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Nov 2017
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22 Buzz Words Explained — Mutations, Pur...

Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski - Full Stack Javascript Web Developers
About this episode

Buzz Words! WTF Do they mean?! Do They Mean Things?? Let's Find Out!

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The Buzz Words

This is the order in which we talk about the different concepts. If you have anything you'd like to add to the next buzz words show, tweet us @SyntaxFM 

  • Serverless / Cloud Functions
  • Composition in functional programming
  • funfunfunction
  • Progressive Enhancement
  • Singleton
  • APIs + SDKs
  • Pure Functions + Side Effects
  • Date-fns
  • Immutable / Mutable / Mutations
  • Immutable.js
  • JavaScript30 Array Cardio
  • Isomorphic / Universal JavaScript
  • Microservices
  • Scoping
  • Closures
  • Model View Controller Pattern
  • Learn Node with a stupid explanation of MVC
  • Bike Shedding
  • Tree Shaking
  • Hoisting
  • ES Next
  • Asynchronous / Synchronous

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