Last year I started learning react, and I want to share how I started doing this. Below is my process when I want to learn something new and get better at it. 1. Taking online courses and watching videos: I enjoy these courses since I can pause and start on…
I was fortunate enough to be part of a highly successful startup, which was later on acquired by a large international firm. This acquisition was the first of its kind in the Middle East and a big step forward in my career and personal life. Although I was not a…
I was previously asked in a job interview about the different types of programming languages. Specifically, I was asked about the C programming language. I answered that it was a structured language, but the interviewer said otherwise, that it was not structured but imperative. To my knowledge, structured languages are…
Code reviews do not only improve the quality of code but are a great tool to learn from others and share experience. Doing and having code reviews is not an easy task. Pointing to or criticizing your colleagues and peers is not something someone would like to do daily. Therefore,…
1) Let Keyword Previously, using the var keyword in JavaScript caused problems in some cases. JavaScript by default moves all var declarations to the top of the scope, a process called hoisting. Introducing let prevents hoisting and keeps the variable declaration to the nearest block. Below is one issue: function…
const and readonly keywords might seem to be alike; they both are used to modify attributes and properties in a class and are immutable values. So what are const and readonly modifiers and what are their differences? What is a const? Constants are immutable values and modifiers; they contain a…
Structs are value types that contain small groups of variables related to each other. An example of a struct could be characteristics of an inventory item or x-y coordinates and a point. In C#, the int, double, bool, and char types are all structs. An example of a struct: \\ struct…
Static Position Static position indicates that the element is displayed normally as it should appear in the HTML flow. The default setting of elements is static. This position is not usually explicitly set unless we want to override settings that had been previously applied. In the image below the three…