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Recursion from Four Semesters of Computer Science in 5 Hours by Brian Holt
Posted on August 5, 2020 in Algorithms, JavaScript by Matt Jennings

A recursive function is a function that calls itself until it doesn’t. And this technique is called recursion. 

Stack overflow is when …

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Big O Definition and Finding Big O from Four Semesters of Computer Science in 5 Hours by Brian Holt
Posted on August 3, 2020 in JavaScript by Matt Jennings

In computer science, big O notation is used to classify algorithms according to how their run time or space requirements …

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JavaScript to Determine If on Apple Device (works on IE 10 and above)
Posted on July 23, 2020 in Apple, JavaScript by Matt Jennings

(function() {
// Detect if Apple device – see:
// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19877924/what-is-the-list-of-possible-values-for-navigator-platform-as-of-today

// Polyfill for …

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How to Review GitHub Pull Requests When Building a Node.js App
Posted on October 21, 2019 in Git, GitHub, Node.js by Matt Jennings

In a GitHub repo checkout the Pull Request (PR) branch name, like cool-feature-branch.
In your Terminal, to fetch all remote branches …

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Express Code Used for Form Submissions
Posted on August 21, 2019 in Expresss, Node.js by Matt Jennings

When NOT using body-parser the two lines of code must be used for form submissions:

// Sets up the …

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