There are good reasons why JavaScript is consistently ranked among the top programming languages. Its flexibility caters to both beginner and advanced developers. It requires no environmental setup— just open a browser, navigate to its developer tools, and start coding. It can also run everywhere from mobile devices and tablets…

On September 9, 1947, a Harvard technical team found that their computer, the Harvard Mark II, was consistently delivering errors. Upon inspection, they isolated the issue to an electromagnetic relay. And as the story goes, the first reported debugging of a computer system by a team of professional experts resulted…

Considered a simple sorting algorithm, insertion sort is not without its merits. While not as efficient as more advanced algorithms when scaled, it is a stable algorithm in that it does not change the relative order of elements with equal values. It is also an excellent choice when you have…

Merge Sort is an extremely popular sorting algorithm that combines merging and sorting exploiting the fact that empty or single element arrays are considered sorted. When scaled, this algorithm offers significant performance gains relative to less advanced sorting algorithms like Bubble Sort or Selection Sort. …

Bootstrap markets itself as the most popular HTML, CSS, and JavaScript framework for developing highly responsive, mobile first web applications. The sleek, intuitive, and powerful framework currently ranks as the tenth most popular GitHub repository with over 148,000 stars, more than 1000 contributors, and over 20,000 commits. It is compatible…

Binary search is a commonly used algorithm offering a more efficient form of search than a traditional linear search. Instead of iterating through an array eliminating one element at a time, you can eliminate half of the remaining elements at a time. …

bcrypt is an excellent tool for shoring up password protection and user authentication in your Ruby on Rails application. Authentication Systems Proper user authentication and password protection are a must for any application seeking to restrict content or collect sensitive user information. With identity theft negatively impacting millions of individuals each year…

Consider ‘Strict’ Mode 'use strict'; Introduced in ES5, strict mode allows for writing secure JavaScript code. With a different set of semantics versus the normal default “sloppy” mode , deployment of strict mode can significantly help in mitigating accidental programmer errors that could potentially introduce bugs into your application. …