Best of the Basics: JavaScript Informational JavaScript Informational: Best of the Basics: A full run through for entry- and mid-level developers looking for some solid fundamentals. Comments and suggestions always welcome. For those new to the language, this is my own personal introduction to the topic garnered from over 17 years of experience: I’m throwing
Popular Development Tags: Starting 2020
Popular Development Tags: Stack Overflow Starting off the year 2020 Below are the results for the most popular tags on Stack Overflow beginning the year 2020. javascript 1,931,524 845 asked today, 4835 this week java 1,626,006 585 asked today, 3235 this week c# 1,373,811 453 asked today, 2427 this week php 1,327,017 324 asked today,
There’s code in my … code! A common experience?
After writing about 500 initial lines of code in designing a database schema for a web app, I realized I’d gone and added 150 lines of JavaScript code—for handling 30 lines of JSON data I’d written above that—all directly in my `.sql` file. I often create new ‘untitled’ documents for temporary storage, but was curious
Instructing My First Tutoring Course [2019 Sep-Oct]
The results of teaching my first tutoring course: Background: I took on teaching this class less than two weeks prior to the class starting. I had never taken the course before. I had never formerly taught a class before. The only thing that caught me up was the second week in my correcting some misleading
CSS3 3D Books on a Shelf
In an attempt to spice up a navigation system I’m working on, I took to CodePen to experiment with some CSS-based 3D books on a shelf. Although I believe the books turned out pretty good, I dashed the effort in lieu of a more simplistic approach. That aside, figured I would share the books I
Triple Web App Revival: Keep Track; Pick-a-Meal; Guess Right
Triple Web App Revival: Keep Track; Pick-a-Meal; Guess Right I develop web apps for continual daily training and as a way to stay productive—and because they can sometimes produce fun and useful tools to use in life. Sadly, two of those utilities, and one of my games took to the sidelines last year. Fortunately, however,
Solve for ‘x’ with the Equation Calculator
Tweet Tweet !!: The “Equation Calculator” is the best “solve for x” calculator I’ve come across: https://www.symbolab.com/solver/equation-calculator … and it takes full URL calculations https://www.symbolab.com/solver/equation-calculator/%5Cleft(x-25000%5Cright)%5Ccdot0.05%3D0.25x complete with step-by-step solutions. (#Symbolab; #Eqsquest) — Keith D Commiskey (@kdcinfo) October 17, 2019 Although learning the Solver on a TI-83 or -84 is just as helpful (especially being that’s allowed
Opera Browser Disables Keystrokes in other Apps [O-63 / W-1809]
Recently I’ve been experiencing intermittent issues in trying to use certain keystrokes in a few of my more common Windows-based applications. The two primary shortcuts I found that I cannot use are Ctrl-Shift-Home and Ctrl-Shift-End. These two shortcuts should highlight from the current cursor position to either the top or bottom of the available selection
Pet Ref App: A Customizable Reference Tool
Introducing the “Pet Ref App“: A customizable reference tool. The Pet Ref App is an all-in-one location for pet-related notes and meds. Easy to use, the web app can be used in vet offices, by students in pet-related fields, or as personal notes or school references. Now Open! As of Thursday, August 22, 2019, the
Memory Recall: An Interview Thought
At least a few hundred JavaScript algorithm challenges after taking Harvard’s CS50 course, I realized that I use (my brain uses) a “trie” type of knowledge retrieval approach, as compared to someone who can do more of a “dictionary” type of memory lookup. That is, my recall works better when I’m creating and analyzing code
Front-End Development Certifications x2
Two more freeCodeCamp certifications completed, with one more at 70%. Responsive Web Design JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures And although I’m only at 37% with Harvard’s CS50W: Web Programming with Python and JavaScript, and 23% with Google’s ‘Master web development’ courses (via Udemy), I’m considering running through another Vue series (via Laracasts), being the
Pros and Cons of Visual Studio Code vs. Sublime Text 3
Pros and Cons of Visual Studio Code vs. Sublime Text 3 Below are personal observations with the VS Code editor as compared to the Sublime Text editor. VS Code: A lightweight IDE Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Sublime Text: A customizable code editor Sublime Text 3.0 (ST3) VS Code: Pro and Cons Pro: TypeScript insights
Does your butter expire next week?
Expired To Be is a quick and convenient way to set and be reminded of expiration dates (free and open source). New Features available in version 2: Sort your list by expiration item name, expiration date, or ‘days left’ (until expiration notification). Set a ‘backup item date‘.Easily swap out expired items with a replacement date using the convenient blue
TypeError: Undefined: Redux 4
Redux 4 > createStore > compose The Error TypeError: Cannot read property ‘apply’ of undefined [node_modules/redux/es/redux.js:523] The Problem and Solution If you’ve gone through a tutorial in which they suggest adding the Redux Dev Tools in your store.js like this: window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION__ && window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION__() But they’re using it inside of a compose(), you could receive a
Tech Schools: Full-Stack JavaScript
Would anyone know of any good 6-12 month tech schools in the US that offer job placement? Looking to specialize in Full-Stack JavaScript. — Keith D Commiskey https://keithdc.com
Expired To Be: Now Available Most Anywhere
As a gift to the month of April, Expired To Be is now accessible from any browser! 🙂 What is… ‘Expired To Be’ is an app where you can set reminders for ‘things that expire’. Initially only available from the Chrome web store as a Chrome browser extension, it can now be accessed from any
Expired To Be 1.4 Released
‘Expired To Be‘ is a Chrome extension available on the Chrome Web Store. This Chrome browser extension allows you to enter expiration dates with ‘alarms’ (measured primarily in days) for any items you’d like to be reminded of. New features added in X2B 1.4: – You can export your existing expiration items. –
Expired To Be: A Chrome Browser Extension
Expired To Be A Chrome Browser Extension Set and be reminded of expiration dates. ‘Expired To Be’ is a Chrome extension available on the Chrome Web Store. Get notified of expiring items for things you don’t think about too often; like butter, medicine, or the supplies under your sink. As a developer, I spend most
Character Counts V2
The Chrome Web Extension “Character Counts” has been updated. Current Features: 1. Count the number of selected characters on a page. 2. Convert an ASCII(char) string* between normal ASCII, ASCII (Int), and Binary. * A string is represented by characters, words, and/or entire sentences. New Feature: 1. Choose if your conversion input (source) string is
I··C··D··O··T··S (––and––lines––)
I··C··D··O··T··S··: A Web App Game tl;dr – take me to the game already! ICDots is a board game for 2-7 players who will take turns selecting lines to form boxes. Scoring is 1 point per box pinned. Line colors have no distinction other than one is horizontal and one is vertical, and the alternating colors