What are your personal goals as a developer?

I was reading through @unakravets’s personal goals, and this is very inspiring! I think the Idea of sharing your goals publicly is great. Writing down your goals make you think about them and holds you more accountable. Let’s share and contribute to ...

4 things a freelancer should do to improve the quality of his life?

Hiring via Hackathons — How important is it?

There's a sudden rise in the number of companies conducting Hackathons to hire software developers. Do you think they end up hiring the best candidates?

What are the most influential talks that have changed your way of coding?

I have watched a talk a while ago; on how classes are way too overused in Python and with great “refactor” tips of removing the unnecessary code. It was almost a revelation on how bad “best practices” can creep into your code. In this regard, what ar...

How extensively/deeply do you validate props in React?

Do you even validate the internal structure of your props, or do you just validate at the top level?

What can be the best birthday surprise for a programmer?

Hi fellas... One of my developer friends has his birthday today. I am looking for a nice birthday surprise gift. Any suggestions? :D

I feel great when I replace jQuery with JavaScript... What about you?

That moment you convert jQuery to JavaScript... I feel super charged and awesome! 🤓 😎 My latest conversion: jQuery $(elem).addClass('anim-elem'); JavaScript if (elem.classList) elem.classList.add('anim-elem'); else elem.className += ' anim-...

What is the best React testing platform other than Jest?

Jest 16 is out and is looking promising. What are the other best React testing tools you use and what are your experiences with them?

What kind of tools do you use for A/B testing?

Do you do A/B testing for your apps? What tools do you use?

How would you optimize React components with shouldComponentUpdate?

When should one use shouldComponentUpdate lifecycle hook; in all the React components I’ve written, I have never found its use? Do you ever use it? I have read somewhere that you could write your own diff algorithm in this hook? How would you do that...