The Wise Engineer

A software engineering tech blog with focus on Web Development + Performance, Architecture, and Career advice.

How To Perform Code Splitting Like A Pro With Webpack

Once you know how to do code splitting with Webpack well, you will find a world of performance optimizations in your hands. To understand why this...

September 2, 2019
Other

How To Measure Webpack Bundles

Webpack is a reasonably advanced tool that gives you a lot of capability to control your Javascript bundles. This control was mentioned in a prior article,...

September 1, 2019
Web Stack Technologies

How To Improve Technical Interviews

I’ve recently subjected myself to what the software industry lovingly refers to as the “technical interview” process. The claim is that by asking complicated puzzle or...

August 25, 2019
Career

Unlock The Secrets Of Scope In JavaScript

Understanding scope in Javascript is tricky and is often a source of bugs in JavaScript for someone new to the language. I’ll attempt to boil down...

August 24, 2019
Web Stack Technologies

The Quick And Dirty History of Javascript And Beyond

This article attempts to be a conceptual introduction to the history of JavaScript as opposed to a full-blown tutorial. There are already many more focused and...

August 23, 2019
Web Stack Technologies

How To Tell The Difference: Software Engineers Versus Developers

I often talk to recruiters, hiring managers, people in the field and always hear about “love to code,” code katas, and being a code ninja. While...

August 22, 2019
Architecture And Design

Start Here To Utilize Webpack For Great Performance Gains

In a previous article, I recommended Webpack as a reliable build system. It gives you lots of control over the initialization (download, parsing, processing) of resources...

August 21, 2019
Web Stack Technologies

How To Use The Power Of Webpack As A Build System

Javascript build systems Building an enterprise JavaScript application that deals with complex business logic may sound absurd to some. (Since JavaScript is an interpreted language and...

August 20, 2019
Web Stack Technologies

Avoid Tight Coupling With Cross-Cutting Concerns That Will Erode Projects

Cross-cutting concerns are essential to identify and isolate as your application grows. Failure to do so could lead to feeling you will have to commit to...

August 19, 2019
Architecture And Design