Joshua Siok

Recent Blog Comments By Joshua Siok

• So Mediocre They Can't Ignore Me

  Posted on Mar 1, 2019 at 11:31 AM

  Ben, You're truly one of the most humble, competent, and empathetic engineers I've ever worked with. You have a "get it done" and "keep it simple" mentality that's exactly what makes you so special. You strive to write code that is understandable , which makes it easy... read more »

• Exploring Dependency-Injection Tokens Using Pictures In Angular 2

  Posted on Feb 18, 2016 at 1:57 PM

  Awesome illustration Ben. :mind-blown:... read more »

• The Worst Code I Ever Wrote Was The Code I Wrote Six Months Ago

  Posted on Feb 4, 2016 at 8:40 AM

  I always admire your humbleness Ben. Being humble is often a trait I see in truly exceptional Engineers. "For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted." - Matthew 23:12... read more »

• How JSX Renders Different Data Types In ReactJS

  Posted on Jul 31, 2015 at 2:41 PM

  Really cool and helpful. Without understanding the underlying behavior, ` { bool && element }` isn't very intuitive. I could see it being quite confusing for someone looking at the code for their first time. Without your explanation, I would have expected a true/false output. Thanks @Be... read more »

• Binding A Single Directive To Multiple Priorities On The Same Element In AngularJS

  Posted on Nov 6, 2014 at 3:51 PM

  This is really cool Ben. Thanks for sharing!... read more »

• AngularJS Code Smell: Defining $scope Methods In Directives

  Posted on Jun 16, 2014 at 12:42 AM

  @Ben - I'm glad you took my ranting to heart. I just saw some code like this in a directive and thought of this post. $scope.$parent.newFunction = function(){...}; eeeek.... read more »

• AngularJS Code Smell: Defining $scope Methods In Directives

  Posted on Jun 13, 2014 at 3:25 PM

  @Ben - Amen brother!... read more »

• Years Later, I Still Love jQuery

  Posted on Mar 28, 2014 at 10:33 AM

  Happy Friday Ben. It's nice to see jQuery get some love and also get a peek at your poetic side. Cheers!... read more »

• The User Experience (UX) Of User Interface (UI) Transitions

  Posted on Oct 1, 2013 at 10:49 AM

  @Ben - Great post and very fitting to what I've been working on recently. Keep 'em coming! Thanks!... read more »

• Uploading Files To Amazon S3 Using Plupload And ColdFusion

  Posted on Aug 1, 2013 at 10:42 AM

  Ben, this is awesome! I'm looking forward to having this implemented in our application. It should make file uploads faster and take some load off the server. Everything feels logical and secure. Great job!... read more »

• Experimenting With The Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) API Using ColdFusion

  Posted on Jun 17, 2013 at 11:46 AM

  Very cool Ben. Thanks for posting.... read more »

• Using A Dynamic Column Name With ValueList() In ColdFusion

  Posted on May 20, 2013 at 10:45 AM

  @Ben - I believe you can achieve the same functionality with ColdFusion's built in ArrayToList() function. ArrayToList( users[ "id" ] );... read more »

• What If All User Interface (UI) Data Came In Reports?

  Posted on May 14, 2013 at 5:39 PM

  @Jonah - You should be writing blog posts about Object Oriented Programming. Thank you for your insight and contribution to this thread.... read more »

• HashKeyCopier - An AngularJS Utility Class For Merging Cached And Live Data

  Posted on May 8, 2013 at 1:37 PM

  @Kevin, Much thanks to you sir! This is awesome! "track by" will be a nice feature to have. @Ben - The animations will be nice too!... read more »

• HashKeyCopier - An AngularJS Utility Class For Merging Cached And Live Data

  Posted on May 7, 2013 at 10:43 AM

  @Ben - Much of Angular still remains a mystery to me, so posts like this are very helpful and gets me thinking. I wonder why Angular doesn't have this type of optimization built in for collection updating. Are there times when you wouldn't want to do this hash comparison? I'm also curious what ki... read more »

• HashKeyCopier - An AngularJS Utility Class For Merging Cached And Live Data

  Posted on May 7, 2013 at 10:17 AM

  Great post Ben. You did a good job explaining this and I really like the simplicity of implementing the hashKeyCopier module. It takes away the pain of having to compare hash keys and merging the data manually. i will be using this!... read more »

• What If All User Interface (UI) Data Came In Reports?

  Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 12:42 PM

  @Ben - Great post. I've definitely experienced your pain and I think you've brought up something good here. It's important to recognize that there are always different approaches to architecture. Every approach will have some sort of advantages and disadvantages. No implementation is perfect for... read more »

• Generating ePub Electronic Books With ColdFusion

  Posted on Jun 3, 2011 at 4:01 PM

  @Ben, There are 3rd party PDF readers for the iPad that allow annotations and highlighting if you are looking for it. I'm really looking forward to working with ePub 3.0 someday. ePub 3 is supposed to support HTML5 and embedded JavaScript. I'm not an expert in the matter, but it sure sounds coo... read more »

• Generating ePub Electronic Books With ColdFusion

  Posted on Jun 3, 2011 at 11:27 AM

  Excellent work Ben! This is a great project. I work for a small non-profit publishing company and this kind of stuff is exactly what I'm looking for. Now... Who's up for the challenge of converting PDFs to ePub using ColdFusion?... read more »