Mike Babb
Software Developer
Husband, father, and software developer specialising in the front end web stack. Works mostly in JavaScript, currently centered around React and Redux. Open Web advocate and supporter of Free, Open Source Software projects. Quite excited about Progressive Web Apps and GraphQL. When not building web apps, likely to be running, reading, cooking, or playing games. Lives in Bristol, UK. Works on a cybersecurity learning platform at Immersive Labs, and previously led the dev team at Green Chameleon.
Latest Note
JavaScript developers know the pain of guarding against undefined nodes in nested objects well, with repetitive checks like:
const street = user.address && user.address.street;The Optional Chaining ECMAScript proposal offers an elegant solution in the form of a new operator, like so:
const street = user.address?.street // won't break if address is undefinedFrom the Blog
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