About the Author

Zach Gardner

Zach Gardner is Keyhole Software's Chief Architect with more than a decade of development experience. Zach has led numerous initiatives to modernize technologies and processes with real-world experience as an educator, architect, technical lead, developer, and mentor. He primarily lives in Microsoft Azure, leveraging modern architectural approaches to enable hybrid app modernization that meets business needs at an exceptional cadence. He also mentors new developers and provides architectural input to complement the existing talent of clients.

Lessons From Facebook: React/Flux

Zach Gardner Articles, Development Technologies & Tools, JavaScript, Opinion 5 Comments

Attention: This article was published over 11 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.Note This blog post will cover Facebook’sย React JavaScript libraryย and Flux application architecture paradigm. It is a summary of the presentation I presentedย at DevCon 5 …

Docker: VMs, Code Migration, and SOA Solved

Zach Gardner Articles, Development Technologies & Tools, DevOps, Docker, Python 2 Comments

Attention: This article was published over 11 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.It’s rare that a piece of software as new as Docker is readily adopted by startups along with huge, well established companies. dotCloud, the …

Time-Oriented Debugging

Zach Gardner Articles, Development Technologies & Tools, JavaScript, Opinion 3 Comments

Attention: This article was published over 12 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.Debugging code is traditionally more of an art than a science. Watching a master debugger work is like watching a master chef. There is …

Famo.us Guitar Tuner

Zach Gardner Articles, HTML5, JavaScript, Keyhole Creations 2 Comments

Attention: This article was published over 12 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.Theย Famo.usย JavaScript library was released on 4/10/2014. The idea behind it is simple yet powerful:ย make HTML5/JavaScript/CSS web pages perform and feel like native mobile apps. …

Advanced Debugging Techniques in JavaScript – Part 3

Zach Gardner Articles, HTML5, JavaScript, JavaScript Debugging Series, Tutorial 3 Comments

Attention: This article was published over 12 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.Overview This is the third part in my series on Advanced Debugging Techniques in JavaScript. Part 1 introduced Validate Your Assumptions, Binary Search, and …