How to use the built-in Array.isArray() method, a well-supported ES5 feature, to check for the presence of an array in JavaScript. — A common problem in JavaScript data validation is checking to see whether a given variable contains an array. “Arrays are list-like objects whose prototype has methods to perform traversal and mutation operations.” — MDN Docs For primitive types, the typeof keyword usually works pretty well, but the typeof an array…

Bloggers and content marketers rely on search engine optimization (SEO) to improve their Google rankings and make money online. Here’s everything you need to know. — Why You Should Read My Complete Guide to SEO I’ve received over 5,000,000 views on my blog posts in the last 40 months, with over 90% of my traffic coming from search engines. I’ve only written about 200 articles, which means I’m averaging over 8,000 views per article per year.

After 3.5 years and 214 articles, I hit another big milestone — Long-time readers of my blog may remember my Better Marketing article from 2020 where I earned $6,260.26 from 1,000,000 views on Medium. How Much Medium Paid Me for 1,000,000 Views After one year and 100 articles, I hit a big milestonebettermarketing.pub “That works out to $6 CPM (cost per mille), an advertising term meaning the cost per one thousand views.

6. Writing frontend code is easier with GraphQL — 1. GraphQL APIs Are Client-Driven GraphQL has a client-driven architecture, while REST has a server-driven architecture. That means GraphQL tends to be easier to use with the client. If you want to get technical, GraphQL is a query language, while REST(ful) APIs are an architectural guideline for building APIs. A client-driven architecture is built according…

It’s your choice to use default exports or named exports, but here’s why I always prefer default exports in my React TSX. — A lot of developers seem to prefer “named exports,” where you list everything in curly brackets {}, but I think default exports are better. Of course, if you’re new to TypeScript or modern React best practices, then you may not know what export default function means. Let’s review!

I’m a hiring manager and principal frontend engineer. This is what I look for when onboarding a new frontend engineer to my team. — Have you ever wondered what exactly a lead engineer is looking for when they starting working with a more junior frontend software engineer? I’ve got you covered. Here are 10 easy steps to becoming a world-class frontend software engineer. My expectation for you is…

Since web development is a job that can be done working from home, I’m going to assume you want a remote job, and so I put together a list of the top 10 remote job board listing websites. — I’ve been working remotely in web development for over 20 years, back when I’d log into servers using FTP protocols with the FileZilla app. Back in 2019, when I switched careers to web development, there weren’t many remote jobs at all, even though you…

Despite both being manufactured by Microsoft, VS Code and GitHub Copilot don’t play well together. Here’s what to do. — GitHub Copilot Is Hilarious and Good for Tests You may already know that I’m secretly a big fan of GitHub Copilot, even though most of its code suggestions are wildly inaccurate and useless. In fact, I love to procrastinate by just writing half-baked code comments and letting GitHub Copilot make me laugh. Maybe I need more friends?

Ever need to debug a giant JSON object while working on frontend development? I’ve got you covered. — When you’re developing with JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), it’s not uncommon to need to inspect an object in detail while coding. What is JSON Used For in JavaScript Programming? JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a common file format used to store data instead of alternatives like XML or YAML…medium.com