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    The this keyword in JavaScript - Must Know JavaScript features every programmer should learn to master the language

    The previous days I had a great conversation about the fundamentals of JavaScript, scope, closure, etc.. The this keyword was also a discussion point. I wasn’t 100% sure of the rules that apply to this and I wanted to refresh my memory about the possible ways to use the keyword and for each case identify the owner of this when a function is invoked.

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    Hints and tips for better programming with the React Native framework

    Based on my current experience with the React Native framework, I would like to share with you some hints and tips that will improve your skills in the way you develop with the framework.

    Isolate the business logic of your application from the UI/ components code

    This is probably the most valuable information someone should have in her mind when developing with React Native. React Native tries to be as platform independent as possible, however, there will be cases, that you will have to write different JavaScript code for iOS and different code for Android.

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    A small guide on how to run your React Native app on iOS using the XCode Simulator

    You decided to create a new application for iOS and you want to program the app with the React Native framework.

    Here is a list with all the steps you have to take if you want to start XCode Simulator and test the UI of your application on your developer machine:

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    Variable Scope - Must Know JavaScript features every programmer should learn to master the language

    JavaScript is a small language, however, as any other technology one should invest some time in learning the fundamentals of it, so that she has a solid knowledge when writing code or architecting web applications.

    With the Must Know JavaScript features articles I try to give you a starting point for your further familiarization with the most important features of the language. You are going to use these features extensively as a JavaScript engineer, directly or indirectly.

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    The System.BadImageFormatException error when unit-testing in Visual Studio and its solution

    The BadImageFormatException was unhandled – An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B) exception is being thrown when you try to load a .dll of your application which was compiled with 32 bits (X86) or 64 bits (X64) and the process that runs this file runs in a different bit-environment than the file.

    If you see this exception when you run your C# unit tests in Visual Studio, then the reason for this error is that the test environment of Visual Studio has a different bit setting than the compiled code which is under test. To fix that you have to do the following change in your Visual Studio test settings:

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