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Brandon Dusch

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New England-based web developer who loves to write about their coding journey adventures.

How JavaScript Closures and IIFEs Work

Feb 5, 20216 min read

For the first 100 days of 2021, as part of #100DaysOfCode, I am re-introducing myself to common JavaScript concepts and blogging about them! For this post, I am going to talk about closures and IIFEs and how important they can be in JavaScript progra...

Draw Your First Sketch With p5.js!

Jan 14, 202114 min read

For 2021, one of my goals is to take online courses that continue what I learned last year. Since JavaScript was one of the major subjects learned in last year's Flatiron School experience, I decided to learn a brand new library and take a new course...

3 Takeaways From Attending My First Online Meetup

Nov 9, 20205 min read

Remember In-Person Meetups?! Earlier this year, before the advent of COVID-19, I attended my first in-person coding meetup in Pittsburgh, PA. I remember there were only a little over a half dozen of us that showed up. The general purpose was for the ...

Leveraging GraphQL to Supply Data to Your Portfolio Site

Oct 12, 202013 min read

Introduction One of the reasons why Gatsby is so powerful is that it comes with GraphQL built-in. GraphQL is a querying language that allows developers to query for and manipulate their site's data (images, content, links, etc.). Its methodology f...

Understanding the 'object' Datatype to transform nested JSON keys

Sep 28, 20207 min read

Recently, I got to experience my first (mock) technical interview where I was asked to transform a valid JSON string's keys from kebab-case to camelCase . Part 1: A Single JSON string // example input const exampleJson = `{ "first-name": "Brando...

Reflections on My First Tech Interview

Sep 28, 20203 min read

Last week, I got to experience my first technical interview... ever! To be fair, there were some aspects of it that probably aren't typical of actual technical interviews. But nonetheless, I walked away feeling grateful. I wanted to write a little bl...

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