Michael Whatcott - 2021

Here's what I wrote in 2021:

20 Mar 2021 ~ The Atoning Power of Jesus Christ

The ordinance of the Sacrament is an important way for us to receive the Savior's power!

15 May 2021 ~ gunit vs. testify

Surprisingly similar on the surface...

25 Jun 2021 ~ Go Test Helpers

Just a few suggestions.

28 Jun 2021 ~ Faith and Fairness

We'd like more of both, but when fairness feels fleeting, we can always exercise our faith!

11 Jul 2021 ~ Hearts Knit Together In Unity

...and in love one towards another

2 Aug 2021 ~ Clean Coders: Resident Apprentice

I'm now a resident apprentice at Clean Coders Studio!

2 Aug 2021 ~ Let's Go Bowling!

Learning something new? Try bowling with it...

2 Aug 2021 ~ Getting Started with 'speclj'

Just a 'speclj' of tests here and there...

3 Aug 2021 ~ Functional Bowling Game Kata

(as opposed to...disfunctional bowling game kata?)

4 Aug 2021 ~ Threading Speclj Assertions

Just a crazy idea

5 Aug 2021 ~ Prime Number Iteration

An effective, but not overly complicated, solution.

6 Aug 2021 ~ List vs Vector

Round 1...FIGHT!

9 Aug 2021 ~ Destructuring in API Design

Applying destructuring to smooth out helper methods.

10 Aug 2021 ~ Extract Till You Drop

How to go about extracting functions isn't always obvious at first.

11 Aug 2021 ~ The Bowling Game Kata in Clojure

My variation on a theme by Robert C. Martin

12 Aug 2021 ~ SOLID: The Single Responsibility Principle (SRP)

Software entities should have only one reason to change.

12 Aug 2021 ~ SOLID: The Open/Closed Principle (OCP)

Software entities should be 'open for extension but closed for modification'.

12 Aug 2021 ~ SOLID: The Liskov Substitution Principle (LSP)

Subtypes must be substitutable for their base types.

12 Aug 2021 ~ SOLID: The Interface Segration Principle (ISP)

Clients should not be forced to depend on methods they do not use.

12 Aug 2021 ~ SOLID: The Dependency Inversion Principle (DIP)

High level policy should depend on abstractions rather than low-level implementations.

16 Aug 2021 ~ Working with Grids in Clojure

My head hurts.

17 Aug 2021 ~ The Prime Factors Kata in Clojure

With music by Bach*, Beethoven, and Brahams, all performed by Michael Whatcott

18 Aug 2021 ~ Manual Vertical Code Alignment in Clojure

...if you're into that sort of thing.

18 Aug 2021 ~ Manual Vertical Code Alignment

Just a little bit here and there can really spruce up the place.

19 Aug 2021 ~ KISS: Keep It Simple, Smarty!

Smart people keep things simple.

20 Aug 2021 ~ Mocking With Speclj

A phrase which here means "designing functional code to be more testable".

23 Aug 2021 ~ Clojure Maps as Functions

Just a little Monday morning 'ah-hah!'

24 Aug 2021 ~ Managing GUI Screens with Quil

It's all just data.

25 Aug 2021 ~ When the going gets 'gui'...

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

26 Aug 2021 ~ "Tic-Tac-Toe! 4-in-a-row!"

That's how it goes, right?

27 Aug 2021 ~ A Lapse in Discipline

Has this ever happened to you?

27 Aug 2021 ~ Clojure Map Keys as Functions

A twist on a previous post.

30 Aug 2021 ~ Filtering Set Intersections In Clojure

A convenient little trick!

30 Aug 2021 ~ When everything is a 'one-liner'

It's no wonder so many programmers are hesitant to adopt the functional paradigm!

31 Aug 2021 ~ Back in the groove

Ah, much better!

1 Sep 2021 ~ Mocking External Library Functions in Clojure + Speclj

I'm finally 'grok'-ing the approach!

2 Sep 2021 ~ Inverting 'If' Statements in Clojure

How about a little code golf?

3 Sep 2021 ~ The "Game of Life" Kata in Clojure

Along with a case for using random inputs in certain testing scenarios.

7 Sep 2021 ~ Threading Through Map Keys in Clojure

An alternative to the `get-in` function.

8 Sep 2021 ~ Mocking Without Dependency Inversion

Just a few thoughts and musings.

9 Sep 2021 ~ The Open-Closed Principle, for GUIs

Remember, systems should be open for extension and closed for modification.

