How they work, and why they matter — There is a gap between the basics of JavaScript, and what you need to understand coding in React. Not a massive one, mind you, but enough of one to make it worth exploring. Here, then, are 7 JavaScript skills you need to code in React. We’ll go through how they…

What are Promises, and why use them? — Javascript’s problem JavaScript has a problem: it’s single-threaded. What do we mean by that? If something takes time, the JS engine can’t do anything else in the meanwhile. Occasionally when coding a “while” block I forget to increment the variable in the end condition. This creates an infinite loop. When I do…

A look at 42, From the perspective of a developer, game designer & dad — A week ago my daughter finished an intensive 4-week admissions program in a coding school called “42” here in Paris. (It also has campuses across 4 continents, although they are mainly concentrated here in Europe) The school has stirred controversy here in France. Why? Because the school has no teachers…

When to choose one or the other — It’s time to explore together the wonderful world of GraphQL and REST! Let’s take a look at what GraphQL is, what REST is, and when you should choose one over the other. What is the need they exist to serve? What are they used for? Why and how to use…

Why you should consider using this ‘JavaScript framework’ for your next project. — Why You Should Consider Using Astro For Your Next Project What is Astro? And by that, I mean several things: what is Astro for? When is it a good idea to use Astro? And when is it not? What problem is it trying to solve? In other words: what is Astro’s why… its “raison d’être” as the French would say? …

(and other questions raised by MidJourney) — As a developer, the one thing that I’m most uncomfortable with is producing graphical content. However, I have good news: AI is progressing in leaps and bounds. It’s able to do stuff that just 2 or 3 years ago I would have loudly declared as being totally impossible. And now…

…without going mad in the process — Coding is all very well. But inevitably, there comes a time when we need to compile the code we’ve produced and push the end result out into the wild. Be it in the form of an app, a website, a program, a shared library, or an NPM module… And that…

They have recently opened the gates to the open beta... and it is fun! — MidJourney, an AI image generation service, has opened up its service to the general public. They have also relaxed their terms of service to allow selling the art as NFT. And you, as the person requesting the images, are now the primary owner — as long as you are a…

A day in the life of a project manager in the videogames industry — and what I learned about myself — The phone rang. — Hey, about your trip to come and see us in Hungary tomorrow? — Yup, the tickets are booked, our dancer has his papers in order at last. We’re finally good to go. We’re already late so it needs to go as smoothly as possible. — About…