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Testing JavaScript code

Alexander Paterson offers a guide around TDD in NodeJS here. Jasmine from here was once recommended to me for its super-simple syntax. Manually inspect source code To preview data structures in JavaScript, you can use some of the functions mentioned there: console.log console.

JavaScript

JavaScript - Subtleties

JavaScript oftentimes surprises the C/C++ programmer with its subtle gimmicks that make it hard to understand what goes on in the code in the beginning, but further into your carreer - help you develop speed and flexibility in coding even more. Let us

JavaScript

JSON edition

JSON vs JavaScript - differences: In JS values can be of all the types JSON format can carry, plus 3 more: a function, a date, and undefined. How to list keys of a JSON object? A recursive solution has been proposed by Patrick Fisher.

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JavaScript - Most Important Features Pt. 3

The identifier this This mechanism is a different concept than in the object-oriented languages. In JavaScript, if a function contains a this reference inside it, then that reference usually points to an object. But which object it points to, usually depends on how the

Law

The Unus-Nullus Rule

The Unus-Nullus Rule is a rule of evidence, which obtains in the civil law, that the testimony of one witness is equivalent to the testimony of none. It follows from

Set goals in Git

Git branch-per-feature philosophy helps in goal setting, but is an overkill for a single-person workflow. There is an alternative and I describe it below. When starting a task, make a tiniest change and commit it with git commit -m "<What you want

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JavaScript - Most Important Features Pt. 2

JavaSctipt language interesting properties from the perspective of a C/C++ programmer - continued. Displaying help To show help in the terminal, type .help. To exit, type .exit (notice the dot as the "escape character" for the commands in node CLI). Loading

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JavaScript - Most Important Features Pt. 1

This is a JavaScript review for C/C++ developers. It focuses on the differences, especially the most surprising ones to a C/C++ programmer. This review is based on the book called "You Don't Know JS" [1]. Objects Objects in JavaScript are