Five More Links (and a Bonus to Boot)
This week, I've got a bonus link for you that I thought was just fun to have around
Destructuring in ES6
Why do I like this? Destructuring in ES6 makes life in general better. It allows us to quickly map between variables and objects with little overhead. I generally like anything related to ES6, as everything I have come across thus far has helped improve my workflow. Destructuring adds much needed syntax help for making JavaScript better.
AngularJS Form Validation with ngMessages
Why do I like this? Everyone needs a good form validation library, and ngMessages comes to the rescue. Being able to easily templatize your validation layer, while making it easy to both write and maintain, is paramount to building larger applications in a shorter timeframe, and who doesn't want that?
The Art of Design Patterns
Why do I like this? Every software engineer knows that design patterns, and their proper use, are key to creating software that is maintainable and extendable over long periods of time. This book is really meant for engineering management, but being able to give examples to product owners and upper management in language they can understand doesn't hurt the engineer at all.
Art and Neural Networks
Why do I like this? Each week, I try my darnedest to find a good article on artificial intelligence. This week, Google has come to my rescue. This article details how Google is able to take its image recognition algorithms and use them to create art. I would not have thought that computers were ready yet to create artwork, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that quite a few of these images are actually really good.
Finding the Drop
Why do I like this? This is a nifty article dealing again with artifical intelligence, although in a different manner. This software finds the 'drop' in any song, particularly dubstep and brostep.
I Promised a Bonus Link
Why do I like this? I love to play games. Anyone that knows me can attest to this. I grew up playing games on the Atari and Commodore 64. I graduated to the NES when it came out. I've been playing games for a very long time. This one brings back memories.