PowerShell is awesome if you haven’t used it but it’s absolutely foreign if you’re used to Unix-like Bash-like shells. For instance, there’s no grep, and ls -al won’t work (but ls will and it’ll display all files with details!). If you switch from Linux to Windows, you might be tempted to either install Cygwin or […]
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A quick conceptual intro to using Javascript’s ES2016 feature: async/await as a replacement for callbacks and Promises.
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Bootstrap hasn’t gotten a major update in a few years. My frequently-search Bootstrap 3 article is a great testament. I was going to pull it or point people to the right place when I realized that 4 isn’t out yet! Well, we’ll cover a preview today. What we’re going to do is attempt to build […]
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It’s no secret that Redux took the front-end world by storm. Flux had people in doubts but it offered hope and when Redux reared its head, we realized that things can be simple and front-end state management can be simpler than “I hope it works!”. But for many, Redux is quite an enigma. From its […]
Read More9mA few weeks ago, I decided to dive into Redux and make the experience of learning Redux as simple as possible. As with all of my high-quality guides (yeah, I’m selling myself here), I try to go through the simplest application possible that not only demonstrates all of the core features, but also shows actual […]
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I tried out Go as part of my “2 weeks with Go” challenge and wanted to share my experiences as I … go. package management Go’s package managemenet is completely bizarre. At first, I thought it was awesome. You don’t have a package.json, you don’t have any crazy dependency trees, you simply list a package, […]
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A few weeks ago, I made a presentation and a youtube video introducing Angular (and JS developers in general) to ReactJS. It seems like React became a framework many want to try but somehow, it’s always out of reach. A part of the reason for that is that there’s not a “why” attached to the […]
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Decouple your Angular modules from your Angular app and learn the art of Dependency Injection, in a nutshell.
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Last Saturday, I gave yet another talk on getting started with AngularJS and with good success. I found myself wondering though, along the way, why is it that we keep needing these “getting started” talks with Angular? What makes it so complicated? Why do we need endless “basic” tutorials? I think the answer lies in […]
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Every programming paradigm has a peak point, the point of no return that I call the “A-ha!” moment. It’s the moment where you get “it” and “it” is no longer confusing. You may not understand all the facets of the paradigm but you know enough to exponentially move forward, using professional tutorials and literature as […]
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