Switch statements are used, primarily, when you have logic that would otherwise be written as a long-winded conditional statement. As if-else statements become larger and more complex, they can become expensive, and often hard to read. Here is the syntax for a switch statement (borrowed from w3schools). …

Often times, developers that don’t have a ton of experience use == and ===, two equality operators, interchangeably in JavaScript. This is bad practice and can lead to (often hard to debug) issues with your code. …

The principle of event bubbling, from javascript.info, states that: When an event happens on an element, it first runs the handlers on it, then on its parent, then all the way up on other ancestors. …

A highly effective, and fairly straight-forward, way to make your pages look better is by using CSS pseudo-classes (or pseudo-selectors). Pseudo-classes specify a special state of a selected element. It’s kind of like CSS’s version of an event listener. You can define a pseudo-class for when a user hovers over…

Keyboard shortcuts can be very underrated. For experienced programmers, many shortcuts are second nature. But for newer programmers, it takes time and concerted effort to train your brain to use these shortcuts. Here’s the system I use for learning shortcuts: First, depending on your relationship with keyboard shortcuts, you will…

Turns out the microwave oven wasn’t the only useful tool invented in 1945 Pólya’s Four Step Method is an age-old method to solving problems, and its usefulness hasn’t deteriorated since it was first written about in 1945. While George Pólya initially laid out this technique as a way to solve…

One of the more confusing (but important) pieces of CSS is specificity. I have to admit, this concept took me quite a while to grasp. And while it is definitely a bit confusing, once you get the hang of it it’s actually fairly straightforward. …

Or at least a few creative ideas to get you started — One of the main challenges I’ve experienced in the time since I started coding late last year has very little to do with the actual writing of code. Even though I’ve always thought of myself as creative and innovative, that self-assessment has been put through the ringer almost every time…

Quick confession… I’m a bit of a news addict. I’m not biased about it, I’ll read nearly any type, from news about my favorite sports teams to the latest updates on the upcoming election. …