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4 Questions To Ask Yourself When Changing Jobs
At the time of this writing, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is in full swing around the world and especially in the United States. For months, tech workers have worked from their home offices and attempt to keep things going; business… Continue reading
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Getting Started with ESLint
I have been working with Javascript for over 20 years at this point. I’ve seen it used for simple alert messages all the way to the single-page applications we build today using frameworks like React, Angular, and Vue. One of… Continue reading
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Dusting Things Off
It’s been a long while since I last blogged on the site. A lot has happened in my life and my career changed in order to focus more on the human side of technology. However, those aren’t excuses for the… Continue reading
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Redesigning the Save Button Is the Wrong Approach
Every once in a while, I come across an article about someone talking about how antiquated the floppy disk icon of Save has become. They talk about how many office documents of today would not have fit onto the 1.44mb… Continue reading
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Playing Catch-Up and Looking Ahead
So it’s been a while since I’ve added any new content (nearly 6 months). Between the holidays, focusing a lot more at work, and also blogging for work I have been neglecting my personal brand and blog for too long.… Continue reading
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Giving an e-Gift could be Better
It’s October and that means many retailers are beginning to finalize their Holiday plans and queuing everything up for release in the next month or so. While some retailers have their Christmas and other holiday decorations up already, most e-commerce… Continue reading
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Get A Job!
Back in April of 2012, I did a presentation at the Kansas City Developers Conference on tips and tricks to finding and landing your dream job. Having been through a number of interviews as both an interviewer as well as… Continue reading
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Using NPM Scripts for Client-Side Module Installation
One of the largest things that I have loved about working in Node.js is the ability to create utilities that work on both the server and within the browsers. Being able to create packages for NPM and then reuse them… Continue reading
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Easier module imports with Requiredir
The more that I use Node.js, the more I enjoy it; however, there I have seen an issue in a couple of projects. In these projects, some modules import in a large number of other modules that reside in single… Continue reading
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luhn – simple credit card validation for JavaScript and Node.js
If you’ve worked on websites for any amount of time, there is a decent chance that you’ve encountered the need to validate credit card numbers at some point. While there are a lot of compliance and security guidelines for working… Continue reading
James Eggers 