Earlier this week, I wrote my first Firefox extension, a port of the “Millennials to Snake People” Chrome extension, which…
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Firefox extension (jpm) tutorial
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Super simple environment variables in Node.js
I recently made a small project using the Twitter API and wanted a super simple way to store my local…
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JavaScript Generators in 3 Minutes or Less
JavaScript generators are possibly one of the most poorly understood portions of the incoming ES6 JavaScript specification, at least they…

Lessons from Forward2 + talk slides
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What jQuery can teach you about monads
As I was laying in a hammock, pondering code, I had a strange thought/realization: jQuery leverages a monadic interface. I’m…
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Learning iOS’s Swift, for JavaScripters
I recently blitzed through the Treehouse Swift course (referral link) and was quite a bit surprised at how familiar it was…

Choosing a JavaScript Framework slides + IT’S ALIVE (I think)
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d3 is better and easier than I remember
This week is lab week at work, and I decided in anticipation of the hackathon I will (!!) shortly be…

Callbacks: Scary words in programming, episode 5
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Favorite tools in JavaScript unit testing post up
Just wanted to share that my post “Top tools for unit testing in JavaScript” is up over at the Pluralsight…