Blog Posts

Hey Future Interns!

An Overview of the ACM Hack Internship Program as Told by Our 2023 Interns

By Nathan Zhang and James Wu | September 1, 2023 | 8 min read

2020-2021 year: a reflection

a look back on the past year in quarantine

By Jody Lin | July 30, 2021 | 7 min read

TypeScript - What is it and why should I care?

An exploration of what TypeScript is and how to use it to catch type safety errors in development.

By Omer Demirkan | May 25, 2021 | 13 min read

Advanced React Hooks

A survey of advanced React hooks, including useRef, useReducer, useContext and custom hooks.

By Tristan Que | May 18, 2021 | 16 min read

WebAssembly is a highly touted new technology that allows running non-JavaScript code in browsers and Node.js at near-native speeds. This week, we take a deeper look at it, and figure out its pros and cons.

By ACM Hack | May 4, 2021 | 16 min read

Introduction to WebRTC

The first taste of WebRTC by building a video/audio application.

By ACM Hack | April 26, 2021 | 22 min read

Node.js Profiling

The first step of optimization is to get a hold of performance. Using the Chrome DevTools, we profile a Node.js application.

By ACM Hack | April 11, 2021 | 5 min read

JavaScript Chats Fall 2019

By ACM Hack | November 21, 2019 | 2 min read

Introduction to Testing with JavaScript

By ACM Hack | November 20, 2019 | 15 min read

Multi-threading in JavaScript: Worker Threads

By ACM Hack | November 12, 2019 | 8 min read

Optimizing Frontend and React Apps

By ACM Hack | November 5, 2019 | 10 min read

A Gentle Introduction to React Hooks

By ACM Hack | October 22, 2019 | 20 min read

Asynchronous JavaScript

What does it mean for JavaScript to be asynchronous and event-driven? How do promises and callbacks work? Let’s find out in the second installment of JavaScript Chats with ACM Hack.

By ACM Hack | October 15, 2019 | 12 min read