10 Sep 2021 ~ "In the Wisdom of Him Who Knoweth All Things"

The Fall of Adam and Eve is a nuanced example of the infinite wisdom that permeates Heavenly Father's Plan of Redemption!

10 Sep 2021 ~ Simplifications

It's amazing how often we assume that things should be more complicated than needed.

13 Sep 2021 ~ "If the Savior Stood Beside Me"

(Spoiler Alert: He actually already does!)

14 Sep 2021 ~ Contrast

Java: equal parts comforting and clunky.

15 Sep 2021 ~ Another Layer

The fundamental theorem of software engineering in action

16 Sep 2021 ~ Nifty Bits of Java

Mostly discovered via Intellij's very helpful suggestions.

20 Sep 2021 ~ Double-brace Initialization in Java Considered Harmful

...to garbage collectors and kittens.

21 Sep 2021 ~ 'Threading' a Pedagogical Needle (part 1)

IMHO, threading macros should be introduced started with `as->`.

22 Sep 2021 ~ 'Print-line' Debugging with the 'Thread-as' Macro

Yet another plug for my new friend: `as->`

22 Sep 2021 ~ 'Threading' a Pedagogical Needle (part 2)

IMHO, let's introduce threading as a variation on the `let` form.

24 Sep 2021 ~ Getting Started with ClojureScript

Is this a really tricky thing, or was it just me?

29 Sep 2021 ~ Getting Started Test-driving ClojureScript

Q. So, when does it get easier? A. Right now!

30 Sep 2021 ~ Keywords with Hiccup

Isn't it nice when a hunch turns out to be a supported feature?

1 Oct 2021 ~ 'Partial' String Formatting in Clojure

The 'partial' function effectively creates constants from incomplete function calls!

4 Oct 2021 ~ Mapping over multiple collections in Clojure

The map function maps 'n' collections to functions that recieve 'n' arguments.

8 Oct 2021 ~ Sometimes Coding in Clojure Feels like Cheating

(maniacal laughing in background)

11 Oct 2021 ~ Apply vs. Reduce

When they are the same, and when they are different.

12 Oct 2021 ~ Generating Random Alphanumeric Codes in Clojure

Just a fun assortment of functional building blocks!

13 Oct 2021 ~ Your (Recursive) Loop Needs Reducing

Mind == Blown!

14 Oct 2021 ~ Solving Problems in Clojure

Just a few little functional adventures.

15 Oct 2021 ~ Clojure Reader Dispatch Overload

Also, how to return a collection literal from an anonymous function literal.

15 Oct 2021 ~ Counting Frequencies In Clojure

"There's a function for that"

15 Oct 2021 ~ Benchmarking Clojure Code, Part 1

My first Clojure macro!

18 Oct 2021 ~ Brute Force vs. Indexing

Shorter + Faster = Win-win

19 Oct 2021 ~ An Apostle's Prayerful Pattern

Elder David A. Bednar's consistent invitation to us throughout the years.

19 Oct 2021 ~ Map Merging in Clojure

How to combine various kinds of data into maps.

20 Oct 2021 ~ Vectors: last vs peek

Why it's important to understand the defining characteristics of data structures.

21 Oct 2021 ~ 'Partial' Predicates in Clojure

Honestly, I'm still on the fence with this one.

22 Oct 2021 ~ Benchmarking Clojure Code, Part 2

My first Clojure library!

25 Oct 2021 ~ Let's talk about Clojure's 'if-let' form

The if-let and when-let forms are mini violations of SRP!

26 Oct 2021 ~ Clojure's 'comp' and 'juxt' functions

Just a few illustrative examples.

3 Nov 2021 ~ I'm a Clean Coder!

The apprenticeship was a wonderfully intense period of growth and learning.

7 Nov 2021 ~ "Make Time for the Lord"

Thoughts on President Russell M. Nelson's latest general conference talk.

19 Nov 2021 ~ "Unto such it shall be given"

Disciples of Jesus Christ are given great promises.

21 Nov 2021 ~ The Simple Terms of Eternal Life

Familiar scriptures, restructured to expose a common theme

29 Nov 2021 ~ With His Stripes We Are Healed

Messianic passages are sometimes just as much about *us* as they are about Jesus!

18 Dec 2021 ~ "The Family"

A Proclamation to the World by the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, cross-referenced with the scriptures.

18 Dec 2021 ~ Scripture Scavenger Hunt

Just a little something constructive for youth on Sabbath afternoon...

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