2018-04

Coding recipe: extracting loop functionality (via callbacks and generators)

[2018-04-29] dev, javascript, coding

In this blog post, we look at two ways of extracting the functionality of a loop: internal iteration and external iteration.

Tip: npm-installing directories

[2018-04-24] dev, javascript, nodejs, npm

Quick tip: npm lets you install directories, which is occasionally useful for organizing projects. For example, as a temporary step before uploading packages to npm (think lightweight npm link).

Understanding TypeScript’s type notation

[2018-04-08] dev, javascript, typescript

This blog post is a quick introduction to TypeScript’s notation for static types.

Reading streams via async iteration in Node.js

[2018-04-01] dev, javascript, nodejs, async

Node.js 10 was released on April 24, 2018. This version provides experimental support for asynchronously iterating over readable streams. This blog post explains how that works.

2018-03

JavaScript vs. TypeScript vs. ReasonML

[2018-03-18] dev, javascript, typescript, reasonml

In this blog post, I describe the pros and cons of three programming languages/dialects: JavaScript, TypeScript and ReasonML. My descriptions are based on recent experiences with TypeScript and ReasonML on a few smaller real-world projects and on years of experience with JavaScript.

2018-02

ECMAScript 2019: the final feature set

[2018-02-22] dev, javascript, es2019

Update 2019-01-29: The feature set of ECMAScript 2019 is now final (source) and described in this blog post.

ES2020: String.prototype.matchAll

[2018-02-06] dev, javascript, es feature, es2020

The proposal “String.prototype.matchAll” by Jordan Harband is currently at stage 3. This blog post explains how it works.

JavaScript’s a mess – and that’s a good thing

[2018-02-05] dev, javascript, esnext

JavaScript never removes old features – new versions are always backward compatible. I wish we could clean it up, but staying compatible has too many benefits, as I’ll explain in this blog post.

ES2021: numeric separators

[2018-02-02] dev, javascript, esnext, es2021

The proposal “Numeric Separators” by Sam Goto and Rick Waldron lets us use _ as a separator in numeric literals. This blog post explains how that works.

2018-01

ReasonML: external and internal iteration

[2018-01-27] dev, reasonml, advanced

This blog post explains patterns and techniques for external and internal iteration in ReasonML.