Author: Adam Jon Richardson
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Pure Functions
Striving to write pure functions (i.e., functions that are consistent and side-effect free) improves the testability, simplicity, and clarity of code.
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Return To Me: A Song About Our Walk With God
I’ve completed the basic arrangement of a new song: Return To Me. The song takes the perspective of God singing to us, his children, throughout our journey with him. The song ends with us singing a chorus of “Hallelujah’s” to him, our God. You’ll have to use your imagination for now, as the melody is […]
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Making Concurrent cURL Requests Using PHP’s curl_multi* Functions
The cURL library proves a valuable resource for developers needing to make use of common URL-based protocols (e.g., HTTP, FTP, etc.) for exchanging data. PHP provides a set of curl* wrapper functions in an extension that nicely integrates cURL’s functionality. When you have to make multiple requests in a script, it’s often more efficient to […]
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Fall-Through Functions
Fall-through functions, which are simple functions that lack branching constructs (e.g., if/then, switch, etc.), provide the ability to isolate side effects in your codebase.
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My Dream of Mom
A dream about my mom profoundly changed my perspective while I care for my dying father.
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XSS Prevention in Four Simple Steps
Preventing Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attacks is a daunting task for developers. In short, XSS attacks are an injection attack in which data that is structurally significant in the current context changes the intended semantics and/or functionality. While there are great resources online that walk you through prevention techniques (one of the best security resources […]
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Structurally compatible type checking in JavaScript with haven.js
JavaScript has come a long way since the early days of the web, a time when the language was utilized to add a quick pop-up to a page, make some gaudy graphic move across the screen, or, if you were really fancy, error check a few fields in a web form. Today, javascript dominates the […]