Markus Oberlehner

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How to Avoid Bugs from Unanticipated Behavior?

Recently I was responsible for introducing a major bug into the code base of the product I'm working on. There were no tests for the code, so my first instinct was that this could have been prevented with better test coverage...

Business Logic in Fat Client Applications

In typical server-side rendered web applications, the separation of the business logic from the view layer was usually straightforward. But the boundaries are becoming blurry as we create fat client applications where much of the business logic tend to live on the client-side...

Make it Simple

Last weekend I had the pleasure to dine at Das Maier. I don't need to mention that the menu, cooked by the four-star chef, (by the way the first woman to be awarded four stars) was excellent. But besides the culinary delights, it was fascinating what her husband, who served us, told us about the secret of her delicious food...

Fighting Procrastination

In the last couple of weeks, I'm not as motivated anymore to do all the things I have to, and I want to do. This led me to fall back into the habit of excessive procrastination...

Variable Naming: Arrays and Booleans

To become a capable programmer, it is crucial to have systems that free you of the mental burden of thinking about all the little things while programming so you can focus on the big picture...

$refs and the Vue 3 Composition API

If you’re used to working with Vue 2 $refs and switch to the Vue 3 Composition API, you might wonder how to use $refs inside the new setup() method. In this article, we find out how to use the new ref() function as a replacement for static and dynamic HTML element references...