Code checking tools
March 16, 2022Benefits of using the static type checking and static code analysis in JavaScript projects.
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Common vs. separated dependency versions
February 16, 2022How to manage dependency versioning across various builds and projects?
Monorepo vs. multirepo
February 02, 2022A practical approach to the decision regarding your code repository.
Designing a system test suite
January 19, 2022Chapter 4: Understanding system testing and selecting functionalities to validate.
Designing an integration test suite
January 12, 2022Chapter 3: How to choose places for the integration testing?
Designing a unit test suite
January 05, 2022Chapter 2: How to choose places for unit testing that would benefit a project the most?
Introduction to designing a testing suite
December 29, 2021Chapter 1: Sketching out the mock project and selecting elements for automatic verification.
Christmas special
December 22, 2021A couple of interesting links that are not closely related to the programming world.
The relation between automated tests
December 15, 2021Choosing the right level of verification complexity for our project.
Testing the implementation
December 08, 2021How to detect the most valuable code for automatic verification?
The reasoning behind testing software
December 01, 2021The background of a pragmatic approach to business, code, and availability examination.
Greek myths of programming
November 24, 2021How to find a mythological god of programming during your leisure time?
Josephus problem
November 17, 2021An algorithmic approach to the mathematical puzzle of the ancient counting-out game.
How to divide a plane?
November 10, 2021Discussing the mathematical problem of dividing a two-dimensional space in the spirit of computer programming.
The Tower of Hanoi
November 03, 2021A lovely puzzle to expand your algorithmic and mathematical horizons.
Being professional long term
October 27, 2021The final chapter of a professional programmer’s attitude throughout life.
Negotiating the contract
October 20, 2021How to prepare to talk about your salary, responsibilities, and position as a professional programmer?
Negotiating the technology
October 13, 2021The professional approach to consulting solutions with your teammates and the business side.
The professional programmer at the workplace
October 06, 2021Views on business relations with your employer and coworkers.
How to achieve your programming goals?
September 29, 2021Finding the time and will for your professional endeavor.
How to define your goals as a professional programmer?
September 22, 2021Thinking about your technology tree and seeing your abilities and limitations.
Being a professional programmer
September 15, 2021How to realize what defines you as a professional?
Vital objectives of code review
September 08, 2021What are the main goals of a code review that every reviewer should keep in mind?
Premature optimization
September 01, 2021How should we optimize our applications’ execution and implementation?
Let’s talk about variables in JavaScript
August 25, 2021A short story about types, memory management, scope, and extent of variables in web development.
Let’s talk about variables scope and extent
August 18, 2021Chapter 3: A short story of variables’ lifetime and their visibility variants.
Let’s talk about variables memory
August 11, 2021Chapter 2: A short story of variables’ memory management.
Let’s talk about variables
August 04, 2021Chapter 1: A short story of variables and their types.
Web development turning functional
July 28, 2021How the declarative paradigm changed the face of front-end programming?
Programming paradigms behind web development
July 21, 2021How did imperative and declarative approaches play out in the history of front-end?
Writing imperative vs. writing functional code
July 14, 2021The practical difference between imperative and declarative approaches.
The idea behind functional programming
July 07, 2021The story of a declarative approach and its benefits.
The way to understand imperative programming
June 30, 2021What is the idea behind the most popular paradigm in the programming business?
The importance of having abstractions
June 23, 2021How do abstractions naturally appear in the programming world?
Design your module composition
June 16, 2021How to structure a business logic inside your app?
Design a minimal and consistent state — an example
June 09, 2021A simple example of how to fix data duplication and inconsistency.
Design a minimal and consistent state
June 02, 2021How to fight redundancy and inconsistency in your app’s state?
Design an interface for your component, examples
May 26, 2021Various level examples of the outer layer or your modules.
Design an interface for your component
May 19, 2021How to properly design your application’s outer layer?
Aim for good quality, usually
May 12, 2021How to make pragmatic decisions on code quality?
Step by step approach
May 05, 2021How to consistently complete large tasks?
Being critical in the programming world
April 28, 2021How may the specific mindset affect your work?
Best file structure for an application
April 21, 2021How to design the file structure when your application grows in size?
Code easy to delete
April 14, 2021How to make use of the primary yet powerful design pattern?
Estimation
April 07, 2021How to improve your estimation of programming tasks?
Decide with reason
March 31, 2021How to make mindful decisions and grow as a programmer?
Characteristics of a programmer
March 24, 2021What makes a good programmer, and how to be better at it?
Introduction to Pragmatic Review
March 22, 2021What is the Pragmatic Review blog, and what will it bring to the programming community?