Last month, we introduced the topic of recursion. As you work with recursion more and more, you will inevitably encounter scenarios where your recursive function returns a promise. This situation is often a little tricky the first few times a developer encounters it, so we thought we’d do a deep – dive article for any […]
Author: Courtney Menikheim
Courtney started at GEO Jobe as an intern. Through dedication and hard work, they have worked their way through the company and now serve as our Chief Support Officer. When they aren't helping design and build software, Courtney enjoys playing board games, spending time with their dogs, and gardening.
A Beginner’s Guide to Recursion
Have you ever been writing code and found yourself breaking down data into smaller and smaller pieces, only to perform the same operation? If your code is starting to look like Russian Nesting Dolls, it might be time to explore recursion. Read on to find out what recursion is, how it can help you, and […]
Esri 2021 Dev Summit Highlights
Last week, one of the biggest annual events for GeoDevs took place – the Esri Developer Summit (or Dev Summit). This year, it was entirely virtual. That didn’t stop Esri from sharing lots of exciting information and interesting updates. Our team got some of the highlights together to share with you. Read on to learn […]
Checking Out the Esri JavaScript API v4.18
Last month, Esri gave us all a wonderful gift in the form of the ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.18 release. Now that we’ve had a bit of time to play around with it, we thought we would explore some major highlights and a few important notes from the update. ES Modules The 4.x JavaScript API […]
A Tale of Two JavaScripts
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”. While the opening for one of Dickens’ famous novels might not have been about programming, it does describe the process of understanding synchronous and asynchronous programming quite well. A lot of interns and new GeoDevs get thrown off by these concepts, so we […]
GEO Jobe at the 2020 Mississippi Geospatial Conference
The time has come again for the Mississippi Geospatial Conference. Every October, the Mississippi Association of Spatial Technologies organizes this conference so that geospatial professionals, students, and interested parties from across Mississippi and the surrounding areas can gather together to discuss their work, what’s new in the field, and what’s coming next. This year will […]
Agile App Development
Have you ever planned out and started a project, only to find out months down the line, a new technology is coming out that will make what you’re trying to do easier? Have you ever gotten a project through planning and implementation, only to find that users are interacting with it differently than you expected, […]
Save Time and Money With User Stories
Have you ever hired someone to build a solution for you, only to get something that didn’t quite meet your needs? Perhaps you have gotten through a notable portion of the development cycle in a project, only to realize the requirements weren’t clear enough at the start. Maybe you’ve struggled with determining how to define […]
Beginners Guide to ArcGIS Experience Builder
Esri first announced ArcGIS Experience Builder in July of last year, and it officially came out of beta in February of this year. While this tool is still pretty new, it’s powerful and will change how you approach making web applications. Read on to find out what Experience Builder is, and what you can create […]
GEO Jobe GeoDev: What It’s Like
Like many people working in a technical field, when the question “what do you do” comes up, I typically end up doing a fair bit of explaining. Sometimes the person I’m speaking with wants to know what GIS is or what type of development I do. Other times, they have questions about GEO Jobe’s products, […]