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Java

A Brief Overview of Garbage Collection in Java

Garbage collection, or the concept of essentially "cleaning up" no longer referenced spots in memory, is something that we take for granted when writing code in Java since this is…

September 4, 2024

Javascript

Javascript’s Temporal Dead Zone (TDZ)

Not to be confused with the "temporal pincer movement" from Christopher Nolan's 2020 movie Tenet, but perhaps equally confusing, is the concept in Javascript known as the Temporal Dead Zone,…

August 15, 2024

Java

OOP-101: Polymorphism – What is it, why use it, and an example

In the world of object-oriented programming (OOP), polymorphism is a powerful concept that allows for flexibility and code reusability. Essentially, polymorphism means "having many forms." (Poly meaning 'many' as opposed…

June 16, 2024

Angular

Using the async pipe within Angular templates to perform control flow

If you're working on a small to mid-sized Angular app, chances are you're probably not using a state management library like NgRx to handle your app's state. And that's probably…

October 18, 2023

Javascript

Building the Javascript .map() function from scratch

Probably one of the most used and most powerful functions ( .reduce() might be the most important) in the Javascript language is the .map() function (And let's not forget it's…

September 1, 2023

Java