Recent Blog Posts
Jest a minute — how to mock a class
Using 'pdfkit' as an example we will look at how to mock a class and make assertions on it's methods.
Jest a minute - a better way to structure your unit tests
Gherkin isn't just something you pick off your Big Mac
Dumping, Relationships and more
Not that kind of dump…
Getting started with PostgreSQL
How to set up PostgreSQL using docker and first steps to interacting with the database using psql and queries from sql files.
Generic Type Parameter
Occasionally you may find yourself writing a function that could take a number of different types. Generics are what you need…
Richard Bell
Self taught software developer with 11 years experience excelling at JavaScript/Typescript, React, Node and AWS.
I love learning and teaching and have mentored several junior developers over my career. I find teaching is one of the best ways to solidify your own learning, so in the past few years I've been maintaining a technical blog where I write about some things that I've been learning.
I'm passionate about building a teams culture and processes to make it efficient and satisfying to work in. In many roles I have improved the quality and reliability of the code base by introducing or improving the continuous integration pipeline to include quality gates.