Bruno G. Dias
I read and write software professionally and for fun. Always learning on Software Development and Machine Learning.
Latest Posts
Should we talk less about REST?
December 14, 2022
“In the book “Release It!”, Michael T. Nygard says “REST with JSON over HTTP is the lingua franca for services today”. HTTP and JSON are very popular indeed. But is REST that popular? For sure, REST & RESTful APIs are widely mentioned concepts. Big players have this concept on their product docs somewhere, and the most used programming languages have plenty of tutorials teaching about RESTful APIs.
How to use JavaScript?
October 13, 2022
“Use only the good parts” is Douglas Crockford's answer to this question. Douglas Crockford is a Javascript reference: a software architect who worked many years at Yahoo and Paypal. He wrote two books about the language: “Javascript: The good parts” and “How Javascript works”. He is most known for defining JSON data format - arguably the most popular data format on the Web.
Virtual DOM: The React way
August 18, 2022
React is one of the most popular frameworks to build UI interfaces. One of the core concepts of React is Virtual DOM (VDOM). The VDOM is the gatekeeper between your React code and the UI rendered by the browser.
How Javascript is made?
July 29, 2022
Javascript is the language in which a great part of the web is written. But who writes Javascript itself?
What is Atomic Design for and why does it matter?
July 8, 2022
The 2013 blog post from Brad Frost is a great introduction to Atomic Design. There he provides the raw definition: Atomic Design is a methodology to build design systems. The text misses addressing the big picture. And you may end up with more questions than answers after the reading.
What are Design Patterns?
February 15, 2022
This short text aims to give a brief overview of Design Patterns. The theme is a common topic in Software Development discussions and is a part of the everyday life of any developer trying to build well-designed software. But what are Design Patterns?