leave you with some surprises. Fortunately, there is a lightweight library that provides us with a range of tools to deal with this: BigJS. Let’s see what we can take from it. The famous example of…

Tuck your code away and apply it correctly — As a developer, good knowledge of Git or any version control software is more than a skill — it is a must. And among the many good things that Git has to offer, there is Git Stash. Why is it great? …

A guide for career changers (part 1) I became a developer without following the “traditional path” of computer science or engineering degree, but through a mix of self-learning, attending a bootcamp, and then learning on the job for while working as a developer. We are quite many in the same case, and this is perfectly fine, as…

Make them point on the right spot! — MapBox allows lots of customisation, including the total freedom in designing own pins to spot locations on the map. As their official tech documentation shows, the pin is basically a div which is rendered on a location specified by coordinates, and the inside of the div can be tailored to…

Adding gamification, score, and interaction — In part 1, I described how to use async functions in JavaScript to play a series of sounds at a specific interval, with all of it being controlled by a pad. After each interval, a loop iterates through the sounds again and plays the ones that are switched on. Let’s…

My Insights From The Ironhack Experience — Beginning of 2019, I decided to switch career and become a web developer. Although I started my learning journey in an autodidact way, the decision to attend a coding bootcamp started to make more and more sense: it should help me getting to the next level, learn faster, and —…

Creating a basic beat maker with <audio> and async functions — For my first project at Ironhack, I had to build a mini-game in four days. …