Background In the previous article, we analyzed the data representing the statistics of javascript during the year 2019. The data visualization showed us how various types of javascript developers are distributed across the countries. In this article, we will look at linear and logistic regression mechanisms that can be applied to…

I have been using javascript for pretty much my whole career, and have started embarking on a new journey of becoming a data scientist. …

Why do we need pipe or compose? In one of the previous articles, we discussed the need for chaining several functions, and how to do them using the this operator. While this works fine, there are several drawbacks to using this method: One has to keep track of this. And the value must be stored in the…

Handling forms in React Dynamic web applications require data to be sent to and fro from the server. Consider any web application that is used in day to day life. The user information is sent to the server via HTML form elements such as inputs (user name, user email), radio buttons (selecting a choice)…

Hooks React hooks, which got introduced in 16.8 versions, are a new way of using state, and others react lifecycle methods in functional components. React hooks were introduced to solve 3 major problems in the earlier versions of react: Resuing logic: When multiple components need to share logic, using Higher-order components…

What is the need to chain a function? Functions are the first-class citizens in javascript. Every method or pattern implementation is done through functions. Many times in programming, we face a situation where we need to call a series of functions one after the other, passing the value from one step to the next step. …

What is a generator function? Generator functions are a new class of functions that were introduced by the EcmaScript 2015 standard. A generator is a function that can be paused mid-way at any point during the execution and resumed whenever required. The best part about the generator functions is that they preserve the execution context…

What is a lambda function? By definition, lambda functions are anonymous functions that are not bound to any identifiers. These functions are usually passed as arguments to other higher-order functions. However, when it comes to Netlify or any cloud provider, lambda functions take a different meaning. Lambda functions are a great way to define a…

A blockchain is a distributed database that is used to maintain a continuously growing list of records called blocks. But what does this mean? Consider a decentralized database that is managed by multiple participants, this can also be called as Distributed Ledger. Blockchain is a type of Distributed Ledger, containing…