This article is a result of some research I did around generating documentation for NodeJS/JavaScript based projects. When using JSDoc to document JavaScript code with doc-strings, the next step is to get this information extracted and presented in a nice, friendly way. In any project, we also always have a…

JavaScript is under the hood a rather different language than many other common programming languages, but it is perhaps not obvious at a first glance. With roots in the Lisp-like language Scheme — functions stand in the very center of how JavaScript operates. The function is in JS what is…

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property ‘x’ of undefined Recognize this? Seen this before? It is perhaps the most common error in Javascript. Error prone dynamic data We often deal with dynamic data in complex structures in all web applications (browser + node.js) which, when we try to use that data, might produce unexpected behaviors…

Javascript is really a great language when it comes to async programming. But it is not always a walk in the park to test async code. It is a good idea in unit testing to try to test at the highest possible level — focusing on testing of the module’s…