Jarek Wojciechowski on Atomic Spin

5 Tips & Tricks that Make p5 Even Better

With all of P5's cool tools, it can be easy to miss an easier or better way to do something. Here are 5 things I've learned over the last year that can make your p5.js experience e

Web Apps

Mithril.js – The Smallest, Fastest SPA Framework You’ve Never Used

Mithril's strengths mirror React's weaknesses. It's fast, comes with simple utilities, and offers a very concise API for a SPA framework.

Personal Optimization

Sounding Better in 2020: The Year of the Laptop Microphone

2020 has pushed our laptop mics to center stage. Fortunately, with a few environmental changes and some free tools, we can all sound better.

Development Practices

Developer/Designer Collaboration on Single-Page Web Apps

Single-page web apps are an ideal environment for designer/developer collaboration, which yields faster implementation of designs that represent the designer's intent.

Personal Optimization

6 Things that Helped Me Adjust to Working from Home

I've had a few months to perfect my work from home strategies. I wanted to share them to help you through your experience working at home as well.

Web Apps

Using Jest to Test Our Express-Backed React App

Configuring tests is one of the most tedious and frustrating aspects of a new web application. We show you our app testing setup to save you some work.

React / Redux

Don’t Eject! – Leave your Create React App in the Disc Drive

Ejecting your Create React App has major tradeoffs. Yes, it gives you more choices, but future configurations are time-consuming, expensive, and difficult.

Platforms & Languages

Creating a Resizable HTML Element

Resizing HTML elements goes beyond simply utilizing built-in resize properties. Expanding the functionality of the element requires a resize handle.

Functional Programming

Functional Primer, Part 4 – Practice & Explore

Functional programming is learned through practice. So here are a few ideas rooted in FP that can likely find a place in your next project.

Functional Programming

Functional Primer, Part 3 – When and When Not to Use It

Functional programming makes a lot of sense for general-purpose programming, but be careful about its limitations around state management and input/output.

Functional Programming

Functional Primer, Part 2 – Ideas & Patterns

An introduction to pure functions, immutable state, higher-order functions, and lists in functional programming (along with a few examples).

Functional Programming

Functional Primer, Part 1 – What Is Functional Programming?

Wondering if some code is functional? Ask yourself, "Does the code rely only on arguments that are explicitly passed to it?"

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