Street Coder

The rules to break and how to break them.

Note: The examples in this book are written in C#.

Modern JavaScript for the Impatient

• it is difficult to learn modern JavaScript without getting bogged down with obsolete JavaScript. Most books, courses, and blog posts are focused on transitioning from older JavaScript versions, which is not helpful for migrants from other languages.

Express in Action

• Writing, building, and testing Node.js applications

Refactoring : Improving the Design of Existing Code

Refactoring is the process of changing a software system in such a way that it does not alter the external behavior of the code yet improves its internal structure. It is a disciplined way to clean up code that minimizes the chances of introducing bugs. In essence when you refactor you are improving the design of the code after it has been written.

SPA (Single Page Application) vs MPA (Multi Page Application)

(photo from http://www.intelegain.com).

There have been a lot of discussions on this topic. Below are some notes for my own reference.

Logging in Software Applications

Source: https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/a/359580

Getting Started with Docker

Source: https://docs.docker.com/get-started/

Spring Boot in Action

• Spring Boot makes it effortless to create Spring-powered, production-ready services without a lot of code!
• Out-of-the-box nonfunctional features like security, metrics, health-checks, embedded servers, and externalized configuration made Boot an easy choice for us.

Java SE 8 for the Really Impatient

This book gives a concise introduction to the many new features of Java 8 (and a few features of Java 7 that haven’t received much attention) for programmers who are already familiar with Java.

Programming Collective Intelligence

Building smart web 2.0 applications