Recursion is more than repeating a function again and again: it's a process of expansion and reduction. As often, practicing is the best way to grasp this difficult concept. That's why this article propose a short explanation as well as examples and exercises.
Type systems are core components of programming languages. However, it's easy to get confused by the rich vocabulary we use to describe them, especially since they seem to have different sense depending of the programming language you speak about. What are the big ideas of a type system? Is there a better type system to rule them all?
We speak about abstraction all the time, as software engineers, and yet its meaning can be pretty confusing. Could you explain clearly what means abstraction, if you needed to? This article will explain in depth what abstraction stands for, if we should abstract everything and, if not, what should be abstracted.
Global variables are common pitfalls many developers fall into. Indeed, difficult to scale and maintain an application crippled with globals. Why is that? Isn't it convenient to be able to access variables and their values everywhere? The global state problem is only part of a bigger one, namely leaking states and the lack of encapsulation.
Simplicity is one of the most important concept to understand and apply as a developer. This article will first define what simplicity and complexity mean. Then, I will explain why simplicity is really important, to finally go over the main practices you can apply to make your codebase simpler.