Rob OLeary

Hacker, traveller, photographer, tinkerer

Joined on Apr 5, 2020

Rob OLeary

Nov 18

Testing a Svelte app with Jest

#webdev #javascript #svelte #testing

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VS Code: You don't need that extension

Thanks for sharing Camilo. I actually wrote a follow-up artic...

Dec 4

Building a Robot Friend from a McDonald's Toy

Nice to see an original vanilla JS project! The default syn...

Dec 4

Testing a Svelte app with Jest

Glad it was helpful. I haven't used svelte-i18n, so no sugges...

Dec 1

JavaScript Filter

Did you ask for permission to use the image as a cover photo?...

Nov 20

Testing a Svelte app with Jest

Nov 18

Testing a Svelte app with Jest

Nov 18

VS Code: You don't need that extension part 2

Thanks. The theme in the screenshots is Panda Syntax

Nov 13

VS Code: You don't need that extension part 2

Thank you 🙂🙏

Nov 8

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Nov 8

VS Code: You don't need that extension part 2

#vscode #tooling #productivity

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Rob OLeary

Oct 11

VS Code - Quickly increment and decrement numeric values with keyboard shortcuts

#vscode #productivity #webdev #css

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3 min read

Rob OLeary

Sep 2

Automatically change your wallpaper on Linux

#linux #bash

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3 min read

Rob OLeary

Aug 30

Setting up your own online store? Here's a breakdown of the transaction fees charged by payment services

#webdev #ecommerce

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8 min read

Rob OLeary

Aug 24

VS Code - Snippets are not bash aliases. How to write great snippets that anyone can use

#vscode #tooling #productivity

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7 min read

Rob OLeary

Aug 16

VS Code - Get type checking in JavaScript easily

#webdev #javascript #tooling

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2 min read

Rob OLeary

Aug 10

VS Code - How many extensions should I use?

#vscode #performance

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5 min read

Rob OLeary

Jul 30

Images are hard. Is there a simpler way?

#webdev

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13 min read

Rob OLeary

Jul 14

Make your own (interactive) graphic novel

#webdev #javascript #css #design

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5 min read

Rob OLeary

Jul 12

How to add a favicon to your website

#webdev #design

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7 min read

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Jun 20

My article was #1 on Hackernews yesterday and it was an unpleasant experience

#writing

2 min read

Rob OLeary

Jun 16

Write a VS Code extension in JavaScript, not TypeScript ^

#vscode #javascript #node #beginners

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6 min read

Rob OLeary

Jun 9

Give your linux terminal a makeover

#showdev #linux #bash #zsh

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6 min read

Rob OLeary

May 1

An unwanted update to your Google Account

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3 min read

Rob OLeary

Apr 28

Easy file management in VS Code

#showdev #vscode #tools #webdev

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3 min read

Rob OLeary

Mar 22

A quick reference for shadows in CSS

#webdev #css

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1 min read

Rob OLeary

Mar 3

Making a living from open source

#opensource #webdev

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7 min read

Rob OLeary

Jan 9

Get Git and Github/GitLab in sync on default branch naming (master | main)

#webdev #productivity #git #github

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3 min read

Rob OLeary

Dec 28 '20

Add Intellisense for third-party JavaScript libraries in VS Code (it is not always automatic)

#vscode #webdev #beginners #tutorial

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2 min read

Rob OLeary

Dec 24 '20

How to create slick TV show title sequences

#webdev #tutorial #javascript #css

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6 min read

Rob OLeary

Nov 18 '20

How to make an awesome horizontal parallax animation

#webdev #css #design #tutorial

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7 min read

Rob OLeary

Nov 6 '20

Is there a "missing" feature or extension that you would like to see in VS Code?

#watercooler #vscode #webdev

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1 min read

Rob OLeary

Oct 19 '20

How to run a command automatically in VS Code when you open a project

#webdev #vscode #productivity

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4 min read

Rob OLeary

Sep 22 '20

VS Code's secret snippets

#webdev #vscode #productivity

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2 min read

Rob OLeary

Sep 17 '20

Customise VS Code for a project, or per language

#webdev #vscode #productivity #tutorial

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3 min read

Rob OLeary

Sep 15 '20

How to set VS Code as your Git editor, difftool, and mergetool

#webdev #git #vscode #productivity

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5 min read

Rob OLeary

Aug 10 '20

The easy way to find the perfect font and theme combination

#webdev #productivity #vscode #tips

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3 min read

Rob OLeary

Aug 5 '20

Animate text along a path (it's easy)

#webdev #javascript #beginners #tutorial

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1 min read

Rob OLeary

Aug 5 '20

VS Code: You don't need that extension

#webdev #vscode #productivity #tips

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7 min read

Rob OLeary

Jun 24 '20

From 'A' to 'Web App': Test an API in Java 🕸☕

#webdev #java #tutorial #testing

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16 min read

Rob OLeary

Jun 19 '20

For front-end development, how do your organise your code (outside of a framework), and what tools do you use to manage it?

#discuss #webdev #javascript #typescript

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3 min read

Rob OLeary

Jun 16 '20

Happier writing with markdown: linting, spellchecking, auto-preview, and more ✍🙂

#writing #productivity #coding

5 min read

Rob OLeary

Jun 10 '20

What languages and tools do you use that spark joy?

#discuss #career #productivity

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1 min read

Rob OLeary

Jun 3 '20

From 'A' to 'Web App': Build an API in Java

#java #webdev #beginners #tutorial

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22 min read

Rob OLeary

May 26 '20

Create eye-catching rich snippets for your blog posts

#html #webdev #beginners #tutorial

7 min read

Rob OLeary

May 1 '20

Shall I enumerate the ways you drink me? Java enumerations 🤤☕

#java #programming #beginners #tutorial

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3 min read

Rob OLeary

Apr 24 '20

Calculate the 'reading time' for your blog ⏱🦉

#css #javascript #tutorial #beginners

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Rob OLeary

Apr 21 '20

Make a reading progress bar for your blog 📊

#webdev #javascript #css #tutorial

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5 min read

Rob OLeary

Apr 17 '20

HTML Nuggets: Little bits that you may have forgotten, never learned, never realised, or ignored! 🔸🤓

#html #webdev #beginners

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10 min read

Rob OLeary

Apr 13 '20

Make it stick! Sticky headers in CSS 🦎🔝

#css #webdev #beginners #tutorial

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2 min read

Rob OLeary

Apr 12 '20

How do you make learning new stuff fun, and stay motivated? 💪🥳

#programming #javascript #webdev #beginners

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3 min read

Rob OLeary

Apr 8 '20

When did you start to learn productivity-boosting techniques and development tools? 🧰⏩

#discuss #webdev #productivity #healthydebate

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