JS Academy #1: Scope 101

Welcome traveller! The journey to JS-Land begins here. In this episode we will try to make sense of what scope is. You know, the word you hear thrown around here and there, but that you never actually wrapped your head around.

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Author's profile picture Szymon Przedwojski on javascript

JS Academy #0: Introduction

Hi there, folks! I’ve recently decided to dive deeper into the intricacies of how JavaScript actually works. I had been using it for many years, learning “as I went”, without really understanding what was going on under the hood.

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IntelliJ IDEA: multiple configurations at once

I’ve just recently come across a problem where I wanted to run 2 configurations in IntelliJ IDEA with a single keystroke.

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Presentation tips for developers

Recently I’ve had the chance to watch many technical presentations as well as give a few of them myself. These experiences have led me to some conclusions regarding giving tech talks and I wanted to share my observations.

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Introduction to React - video [PL]

I recently had the pleasure to give an internal talk at my company about React. Unfortunately the talk is in Polish (even though the slides are in English - just in case…) and there are no English subtitles yet.

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Pair programming - to do or not to do?

Pair programming is the activity of two developers cooperating to write code using a single computer. In this post I will share my thoughts about the pros and cons of this approach.

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Author's profile picture Szymon Przedwojski

Don't settle in your first job

Today I wanted to share my thoughts and experiences about why it is important not to work in one place for too long, especially at the beginning of your career as a software developer.

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Author's profile picture Szymon Przedwojski

I created a programming joke that went viral... and found out about it 4 years later

Around 4 years ago I came up with a programming joke.

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Author's profile picture Szymon Przedwojski

How we held a company hackathon that was awesome

Recently we organized a company hackathon at my workplace. Being one of the organizers and a participant I wanted to share my experiences.

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Author's profile picture Szymon Przedwojski