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• Jun 11, 2016 - 3 mins read Use button if you mean it

  Use <button> if you want it to behave as a button. If you are using any other HTML element and updating its look, to look like button, you are either bothering your users or yourself.

• May 27, 2016 - 2 mins read I will never use || (OR) for default values

  TL;DR;

  I will never use || for default values, but default parameter.

  For example, instead of

  function sort(array, startIndex, endIndex) {
    startIndex = startIndex || 0;
    endIndex = endIndex || array.length — 1;
    ...
  }
  

  I would use,

  function sort(array, startIndex = 0, endIndex = array.length - 1) {
    ...
  }
  

• Nov 28, 2015 - 1 min read No sound for audio when iPhone connected over Bluethooth

  All of a sudden, there was no Bluetooth audio in my car (Corolla 2016), when paired with my iPhone. It has been working fine, so far. As usual, I did not RTFM. Not sure, if that would have helped. I could have leaved with out the music but it was difficult to follow Google Map’s navigation instruction. Yes, I use Google Maps instead of the default. I had to keep looking at the phone, quite a often.

• Sep 16, 2015 - 5 mins read Do you know this?

  The value of this in ECMAScript refers to the execution context of the function. In ECMAScript there are three execution context; namely global, function and evaluation. Following example will help to comprehend the concept better.

• Sep 11, 2015 - 5 mins read Inheritance in JavaScript

  Let’s consider that square is a special type of rectangle, whose length and width are equal. Thus we can create blueprint of a square by extending the blueprint of a rectangle. I am using the term blueprint as JavaScript/ECMAScript version prior ES2015 did not have class functionality.