funky functions part 2

In the last funky functions I looked at the silently passed argument, argument. I had full intention to talk about the other implicit argument this in part 2 but I found myself going down a different path.

There are so many ways to invoke functions in JavaScript I t...

A better way to event handle

In a previous post I took at look event handling in JavaScript. The title of this post is a clue you can expect more of the same in this one.This time, my goal is to show that there is merit to spending some time refactoring and tidying up code once your idea has b...

Funky functions part 1.

JavaScript has its quirks and that's one of the many things I like about it, but it does have some potential gotchas that are worth noting. In the 'Funky functions' series I'll be looking at some of these quirks as well as taking a deeper dive into functions in JavaScript...

connecting to a sqlite database in node.

I have been teaching myself Node.js over the last few weeks and it has really tested my JavaScript skills.

The added layers of complexity along with the cornucopia of modules available have made for an interesting time as I wrestle with selecting the...

Back to basics

As I've found myself getting deeper into the world of JavaScript it's hard not to take notice of the vast amount of frameworks available to the would be developer. It's actually a little overwhelming at first. Still being relatively fresh to the world programming and web developm...

first post

Im excited to be writing my first post on here. I orginally had put together this site six months ago. Back then I was struggling with what web development actually was, how HTML markup worked and what CSS was used for. CSS can still give me some troubles from time to time. As I write t...