https://www.stevethedev.com/blog https://www.stevethedev.com/blog/computer-science/when-will-rust-become-popular-c-or-java https://www.stevethedev.com/blog/computer-science/when-will-rust-become-popular-c-or-java Thu, 07 May 2020 21:30:00 +0000 It’s unlikely that Rust will become “as popular” as C++ or Java without a few things happening first. https://www.stevethedev.com/blog/programming/can-node-use-threaded-rust-libraries https://www.stevethedev.com/blog/programming/can-node-use-threaded-rust-libraries Fri, 11 Oct 2019 16:00:00 +0000 The short answer: YES! https://www.stevethedev.com/blog/programming/how-thread-javascript https://www.stevethedev.com/blog/programming/how-thread-javascript Mon, 07 Oct 2019 04:00:00 +0000 This did *exactly* what I had hoped it would. https://www.stevethedev.com/blog/programming/fp-doesnt-need-functional-language https://www.stevethedev.com/blog/programming/fp-doesnt-need-functional-language Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:45:00 +0000 Functional Programming (FP) and Imperative Programming (IP) are just different approaches, and a language doesn't need to be a functional language to support functional programming. https://www.stevethedev.com/blog/computer-science/how-do-c-pointers-work-machine-level https://www.stevethedev.com/blog/computer-science/how-do-c-pointers-work-machine-level Thu, 25 Oct 2018 04:00:00 +0000 Imagine a deck of playing cards. You search for the King of Hearts and find it’s the 32nd card from the top. You write down the number “32” on a sheet of paper. The literal value of the pointer would be “32” because that’s *where* the King of Hearts is located — but the actual value you care about it “King of Hearts”. https://www.stevethedev.com/blog/programming/taking-look-at-web-assembly https://www.stevethedev.com/blog/programming/taking-look-at-web-assembly Sun, 22 Apr 2018 15:00:00 +0000 In many important ways, Web Assembly can be thought of as a sort of hybrid between the now-defunct Java Applets and what I would describe as an Anti-JavaScript. https://www.stevethedev.com/blog/software-engineering/javascript-tick-sort https://www.stevethedev.com/blog/software-engineering/javascript-tick-sort Sun, 15 Apr 2018 16:45:00 +0000 You should never use this algorithm in real code, but it's still a pretty neat piece of trivia to geek over. https://www.stevethedev.com/blog/programming/public-private-and-protected-scope-javascript https://www.stevethedev.com/blog/programming/public-private-and-protected-scope-javascript Sun, 08 Apr 2018 21:30:00 +0000 The ability to define context-based access-controls on a class member is a pretty standard feature of Object-Oriented Programming languages. https://www.stevethedev.com/blog/programming/javascript-context https://www.stevethedev.com/blog/programming/javascript-context Sun, 01 Apr 2018 04:00:00 +0000 Even an expert software engineer can quickly find themselves outside of their comfort zone if they don't already understand the rules. https://www.stevethedev.com/blog/programming/javascript-hoisting https://www.stevethedev.com/blog/programming/javascript-hoisting Sat, 24 Mar 2018 04:00:00 +0000 Hoisting is a process that, in a nutshell, moves variables and functions to the top of their scope.