James Wright

James is a full-stack software developer who has a passion for web technologies. He is currently working with a variety of languages, and has engineered solutions for the likes of Sky, Channel 4, Trainline, and NET-A-PORTER.

James's articles

Building Microservices with Deno, Reno, and PostgreSQL

JavaScript

By James Wright, September 01, 2020

Here's everything you need to know about building microservices with Deno, Reno (a thin routing library for Deno), and PostgreSQL.

Compile-time Immutability in TypeScript

JavaScript

By James Wright, November 20, 2019

James Wright explores the possibilities for using constructs to achieve compile-time immutability in TypeScript with const assertions and recursive types.

Function Composition in JavaScript with Array.prototype.reduceRight

JavaScript

By James Wright, April 10, 2019

James Wright explains dynamic function composition in JavaScript using other functions.

ES6 (ES2015) and Beyond: Understanding JavaScript Versioning

JavaScript

By James Wright, May 30, 2018

James explains the process of JavaScript versioning, covering the history of JavaScript and explaining the process by which yearly releases are organized.

Learning JavaScript Test-Driven Development by Example

JavaScript

By James Wright, April 10, 2017

James Wright introduces test-driven development and walks through creating and refactoring a simple form validation library, step-by-step, as an example.

Web Audio API: Add Bandwidth-Friendly Sound to Your Web Page

JavaScript

By James Wright, November 07, 2016

James Wright introduces you to the Web Audio API and demonstrates how to add notification sounds to a user interface in an bandwidth-friendly manner.