dannyhasablog

I am Danny, proud husband and father. Front-end developer at Apple.

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I guess that's why it's called the #goldengatebridge (at Battery Spencer)

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yosemite is p cool

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Live Photo of Baker Beach.

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#shellbeach #vscocam (at Shell Beach San Luis Obispo)

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Been messing around w/timelapse on the iPhone 6s. 🌅

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CDs and ADs be like

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Paul White

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Ed White First American Spacewalker

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COIL

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Forest is a series of drawings by English artist, illustrator & animator Jamie Mills, showing commodified fragments of fauna and flora exhibited as art-pieces in Damien Hirst-like vitrines.

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Consider making a program for people, not a program for a computer. I don’t want a new app to help me do work; I want different ways to think about work so I can get more done. It’s a nuanced difference, but I think it is an important one.

Frank Chimero – No New Tools (via davidhoffman)

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Contentment

So I googled this after thinking about it and the idea is really not as original at it seemed. Regardless, I recently came to the realization that being content (or perhaps it is being happy) is that sometimes you have to work to want what you have than to have what you want. Then I thought, there are those who claim to be happy without money or power or possessions but I really don't believe that's true. Not that it's impossible to feel content in life solely through relationships or a greater being or oneself than through materialism. It's just that I think there's a relative difference in the kind of joy you get from inner peace and the kind that comes from the ego. Then there's everything in between. So, maybe life is not what you make it, but what you make of it.

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Four Books to Master JavaScript Engineering

Here are four books that I've been reading recently. If you're looking to really step up your front-end development and programming skills I highly recommend them.

I've removed the referral from these Amazon links for your benefit.

1. Effective JavaScript by David Herman

This book is essential for those who already know a bit of JavaScript and would like to learn some of the deeper nuances of the language. A better title for this book would've been JavaScript Pitfalls. It's a great book to prepare for the JavaScript portion of a front-end interview. It's also a good companion to Crockford's JavaScript: The Good Parts.

2. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-oriented Software 

This one has nothing to do with JavaScript and everything to do with designing modular Object-Oriented applications. It's a bit of a heavy read so if you're looking for something closer to home check out Learning JavaScript Design Patterns and Patterns For Large-Scale JavaScript Application Architecture, both free online books. Regardless, this book covers many of the fundamentals related to writing well thought-out software.

3. Algorithms (4th Edition) by Robert Sedgewick & Kevin Wayne

An very thorough overview of algorithms and data structures. This is another non-JavaScript book but it's well worth it. I recommend reading through a chapter before writing any code since it can be daunting because the examples are written in Java.

4. Cracking the Coding Interview by Gayle Laakmann McDowell

Doesn't matter if you're the interviewer or the interviewee – this book will help set the right expectations and challenge your skills.

Bonus: Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software 

I had to buy a used paperback version of this book because it's a bit expensive but I've never had more fun reading a computer book. If you're the least bit interested in how computers work and their impact on our lives then you absolutely must pick this one up.

I'm still reading through a few of these, namely Algorithms, but I felt it worth sharing a few books that have impacted the way I write JavaScript on a daily basis.