Bruce Coddington

Jaded Musician. JavaScript, Grails, and Mobile Hacker. I'm the guy you roll your eyes at.

[Bruce Coddington @BruceCoddington]

@nicknisi Woohoo. Congrats

[Gatsby @GatsbyJS]

📣 We’re incredibly pleased to announce the 2nd major release of Gatsby!

- Reduces build times by up to 75%
- Shrinks JavaScript client runtime by 31%
- Upgrades Gatsby’s core dependencies to their latest versions: webpack 4, Babel 7, React 16.5

https://t.co/vRdJV1H8I1

[Cory House @housecor]

Jest 23.5 now supports .each statements: lay out multiple scenarios in a tabular format! Much more concise and readable than copy/pasting tests for each scenario.

Example with 4 scenarios:
Before: 68 lines, copy/pasted 👎
After: 12 lines 👍

More info: https://t.co/utZqtD7eDd

[Cory Tranby @CoryTranby]

MidwestJS speaker dinner in full effect. #midwestjs

[Cory House @housecor]

I often see applications that are needlessly bloated and complex.

I’ve found two common reasons:
1. Dev team is unaware of the framework or environment’s built-in capabilities.
2. Resume driven development

[Bruce Coddington @BruceCoddington]

I just submitted talk and workshop proposals for one of my favorite conferences. @midwest_js @fakedanveloper

[Ben Lesh @BenLesh]

If you're a complete beginner starting off in JavaScript, there is nothing wrong with just learning a framework up front. Don't listen to people that say you have to master fundamentals first. You have to master them *eventually* but you need to have fun and be productive first.

[Bruce Coddington @BruceCoddington]

@BenLesh What I loved about the thread is how it showcased how differently everybody learns. Each reply was a projection of how the replier feels they learn best. It was a psychological study on developer comfort zones. Loved it.

[Bruce Coddington @BruceCoddington]

https://t.co/KaIrT5MnxT

[Jay Hannah @deafferret]

New to computers and feeling dumb? Don't. 25 years into my programming career, this morning MacOS iPhoto -> Photos migration re-taught me how "hard links" work. Sort of. I pretty much think I know how they work again.

The learning NEVER stops. Embrace it. :)

[Eric Elliott @ericelliott_]

Good code is simple. Code reviews are a great way to train teams to write simple code. Don't be afraid to say "this is hard to understand".

[@[email protected] 💙 @brianleroux]

hardest part about growing old in software dev is seeing the cycles, deliberately opting out of the treadmill, while listening to breathless excitement about the current thing you learned has legit tradeoffs …about a decade ago… and remaining polite about it

[ashley williams @ag_dubs]

this isn't to poopoo integration tests. integration tests are GREAT for shipping. but unit tests are critical to my velocity during dev

[Eric Elliott @ericelliott_]

Stop building new stuff now and then. Instead:
1. Validate existing features
2. Burn down tech debt
3. Burn down bugs
4. Focus on perf

[Eric Elliott @ericelliott_]

As you make your app more testable, it should also make the app simpler and more maintainable. TDD should improve architecture, not harm it.

[Bruce Coddington @BruceCoddington]

Waking up in the morning after a great conference is just like open source. @left_pad

[Bruce Coddington @BruceCoddington]

@sugargreenbean @ReactRally Love this.

[You Don't Know JS Yet @YDKJS]

what if a new JS dev wasn't taught imperative things like `for` and `if`, and instead only taught `map`, `reduce`, `filter`, `zip`, etc?

[I Am Devloper @iamdevloper]

every contractor giving their update in a team stand-up