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Faith Gaiciumia

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I am a front-end web developer cum technical writer. I love to code and meeting people of the same interest.

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Cool VS Code Extensions for Web Devs

Aug 7, 2020 2 min read

Visual Studio Code remains to be my favorite code editor over time. It is easy to use and has a couple of amazing extensions that make coding easier and more fun. In this article I share a couple of extensions that I use and think are quite useful to...

What are truthy and falsy Values in Javascript?

Jul 31, 2020 2 min read

In Javascript, every value has a data type and can be coerced or changed into a boolean value when need be. Truthy values are always true and return true when used within a boolean context. Falsy values on the other hand are always false and return f...

The difference between let, var and const...Javascript

Jul 29, 2020 2 min read

While developing with Javascript and going through pre-written code, you often come across let, var and const all used while declaring variables in Javascript. The three are Javascript keywords that precede a variable name/identifier. These keywords...

Undefined vs Null: What are the differences and similarities between undefined and null?

Jul 27, 2020 3 min read

As a Javascript developer you may have encountered the terms undefined and null and may have wondered what really is their difference as they appear to be the same. Yes they appear to be the same and appear at similar instances but are not the same t...

Javascript IIFE: A beginner's guide

Jul 23, 2020 1 min read

What are IIFEs IIFE stands for Immediately Invoked Function Expression. These are functions that are called and executed as soon as they are created. Pronunciation I don't know how you read it..I.I.F.E or iify or iife..it's all up to you, there is ...

Contributing to Open Source: A beginner's struggles and wins

Jul 11, 2020 5 min read

Today I'll take a break from the JavaScript articles and write on something else I've been looking into over the past week. In my learning journey I like to have my feet and hands all over the place; for more learning and to also make sure I don't ge...