The latest articles on DEV Community by Lidia (@lidia). https://dev.to/lidia https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F507563%2Fe9354652-2523-4ce5-a20a-510e78e3c77f.png https://dev.to/lidia en Lidia Wed, 04 Nov 2020 01:21:58 +0000 https://dev.to/lidia/my-first-javascript-shitpost-30l4 https://dev.to/lidia/my-first-javascript-shitpost-30l4 <p>I am currently going through Colt Steele's Udemy <a href="https://www.udemy.com/course/modern-react-bootcamp/">Modern React Bootcamp</a> and there's an exercise that requires writing a method to remove an item at an index from an array.</p> <p>Here comes my first JavaScript WTF: turns out there's no straightforward method to do it! Huh?! No nice remove() or removeAt()?! No cool utils library?!</p> <p>I know I am late to this JS party and there are probably tons of questions and rants about it on the internet... </p> <p>StackOverflow <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5767325/how-can-i-remove-a-specific-item-from-an-array">doesn't dissappoint</a> (I love how many upvotes this question has).</p> <p>In a comment someone articulated pretty well what's on my mind:</p> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--EiXMqeOn--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/tnrq74dc5xo8oxs39zbs.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--EiXMqeOn--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/tnrq74dc5xo8oxs39zbs.png" alt="Alt Text"></a></p> <p>At least, it seems, I am not the only one that can imagine a better world...</p> <p>Anyway, I feel I am so rusty at basic algorithms that it's really a good opportunity for me to warm my brain up after months of not coding. Flex! 💪</p> javascript beginners react