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    Elegant Code

    elegantcode.com · Publication · on HN since 2008

    Elegant Code is a developer group blog covering JavaScript, Node.js, Clojure, .NET, agile practices, and software craftsmanship.

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    What HN says

    HN commenters cite its JavaScript tutorials, such as the ones on function hoisting and enforcing new on constructors, and list it among blogs they read.

    Stats for nerds
    28HN people shared it
    34linked in comments
    192story points
    Oct 2012last shared
    2011people per year2012

    Top posts on HN

    1. 1
      The History of Node.js
      1 person · 106 points · first shared 2012 · 13 comments on HN
    2. 2
      Clojure Kata #3 – Roman Numerals
      1 person · 14 points · first shared 2014 · 3 comments on HN
    3. 3
      Introducing Nancy, a lightweight web framework inspired by Sinatra
      2 people · 13 points · first shared 2010 · 9 comments on HN
    4. 4
      Why Software Development Will Never be Engineering
      1 person · 10 points · first shared 2011 · Discussion on HN
    5. 5
      Book Review: The Clean Coder
      1 person · 5 points · first shared 2011 · Discussion on HN
    6. 6
      The burden of features in software
      1 person · 3 points · first shared 2015 · Discussion on HN
    7. 7
      Why Agile Doesn’t Really Work
      1 person · 3 points · first shared 2008 · 1 comments on HN
    8. 8
      Taking Toddler Steps with Node.js – Passport
      1 person · 3 points · first shared 2012 · Discussion on HN
    9. 9
      One Thing DevOps Does to Scrum Teams -
      1 person · 3 points · first shared 2017 · Discussion on HN
    10. 10
      Defining Development Experience
      1 person · 2 points · first shared 2010 · 1 comments on HN

    What HN people wrote when they linked it

    • messelOct 2011

      Here are the ones in my reader, admittedly I haven't visited often enough over the past couple of months:

      http://www.igvita.com/

      http://ejohn.org/

      http://codingrelic.geekhold.com/ (Denny covers assembly and networking issues often in great detail)

      http://buhrmi.tumblr.com/

      http://elegantcode.com/

      http://72lions.com/

      http://kellabyte.com/ (mobile-ish dev)

      http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/

      http://ihumanable.com/blog

      http://4loc.wordpress.com/

      http://www.maxogden.com/

      http://till.klampaeckel.de/blog/

      http://www.quirkey.com/blog

      http://www.mikealrogers.com/

      http://cocoawithlove.com/

    • jaucoMar 2011

      Fix: ( from http://elegantcode.com/2010/12/21/basic-javascript-part-4-enforcing-new-on-constructor-functions/ )

      function Podcast() {
      if(false === (this instanceof Podcast)) {
      return new Podcast();
      }
      // other code
      }

    • pooriaazimiOct 2012

      Last week I learned about another crazy "feature": Function hoisting

      http://elegantcode.com/2011/03/24/basic-javascript-part-12-function-hoisting/

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