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  1. Draft.js, Redux, and Updating Your Editor in Real Time

    The past several weeks I’ve been getting more and more into the weeds of React/Redux. For the uninitiated or for those who’ve been living under a rock, React is probably the most popular Javascript libraries for building user interfaces and Redux is currently one of the more…
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  2. Better Express Routing & Architecture for NodeJS

    I have been working on the backend with NodeJS for a while now as both a hobbyist and as a professional. Thus, I've been exposed to both open-source code as well as enterprise level Javascript code for NodeJS. Last year I led the rearchitecture for one of Intuit's products from…
    on Code Javascript Backend Nodejs - Comments

  3. Universal Javascript in Production - Server/Client Rendering

    This is a transcript of a talk I co-presented for Intuit's Front-end Engineering Conference. This is part two of a two part post on Universal Javascript in Production. In my previous post, I discussed the journey of QuickBooks Financing and why we decided to switch to Node.js as the…
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  4. Universal Javascript in Production - The Why

    This is a transcript of a talk I co-presented for Intuit's Front-end Engineering Conference. This is part one of a two part post on Universal Javascript in Production. Context setting At Intuit, I am a full stack engineer on a product called QuickBooks Financing, which is a platform that provides…
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  5. JQuery and RequireJS, Supporting Legacy Code

    Intuit is considered one of the more "mature" and "older" companies in the Silicon Valley due to the fact that we have been around for 30+ years. As a result, Intuit has shipped a variety of different products over the years. One of our core products…
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  6. Detecting Internet Explorer Accurately

    For all modern developers of the web, Internet Explorer is the bane of existence (I'll explain why in a future post). Depending on your user base, you may still have to support a variety of browsers, both new and old. This causes difficulty in ensuring the code you write is…
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