Wednesday Wisdom | Burnout Symptoms for Developers, Writing a Good Pull Request Description, and Improving Novice JavaScript Coding Patterns

Today is September 2, 2020, and for this Wednesday Wisdom episode
we're covering:


Burnout Symptoms for Developers

Writing a Good Pull Request Description

Improving Novice JavaScript Coding Patterns



Let's dive in!


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Burnout is defined by the World Health Organization as "a
syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace
stress that has not been successfully managed." And this stress
is very common among developers who are frequently overworked and
stressed. A recent post on The Next Web goes into detail
regarding burnout for developers outlining what is burnout,
possible syndromes developers might experience, common causes,
and prevention. It is a very educational read that is perfect for
anyone, but especially developers.


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Pull requests are an integral and important part of open-source
and almost any other form of development. This is why writing a
good pull request description is critical for maintaining the
code base efficiently and effectively. A post last week on
freeCodeCamp outlined the components of a pull request
description and why they are necessary. While each developer and
even each repository might have its own format, it never hurts to
have a refresher on key components for a quality pull request
description.


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There are many different ways to reach the same outcome with
JavaScript. But some of these ways may give away that you are a
novice developer, or at least have the coding habits of one. A
post on Monday in the DEV Community highlights a couple of ways
that you can improve your code to show that you are not just
beginning your JavaScript career. Learn the strategies of "not
overusing if and else statements" and "not using functional
programming in a nonfunctional way."


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