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Articles by Joël Quenneville

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  1. What technologies should I learn?

    What technologies do we recommend to early career web developers?

    Joël Quenneville
    November 18, 2021
    • Web
    • Ruby
  2. A Broader Take on Parsing

    Broadening our definition of “parsing” yields some useful insights.

    Joël Quenneville
    October 14, 2021
    • Elm
    • Ruby
    • Parsing
    • Web
  3. Ruby safe navigation

    Ruby’s safe navigation can hide some subtle edge cases. We explore approaches to think about conditional logic, alternatives to &., and when &. is the best tool for the job.

    Joël Quenneville
    October 13, 2021
    • Development
    • Web
    • Ruby
  4. Models That Match Reality

    When modeling a domain, it’s important to have our model actually match reality.

    Joël Quenneville
    October 12, 2021
    • Design
    • Web
    • Elm
    • Ruby
    • Modeling
  5. Fewer Operations on Custom Types is Valuable

    Less is more. Wrapping primitives in custom types restricts your available operations and that’s a good thing.

    Joël Quenneville
    October 11, 2021
    • Elm
    • Ruby
    • Web
  6. Who is empowered by your API design?

    Analysing API design through lens of skill floors and ceilings can help us think about the impact of adding a feature.

    Joël Quenneville
    October 7, 2021
    • Design
    • Web
    • F#
  7. Testing Your Edge Cases

    A little combination math goes a long way to catching edge cases.

    Joël Quenneville
    September 8, 2021
    • Testing
    • Ruby
    • Development
  8. Back to Basics: Boolean Expressions

    Write Boolean expressions using operators instead of if/else for a more readable outcome.

    Joël Quenneville
    June 28, 2021
    • Back To Basics
    • Ruby
    • Development
    • Web
  9. Pipeline Decoders in Elm

    What’s the difference between Elm’s classical and pipeline JSON decoders?

    Joël Quenneville
    May 19, 2021
    • Elm
    • Functional Programming
    • Web
  10. Running Out of Maps

    What happens when you need a bigger mapN?

    Joël Quenneville
    May 12, 2021
    • Elm
    • Web
    • Functional Programming
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