One of the best ways to become a better developer is to spend time reading articles and code by more prominent people in the field.
Generations ago, computer scientists would publish books, articles, and papers on their work. Our generation publishes blog posts. Convenient, right?
John Resig, author of jQuery, recently published an article detailing some of his thought processes and development practices on a current project.
I’ve been working on a browser-based word game, naturally written in JavaScript, and have been encountering some interesting technical challenges along the way. I’ve written up my thought process here for others to learn from (note that most of this happened over the course of a month, or so).
The article covers the problem and the various solutions tried in PHP, Perl, and JavaScript along with various optimizations done along the way.
Worth a read.
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