1) Order matters with unary operators Chances are that as you started learning JavaScript, you picked up the handy trick of using unary operators such as ++ and— — to increment or decrement your numeric values, respectively. In case you need a refresher, JavaScript has both binary and unary operators. …

The handy JavaScript method you didn’t know existed. Time to swallow the red pill. — Recently, I found myself looking through all of the JavaScript array prototypes on MDN Web Docs for fun — like one does — and I came across a method I had never seen or heard of anyone using before: .flat(). I was intrigued since its simple name gave me enough…

Higher-Order functions are one of those things in JavaScript that sounds incredibly complicated, but isn’t. By definition, a higher-order function is just a function that either accepts or returns a function. That’s it! Some of the most common and useful functions in JavaScript are higher-order functions, such as .map(), .filter()…

Helping you create visual contrast and intrigue without using a million different fonts. While building anew project, I wanted to create some contrast with my homepage h1 without mixing too many fonts. I personally find it annoying when sites go “font crazy” because my eyes start to focus on the…

While working on a side project recently, I found myself in a situation which, surprisingly, I hadn’t been in before. In my quest to collect user feedback, I found that I needed a way to collect and store unique values from these responses without caring about how often the same…

Being able to traverse, alter, and inspect an array is an essential foundation for any programming language. In this article, I explore and outline the basic methods available to the array object that every programmer using JavaScript should know. Table of Contents: Adding to an array: unshift(), push() Removing elements from an array…

A Quick Way to Unpack Data — The destructuring assignment in JavaScript is a fast and easy way to delegate data from object and array literals to variables. If you ever find yourself writing line after line of variable assignments, consider using the destructuring assignment to save lines and time. Basics of destructuring Order is the name of the game…

The smart way to store additional information on the DOM — This article is a short and quick guide to using data attributes in JavaScript— something I wish I knew more about when I was beginning my own JavaScript journey. What are data attributes? Data attributes are actually HTML attributes that allow you to create and assign bespoke data points to HTML elements. They are…

Understanding why Big O notation is important and how to calculate it — Big O notation is a core concept in Computer Science and a frequent, if not obligatory, part of the technical interview process. In a nutshell, Big O notation allows us to figure out the efficiency of algorithms. More specifically, it allows us to measure the time complexity of an algorithm…