jgornick

// 1: how could you rewrite the following to make it shorter?
if (foo) {
  bar.doSomething(el);
} else {
  bar.doSomethingElse(el);
}

Answer:
bar[foo ? 'doSomething' : 'doSomethingElse'](el);

KWMalik

##Google Interview Questions: Product Marketing Manager

• Why do you want to join Google? -- Because I want to create tools for others to learn, for free. I didn't have a lot of money when growing up so I didn't get access to the same books, computers and resources that others had which caused money, I want to help ensure that others can learn on the same playing field regardless of their families wealth status or location.
• What do you know about Google’s product and technology? -- A lot actually, I am a beta tester for numerous products, I use most of the Google tools such as: Search, Gmaill, Drive, Reader, Calendar, G+, YouTube, Web Master Tools, Keyword tools, Analytics etc.
• If you are Product Manager for Google’s Adwords, how do you plan to market this?
• What would you say during an AdWords or AdSense product seminar?
• Who are Google’s competitors, and how does Google compete with them? -- Google competes on numerous fields: --- Search: Baidu, Bing, Duck Duck Go

MattSurabian

Are your feelings hurt?

If you rushed through David Shariff's JS Quiz or are just new to JS they might be. I know mine were. After I dried my eyes, I took the quiz again, this time very slowly trying to get at the meat behind each answer. Below is my attempt to explain each question's answer and offer some interesting permutations so that others can move beyond their hurt feelings and come out the other side better JS developers.

I initially thought I'd turn this into a blog post but think it's probably better as a gist.

Question #1

Don't over think it.

var foo = function foo() {

samwize

// # Mocha Guide to Testing
// Objective is to explain describe(), it(), and before()/etc hooks

// 1. `describe()` is merely for grouping, which you can nest as deep
// 2. `it()` is a test case
// 3. `before()`, `beforeEach()`, `after()`, `afterEach()` are hooks to run
// before/after first/each it() or describe().
//
// Which means, `before()` is run before first it()/describe()