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Nulls and null checks — How to work safely with nulls in any codebase

Nulls and null checks have been a tricky problem in programming for decades. Thankfully, there are many solutions to make them easier.

12 min readJul 26, 2021

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Nulls and null checks — How to work safely with nulls in any codebase

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Defensive & offensive programming

Defensive programming helps with uptime and reliability. Offensive programming helps you find bugs. They’re both extremely useful.

14 min readJul 26, 2021

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Defensive & offensive programming

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Exceptions vs error values

Exceptions vs error values has been a debate in error handling for decades. In this article we’ll examine the pros and cons of each.

8 min readJul 26, 2021

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Exceptions vs error values

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Best practices for error catching and handling

When catching and handling errors, you need to keep some best practices in mind. Some are essential for correct programs.

10 min readJul 26, 2021

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Best practices for error catching and handling

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Error recording — How to record errors in your application to debug later

When errors occur in production, you want to know about it. You need some way of recording them, so you can view them and debug them later.

3 min readJul 26, 2021

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Error recording — How to record errors in your application to debug later

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How to respond to errors — Crashing, ignoring, recovering and their use cases

What should a program should do when it encounters an error? It depends on the error, the program and the user experience.

8 min readJul 26, 2021

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How to respond to errors — Crashing, ignoring, recovering and their use cases

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Naming (in code) — The ultimate guide and reference

Programming principles tell us that naming in code is important. This article aims to be a complete learner’s guide for naming in code. It…

23 min readJun 15, 2021

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Naming (in code) — The ultimate guide and reference

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Carousel slider tutorial with HTML, CSS and JavaScript

Here’s how to make a simple carousel slider with HTML, CSS and JavaScript. We use good code practices, make it accessible and discuss…

12 min readMay 27, 2021

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Carousel slider tutorial with HTML, CSS and JavaScript

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Challenge — Function that only runs with no arguments (intermediate / advanced functional…

Here’s an intermediate / advanced functional programming challenge that I was asked in an interview for a high-level position

6 min readMar 14, 2021

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Challenge — Function that only runs with no arguments (intermediate / advanced functional…

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How to write clean code units (functions and methods)

Learn how to create small, specific code units (functions and methods) that are easy for you to work with.

17 min readMar 12, 2021

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How to write clean code units (functions and methods)

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Spyros Argalias

Spyros Argalias

Web developer — https://sargalias.com. Specialising in front end development. I love programming and strive to be the best software developer I can be.

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