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Functional programming, as the name implies, is about functions. While functions are part of just about every programming paradigm, including JavaScript, a functional programmer has unique ...

Microsoft is launching a couple of features to Excel today that make the ubiquitous spreadsheet software a bit more powerful. Among the new features is support for Azure Machine Learning and custom ...

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While JavaScript has many applications, working with string values is one of the most popular. Strings are objects within the JavaScript language. They are not stored as character arrays, so built-in ...

In the past two columns, we’ve looked at higher-order functions and talked a little bit about the power of functional programming. So far, the concepts we’ve covered do little to indicate how powerful ...

The Dilemma of Context Binding One of the most notable features of arrow functions is that they do not bind their own this; instead, they inherit the this value from the outer scope. This can simplify ...

So, I have an SVG graphic embedded in an html page.<BR><BR>within the svg are some mouseover events that do some re-drawing stuff.<BR><BR>Now I want the containing page to also make some updates as a ...

First, the most significant feature of arrow functions is that they do not bind their own this, but inherit the this value from the outer scope. At first glance, this may seem like an advantage, but ...