Technical Articles on JavaScript written by Dr. Derek Austin

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1. How to parse a date using a regular expression in JavaScript
   by Dr. Derek Austin in Coding in Simple English
2. How to check for a number in JavaScript
   (Curated by Medium in the topics "JavaScript" and "Programming")
   by Dr. Derek Austin in JavaScript in Plain English
3. How to find all pairs of numbers that meet a criteria in a JavaScript array
   by Dr. Derek Austin in JavaScript in Plain English
4. How to add to an array in React State
   (Curated by Medium in the topics "JavaScript" and "Programming")
   by Dr. Derek Austin in JavaScript in Plain English
5. How to pad a string in JavaScript
   (Curated by Medium in the topics "JavaScript" and "Programming")
   by Dr. Derek Austin in Coding At Dawn
6. Does Babel compile backticks (``) to quotes and does that make JavaScript code faster?
   (Curated by Medium in the topics "JavaScript" and "Programming")
   by Dr. Derek Austin in Better Programming
7. The Top Three Alternatives to MongoDB in 2019
   (Curated by Medium in the topics "Software Engineering" and "Programming")
   by Dr. Derek Austin in Better Programming
8. Why The Guardian Switched From MongoDB to PostgreSQL
   (Curated by Medium in the topics "Software Engineering" and "Programming")
   by Dr. Derek Austin in Better Programming
9. Animate a 3-Card Tarot Reading using JavaScript 🃏
   (Curated by Medium in the topic "JavaScript")
   by Dr. Derek Austin in JavaScript in Plain English
10. The 3 advantages of backtick literals (``) in JavaScript
    (Curated by Medium in the topic "JavaScript")
    by Dr. Derek Austin in The Bit Theories
11. What does the ? question mark mean in JavaScript code?
    (Curated by Medium in the topics "JavaScript" and "Programming")
    by Dr. Derek Austin in JavaScript in Plain English
12. Are backticks (``) slower than other strings in JavaScript?
    (Curated by Medium in the topic "JavaScript")
    by Dr. Derek Austin in JavaScript in Plain English
13. How to return object literals from arrow functions in JavaScript
    (Curated by Medium in the topic "JavaScript")
    by Dr. Derek Austin in JavaScript in Plain English
14. ES6 Pop Quiz: Shorthand Method & Property Names
    (Curated by Medium in the topic "JavaScript")
    by Dr. Derek Austin in Coding in Simple English
15. The real difference between single quotes (‘ ’) and double quotes (“ ”) in JavaScript
    (Curated by Medium in the topic "JavaScript")
    by Dr. Derek Austin in JavaScript in Plain English
16. How to use let, var, and const in JavaScript
    (Curated by Medium in the topic "JavaScript")
    by Dr. Derek Austin in JavaScript in Plain English
17. How to check for NaN in JavaScript
    (Curated by Medium in the topic "JavaScript")
    by Dr. Derek Austin in Coding in Simple English
18. Compiling vs. Polyfilling in JavaScript
    (Curated by Medium in the topics "JavaScript" and "Programming")
    by Dr. Derek Austin in Better Programming
19. How to Trim Strings in JavaScript (ES2019)
    (Curated by Medium in the topic "JavaScript")
    by Dr. Derek Austin in Coding in Simple English
20. Making Sense of == vs. === in JavaScript
    (Curated by Medium in the topics "JavaScript" and "Programming")
    by Dr. Derek Austin in Better Programming
21. What Is Lifting State Up in JavaScript?
    (Curated by Medium in the topics "JavaScript" and "Programming")
    by Dr. Derek Austin in Better Programming
22. What Are JavaScript Programming Paradigms?
    by Dr. Derek Austin in JavaScript in Plain English
23. ES2019 made error checking easier in JavaScript
    by Dr. Derek Austin in JavaScript in Plain English
24. How To Make A Tarot Card Deck In React With Gestures
    by Dr. Derek Austin in Noteworthy - The Journal Blog
25. How to use JSON.stringify() and JSON.parse() in JavaScript
    by Dr. Derek Austin in JavaScript in Plain English
26. Rank-Ordered Lists of Two JS Arrays with flat() & flatMap()
    by Dr. Derek Austin in Better Programming
27. Send an animated LOL today using React.js
    by Dr. Derek Austin in Better Programming
28. Animate an Emoji Penguin in React
    by Dr. Derek Austin in Noteworthy - The Journal Blog
29. Make a modern React site in 2 minutes using Code Sandbox + Stackbit
    by Dr. Derek Austin in JavaScript in Plain English
30. How to add Dark Mode to a React App
    by Dr. Derek Austin in JavaScript in Plain English
31. 2019 Guide: How to Use React Hooks to Create a Toggle Switch or Counter
    by Dr. Derek Austin in Noteworthy - The Journal Blog

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Non-technical articles written by Dr. Derek Austin

1. What I Learned From Writing 30 Articles in 30 Days
   by Dr. Derek Austin in Changing Careers
2. The Art of Waking Up Later Than Everyone Else
   by Dr. Derek Austin in The Ascent
3. I'm Making Myself Publish Every Day
   by Dr. Derek Austin in Real Life Resilience
4. 30 Articles in 30 Days - Start a React.js Career by Blogging
   by Dr. Derek Austin in Changing Careers