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Sep 7 '19

TDD course with AdonisJs - 1. Let's build a reddit clone

#tdd #testing #node #javascript

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Oct 30

How to test time-dependent code - time travelling in JavaScript

#javascript #testing

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17 Pro JavaScript tricks you didn't know

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Nov 29

Good Bye Web APIs

Nice, I've done something similar in a more simplistic (and l...

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What SQLite CAN actually do

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Nov 23

Time to stop using REST...

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Oct 23

Launching HYPERCOLOR.dev

Looking reallly clean, good job! I will bookmark it.

Oct 10

What's your favorite coding related movie?

Does Office Space count? :)

Sep 25

Is git commit --amend truly important?

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Sep 20

Utility-first CSS - You have to try it first!

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Oct 12

Git aliases for increased productivity

#git #productivity

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Sep 15

Isomorphic handling of promises in libraries like react.js, vue.js, angular, svelte etc.

#javascript #vue #react

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Sep 13

Build Adonis/Vue apps without an API

#experimenting #adonisjs #vue

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Aug 16

CI/CD Workflows for open source NPM packages

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Aug 14

Publish to NPM automatically with GitHub Actions

#github #git #devops #opensource

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Aug 13

GitHub Actions: Setting up Test Coverage for a JS/TS/Node project

#github #git #devops #opensource

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Aug 12

GitHub Actions: Setting up CI for a JS/TS/Node project

#github #git #devops #opensource

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Aug 3

Clean URL slugs: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

#webdev #a11y

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Jul 19

Your flexbox is actually not centered

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Jul 15

1 year with React Hooks - Biggest lesson learned

#react #javascript #webdev

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Jul 5

Vue 3 just got me from interested to excited

#vue #javascript

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May 30

Good bye API layer. Uniting frontend and backend

#showdev #webdev #javascript #experimenting

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May 17

Tailwind CSS for skeptics - Interactive Tailwind CSS tutorial

#css #tailwind #javascript

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May 13

Detecting the end of a fluent API chain in JavaScript

#javascript #node

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May 8

6 brilliant webdev related finds for April/May - blog posts/videos/JS stuff/SVG resources

#webdev #javascript #css

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Apr 27

Learning by vueing - Learn Vue interactively

#showdev #vue #tutorial #react

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Apr 6

Amazing feature landed in Node.js - Breaking free from the request and avoid argument drilling with AsyncHooks

#node #javascript

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Mar 23

You may not need vuex. Here are some alternatives

#vue #javascript

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Mar 8

Add Tailwind CSS to a vuetify project

#css #vue #tailwindcss

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Mar 5

Document your thoughts

#productivity

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Feb 10

Adonis.js - Advanced factories

#node #adonisjs

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Jan 27

Getting things done when you "don't have the time"

#productivity

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Michael Z

Dec 27 '19

How TypeScript over babel greatly simplifies creating libraries

#typescript #babel #javascript #node

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Michael Z

Dec 17 '19

Vue.js - Cleaning up components

#refactorit #vue #javascript #codequality

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Dec 12 '19

TDD course with AdonisJs - 9. Cleaning up after ourselves

#tdd #testing #node #javascript

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Dec 1 '19

"git nah" and more handy Git aliases

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Nov 7 '19

TDD course with AdonisJs - 8. Third party APIs, ioc and custom validators

#tdd #testing #node #javascript

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Oct 6 '19

TDD course with AdonisJs - 7. Moderators

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Oct 3 '19

Tips on naming boolean variables - Cleaner Code

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Sep 28 '19

TDD course with AdonisJs - 6. Validation

#tdd #testing #node #javascript

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Sep 21 '19

TDD course with AdonisJs - 5. Middlewares

#tdd #testing #node #javascript

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Sep 14 '19

TDD course with AdonisJs - 4. Using the auth middleware

#tdd #testing #node #javascript

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Sep 9 '19

TDD course with AdonisJs - 3. Model factories & DB transactions

#tdd #testing #node #javascript

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Sep 7 '19

TDD course with AdonisJs - 2. Our first test

#tdd #testing #node #javascript

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Aug 18 '19

Testing made easy with AdonisJs

#node #testing #tdd

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Michael Z

Aug 14 '19

What are your top three vscode configurations?

#discuss #vscode

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Michael Z

Aug 14 '19

Simple libraries do not guarantee simplicity - Rethinking popular NodeJs libraries

#node #javascript #beginners #architecture

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Jul 14 '19

A case against modern CSS frameworks (component libraries)

#discuss #css #vue #react

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Jun 30 '19

Turn any non fluent API into a fluent one - tap tap tap

#javascript #node #refactorit

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Jun 18 '19

Utility-first CSS - You have to try it first!

#css #tailwindcss

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Jun 10 '19

React Hooks for Vue developers

#vue #react #hooks #javascript

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Michael Z

Jun 9 '19

4 MySQL traps

#sql #mysql #database #rdbs

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Jun 1 '19

Automatic Dependency Injection in JavaScript

#javascript #ioc #node

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May 9 '19

IIFEs in JavaScript and how to avoid this common mistake

#javascript #node

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May 5 '19

Demystifying Dependency Injection, Inversion of Control, Service Containers and Service Providers

#node #javascript #ioc #di

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Apr 30 '19

HTML's hidden realtime CSS editor

#html #css #justforfun #nojs

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Apr 28 '19

Undo changes in Git - Cheat sheet for git checkout, stash, reset, clean, revert, rebase -i, amend

#git #github #bash #cheatsheet

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Apr 25 '19

Refactoring search queries in Adonis.js

#adonis #node #refactoring #javascript

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Apr 6 '19

The trouble with implementing SSR into a Laravel/Vue app

#laravel #ssr #vue #nuxt

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Apr 1 '19

Extending arrays using proxies in JavaScript

#javascript #node #proxies #arrays

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Mar 31 '19

Subclassing arrays in JavaScript

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Mar 27 '19

Explaining shallow / deep copying through acronyms

#explainlikeimfive #javascript #object #ajax

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Mar 21 '19

let { [key]: id = 0, ...rest } = obj - Destructuring to the limit

#javascript #ecmascript #destructuring #objects

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Mar 20 '19

Array methods and iterables - Stepping up your JavaScript game

#javascript #node #arrays #ecmascript

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Mar 9 '19

Vue vs Traditional HTML - Reusability & Components - Beginner's Guide

#vue #html #javascript #webdev

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Feb 17 '19

What babel-polyfill doesn't include

#babel #polyfill #shim #ecmascript

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Jan 28 '19

Vue vs Traditional CSS - Beginner's Guide

#vue #javascript #css #vanilla

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Jan 1 '19

Avoiding fat controllers in AdonisJs

#adonis #refactoring #node #controllers

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Dec 25 '18

Vue vs Vanilla JavaScript - Beginner's Guide

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