Tag: Open-Source

3 Refactoring Techniques

This mess was yours. Now your mess is mine.

Vance Joy

Hacktoberfest is coming up. If you’re new to open source contribution and unsure how to help, may I suggest refactoring code? You can provide a fresh perspective to unclear code and discover ways to leave it better than you found.

There are 3 refactoring techniques that I often practice:

  • Rename things
  • Remove nests
  • Extract functions

Knowing how to apply just these 3 can get you far. I’ll explain what they mean and how I used them (or should have used them) in projects.

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Rewriting Apps in Ember Octane

Last Friday, Ember 3.15 was dubbed the Octane edition. To see how easy (and fun) writing an Octane app is, I spent the weekend rewriting my apps Ember Animated (v3.8) and Lights Out (v2.18). Let me share what I learned.

If you have tutorials and demo apps, I encourage you to rewrite them in Octane. You can publish both versions to help everyone understand how the programming model in Ember has evolved over time.

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Topics in Computational Mechanics: Part 5

The last part of this series is short. You can check out the Matlab code for implementing FEM today! I encourage you to see how the code demonstrates ideas that we studied. These include pullback to parent domain, Gauss quadrature for numerical integration, and postprocessing for visualization.

3 Projects for Teaching Numerical Linear Algebra

In a recent conversation, I realized that I had forgotten to post some of numerical linear algebra (NLA) projects that I had created in graduate school. These projects, along with a few others that I have already published in this blog, can help us appreciate the theories and applications of NLA.

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Animation and Predictable Data Loading in Ember

At EmberConf 2019, I had the chance to meet and learn from many Ember developers around the globe. I’m excited about Ember Octane, a new edition built with developer productivity and app performance in mind. It’s in beta and readying for release. I think there’s no better time to learn and use Ember.

This tutorial covers how to load complex data in a predictable manner and how to add animation to liven up your site. A hearty thanks goes to Sam Selikoff and Ryan Toronto, whose teaching at the conference I’m heavily basing mine on. They had taken time to build a polished demo app; I was inspired to follow their footsteps.

tl;dr. Use Ember Animated and Ember Data Storefront today!

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