Cory House

Coding gets much easier over time. 1.

Solid examples of some common mistakes with async/await: How to escape async/await hell https://buff.ly/2GXcGpy #javascript

Study finds remote workers are more productive and stay with the company longer.

Systems > goals 1.

Today I'm creating plop templates for our team's React framework.

Question I've heard recently: “What if we create a component library in React/Vue/Angular/whatever and a new component tech becomes popular in a co...

Here’s a question I’ve heard a few times recently: “What if we create a component library in React/Vue/Angular/whatever and a new component technology replaces …

Ah!

Woah!

All too many meetings are scheduled because the scheduler is unwilling to simply email a cogent and thoughtful proposal to effected parties.

Google publishes a JavaScript style guide.

React tip: Functional components transpile down to less code, which = smaller bundles. 🗜 Just updated my "9 Reasons to use Functional Components"...

Apple support is exceptional. 1 of my AirPods wasn’t as loud as the other. 1.

Woah, @Netlify now supports AWS lambda functions!

As a dev nearing 40, this StackOverflow stat concerns me: Only 7% of developers are over 44 years old.

Why specialize?

Many companies have: 1.

"What have you learned in the past week that you’ll still care about in 5 years?"

The "full stack" dev is a dying breed.

Love the new split terminal window feature in VS Code!

Realization: I’ve spent many hours reading books and blog posts about productivity.

Sure, you know about console.log, but there are a lot of other handy tools in the browser console: https://buff.ly/2FtBktn #javascript

GitHub tip: You can assign "code owners" to sections of a code base.

Ever use your Browser's console as a little scratchpad to try JavaScript?

Career tip: As tech moves faster, consider specializing. 2000 - I was "full stack", multiple langs.

How I read open source docs: 1.

8 ways to handle environment-specific app settings Today many web apps are built using React, Angular, Vue, Ember, etc.

GitHub Tip: Create PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md in your project root.

promise.finally has moved to stage 4, so it's officially part of JavaScript.

Highly relevant quote for anyone teaching or learning.

Pattern I'm increasingly seeing: Companies are forking create-react-app and adding their unique opinions into it.

Excited for the enhancements coming to Babel 7: - 60% faster 🚤 - babel-polyfill now only polyfills what your env needs = smaller bundles - Scoped...

So true.

"99% of the time, when you think you need to mock a module, the real answer is that you should decouple the part that uses the data from the part t...

Need something fixed/enhanced in an open source package that you use at work?

React tip: You can eliminate constructors for state and binding.

"Comment the why, not the how." is the most succinct and useful maxim for handling code comments that I've found.

The number of options for automated testing in #javascript today is amazing.

JS tip: console.log accepts multiple arguments.

Realization: Putting Redux in our company framework by default was a mistake.

Fascinating overview of Spotify's desktop app, built in JS.

An epic read for #javascript app best practices/project guidelines.

🔥 Confirmed: 🔥 1. npm install Node@8 (saves Node 8 as dependency in package.json) 2.

Git tip: Have a lot of old branches on your machine?

Motivation hack: Leave an incomplete task at the end of your work day.

Impressed with the regex enhancements in ES2018.

ES2018 has been finalized.

Common question: "How do I build a big SPA?"

Remote work benefit: Interacting via text fosters reading & writing skills. 1.

JavaScript tip: You can easily simulate named function parameters. 1.