Jacob on SoftwareinCodeXEmergent Design with Clean CodeOne of the great things about Clean Code is that as you progress through the book, the concepts you cover become more abstract. To my mind…Aug 20, 2021Aug 20, 2021
Jacob on SoftwareinCodeXUse Clean Code to Pass Your System Design InterviewFor this week’s blog on Clean Code, I’m going to do something a little different. While up to this point we’ve discussed ways to keep code…Aug 10, 2021Aug 10, 2021
Jacob on SoftwareinCodeXReading Clean Code Week 6: ClassesIn this week’s blog on Clean Code, I’ll be talking a bit about classes. While object-oriented programming (OOP) is an extremely vast topic…Aug 4, 2021Aug 4, 2021
Jacob on SoftwareinGeek CultureReading Clean Code Week 5: Unit TestsIf you ask any professional developer what the most import part of a software developer’s job is, I’d bet more than half of them would say…Jul 28, 2021Jul 28, 2021
Jacob on SoftwareinCodeXReading Clean Code Week 5: BoundariesI’m back to reviewing Clean Code this week after last week’s blog on Refactoring. And while the chapter I’m reviewing this week is short…Jul 20, 2021Jul 20, 2021
Jacob on SoftwareinLevel Up CodingReading C̶l̶e̶a̶n̶ C̶o̶d̶e̶ Refactoring Week 4I’ve been loving reading through Clean Code, but am taking a bit of a break this week to discuss the first chapter of Martin Fowler’s…Jul 13, 2021Jul 13, 2021
Jacob on SoftwareinLevel Up CodingReading Clean Code Week 3: D.R.YI’m continuing my series on Clean Code this week, but I wanted to do something different with this blog post. When I first started reading…Jul 6, 2021Jul 6, 2021
Jacob on SoftwareinCodeXReading Clean Code: Week 2As followers of this blog know, I’m currently reading through Clean Code, a classic in how to write readable, professional code. Written…Jun 29, 2021Jun 29, 2021
Jacob on SoftwareinLevel Up CodingReading Clean Code: Week 1As followers of this blog may have noticed, I’ve been referencing Clean Code quite a bit the last several weeks. I started reading the book…Jun 24, 20212Jun 24, 20212
Jacob on SoftwareinLevel Up CodingThe Best VS Code Extensions (according to me)As web developers, we’re required to use innumerable tools throughout the day, picking up this hammer or that chisel to write better code…Jun 16, 2021Jun 16, 2021