October 2019 - Feral Cat - Software Development

Javascript’s Splice

July 17, 2023October 22, 2019 by Carlos

I recently spent a few hours trying to understand why my array was changing when using the splice method. I thought I’d save you some time and outline what I learned. Still new to JS and struggling with the fundamentals? Check out Javascript: The Defenitive Guide (paid link) to brush up. For Those of You … Read more

Calculate A Random Integer from 0 to n in Javascript

July 22, 2021October 1, 2019 by Carlos

The solution for those of you who want me to cut the crap and need to calculate a random integer from 0 to n in Javascript. My Setup macOS Node v12.10.0 The Problem I was writing a React-Native game where I had multiple cards that would be presented to the player. To spice up the … Read more

Cast a String Array of JSON Objects to JSON in Javascript

February 19, 2025October 1, 2019 by Carlos

I recently encountered a scenario where I needed to store an array of objects locally for later retrieval. The challenge was converting this array of objects into a string before saving it and then cast a string array of JSON objects to JSON. This led me to figure out how to cast a string array … Read more