How to Set Up Static Code Analysis For Your Project

June 2, 2020 in blog

Static code analysis

Static code analysis is a method for identifying bugs and other quality issues in the program by examining the source code without actually running it. This is achieved by scanning the codebase and tracing code paths to find common code smells, potential bugs, tech debt (e.g., duplicate code), unit test coverage, and code logic complexity. Static code analysis can be done manually but there are many static code analyzer tools to automate this. We’ll look at one of these tools, SonarQube, and walk through the process of setting it up locally and adding a static code analysis step to the Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) process for your projects.

Effective Unit Testing of React Components With Jest And Enzyme

August 11, 2019 in blog

The purpose of this article is to (1) provide a high level discussion of testing and (2) offer some practical examples and best practice for writing automated unit tests for React Application using Jest and Enzyme.

When To Use Immutable Data Structures

December 7, 2018 in blog

Suppose you are asked this question during a technical interview:

When do you use immutable (functional) data structures and when do you use mutable data structure?

Cribsheet for JavaScript Coding Interview

October 25, 2018 in blog

The coding interviews / coding challenges are designed to assess how productive someone can be with the language. In contrast to the algorithm whiteboarding interview, which assesses how the candidate go about solving a problem, or the architecture design interview, which assesses how the candidate’s experience in system engineering and product design, the coding interview is is utilized by the company interviewing you to answer one question:

Can you be productive with JavaScript?

Data Structure with JavaScript Object: Linked List

May 16, 2018 in blog

Linked list is like an array but more flexible. Elements in an array are stored contiguously in memory while linked lists are stored as nodes with two fields: current value and a pointer to the next thing in the list. We are going to implement linked list in JavaScript and go over some algorithms with the linked list.

Algos to Practice Whiteboarding for The Coding Interview

May 13, 2018 in blog

We are going to go over a set of coding and whiteboard problems that would be asked during a coding interview. I’m drawing these problems from LeetCode and Cracking the Coding Interview. They are a sample of the medium and hard problems that require a bit of thinking and and familiarity with some fundamental data structures in computer science.

The Coding Interview: What to Expect

May 7, 2018 in blog

Being great at coding interviews doesn’t necessarily make you a great developer and being a great developer doesn’t necessarily make you great at interviews. However, you need to pass the interview to get the job. Most tech companies, public or startups, have started drawing from the same pool of interview material, adopted the same set of coding challenges and problems for candidates to solve. Coding interviews can be challenging and stressful, but with enough practice, research, and preparation, it can be very manageable.

How to Set Up Static Code Analysis For Your Project

Effective Unit Testing of React Components With Jest And Enzyme

When To Use Immutable Data Structures

Cribsheet for JavaScript Coding Interview

Data Structure with JavaScript Object: Linked List

Algos to Practice Whiteboarding for The Coding Interview

The Coding Interview: What to Expect

Xiaoyun Yang