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Attention: This article was published over 11 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated.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 …

Short on Time? Switch to Groovy for Unit Testing

Rik Scarborough Articles, Testing Leave a Comment

Attention: This article was published over 11 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated.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.If you are a programming today, you have most likely heard of Unit Testing or of the Test-Driven Development process. I have yet to …

Avoid Perpetuating These Things In Your Code

Clayton Neff Articles, Programming 4 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Attention: This article was published over 11 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated.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.At some point in your career you will find yourself leaving the project youโ€™re on and heading to new challenges (for better or for …

Checking Sanity in TDD Testing

Rik Scarborough Articles, Testing Leave a Comment

Attention: This article was published over 12 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated.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.Whether youโ€™re in the process of fully adopting Test Driven Development (TDD), providing unit tests after you have written your code, or something in …