This week there are couple of books to read which helps you to learn functional programming, realize that you don’t know JavaScript and helps you to build Kanban board with Webpack and React. Also you can read thoughts on securing OS X, get some information about Spring Boot memory performance and read about reasonable approach to React and JSX. Happy reading.
Issue 4, 2015-12-16
Technical
Spring Boot Memory Performance
Interesting article about Spring Boot memory performance (and tools to measure it). But shouldn’t we compare it to Java EE?
Hibernate Logging Guide
Logging database queries with Hibernate is relatively easy but it’s good to recall the logging options. Like use different log categories and don’t use show_sql to log SQL queries.
Here are some of the best resources to learn about PHP 7
PHP 7 is out and it might be time to learn more about it and migrate from 5.6.X to 7.0.X. For example benchmarks of WordPress using PHP 7 are showing a 2-3x speed improvement. The only question is if the plugins are ready for PHP 7? (from WDRL 116)
Airbnb React/JSX Style Guide
“A mostly reasonable approach to React and JSX” (from Weekend Reading)
Books
Professor Frisby’s mostly adequate guide to functional programming
Book on the functional paradigm in general which uses the world’s most popular functional programming language: JavaScript. Available in ePUB, MOBI and PDF.
You Don’t Know JS (book series)
Series of books diving deep into the core mechanisms of the JavaScript language. The series is released in GitHub as drafts, free to read and you can get buy them through O’Reilly.
SurviveJS – Webpack and React
SurviveJS – Webpack and React shows you how to build a simple Kanban application based on these technologies. There’s a free online version of the book and Leanpub version with extra content.
Good to know
What the Web Can Do Today
Good list of feature sets on the web. Includes code examples.
OS X security and privacy guide
Collection of thoughts on securing a modern Apple Mac computer using OS X 10.11 “El Capitan”, as well as steps to improving online privacy. Targeted to “power users”.
Something different
Empire of Code
Empire of Code is a space game with a mix of strategy, tactics and coding.
You can play the game with or without coding skills, but knowing how to code will definitely give you an advantage. Unleash your Python and JavaScript skills.
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