Never using named result paramater
In Go return or result parameters can have a named parameter. Having a named parameter eliminates the necessity of having a variable name along with a return parameter as the user can only use a return keyboard to return the result. When a result parameter is named, it’s initialized to its zero value when the…
Konika SitoulaUsing a filename as a function input
While creating a new function that reads the file, passing the filename as an argument is not considered best practice and might have negative effects such as making it difficult to write test cases for a variety of criteria. Suppose we want to implement a function to count the number of empty lines in a…
Ignoring how defer arguments are evaluated
In order to understand how arguments are processed using the defer keyword, let’s consider a specific example. Suppose we have a function that needs to execute two other functions, called foo and bar. Additionally, this function needs to handle some status information related to its execution. We can use the defer keyword to ensure that…
Misunderstanding variable scope in JavaScript
In this post, we are going to understand variable scope and difference between var, let and const keywords in javascript. Variable scope is tricky concept for new developers., especially in javascript. Most of beginner developers make common mistake like defining the variable inside the function and expecting it to access outside the function. Understanding var,…
Suresh ThapaUsing index as a key in React (anti-pattern)
What are lists in React ? Lists are used to display data which are similar in ordered format . Often they have same type i.e an array of similar kind of data rendered into a list tag using some version of for loop. How does react render lists? DOM Before we learn how react renders lists…
Bishal SinghThinking concurrency is always faster
Many developers mistakenly believe that a concurrent solution will always be faster than a sequential one, but this is not always the case. The performance of a solution depends on various factors, such as the efficiency of the concurrency structure, the parts that can be processed in parallel, and the level of contention among the…
Function in JavaScript
A function in JavaScript is similar to a procedure—a set of statements that performs a task or calculates a value, but for a procedure to qualify as a function, it should take some input and return an output where there is some obvious relationship between the input and the output. We can separate function in…
Stripe Payment with Golang
In this blog post, I will discussed on the topic of stripe payment integration with Golang. Before that i will give brief introduction about this and move head to simple implementation. It is a famous payment gateway that helps in financial transaction between merchants and customers. It accepts 133+ countries currency. It is a powerful…
Common Anti-patterns with React
Nested components When a component is defined inside another component, it creates a tight coupling between the two components, meaning that they are highly dependent on one another. This can make it difficult to reuse or re purpose the inner component. Also when the parent component re-renders , the inner component will be defined again…
Not properly checking if a slice is empty
In the previous blog post we discussed about distinction between nil and empty slices. We have to clear about some notation, what is the idiomatic way to check if a slice contains elements? Not having clear answer can lead to subtle bugs. Let’s talk about the example, we call a getAmounts() function which returns a slice…