Did you know about scroll to text? 📜
You probably have used fragments in links to point a link to a part of your page such as a heading. This technique is used in table of content for example and it’s a common pattern.
Jun 14, 2020
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Jun 14, 20202 min
Links and JavaScript 🔗
I see some occasions where web developers who are a bit less familiar with accessibility use links incorrectly in different forms. So I thought let’s write a quick guide on Links in JavaScript apps.
Jun 03, 20204 min
Microsoft Build 2020 highlights 🔣
Microsoft Build went on fully online and it came with some really exciting announcements. For us developers some of these can bring massive efficiencies. So let’s see what’s on offer.
May 23, 20204 minSwapping variables in JavaScript 🔁
There may be many different reasons why you’d want to swap two variables be it just changing two item’s location in an array or when sorting collections. The traditional way is just define a new variable, assign one value to it, put one of the items in the old place, then put the temp variable back in the new place. But my question is, is that the only way?
May 15, 20202 minAll you need to know about string in JavaScript 🧵
String is one of the primitive types in JavaScript and we use it in every project we work on no matter what. But how familiar are you with the methods available in JavaScript to work with a string variable? Let’s have a quick look at those in this article.
May 11, 20208 minLet's sort with JavaScript 🔢
There are many different sorting algorithms out there such as quick sort, merge sort, insertion sort, bubble sort, etc., that could be useful in our day to day life, writing code which gets shipped to production. Knowing all of them is not necessary, but if you have a basic understanding of each one, you can decide on the most efficient one for your scenario.
May 03, 20207 minHave you ever thought about for loops? ➰
Using a loop is almost a must in our day to day life. But have you ever thought what kind of loop should you use? Do you know the difference between enumerables and iterables? This article sheds some light in this space, so read on if you’re interested.
Apr 24, 20203 minStay on top of performance with Lighthouse CI 🚦
You’ve spent many hours trying to improve your web performance and have got it to a good speed. What happens next? How do you ensure it remains in good shape especially if you’re working in a team with diverse backgrounds and level of coding.
Apr 13, 20206 minHow I recovered a day's worth of work with git 🏥
I was working on a project a week ago and had a local branch (with a few commits) I was going to push to upstream to create a PR (pull request). However, after pulling down master and rebasing, I realised all of my code except my first commit is gone after rebase 😱.
Apr 05, 20206 minStop using `console.log`, start using your DevTools 🛠️
There are many situations where we want to see what’s wrong with out code without the trouble of changing source code and push the changes again, regardless of whether we’re using local environment or production. Most folks start by writing console.log statements throughout their code base and go step by step to find the place where the bug is happening. That’s OK for beginners and where you have access to source code, but what if you don’t want to waste so much time or you don’t even have access to source code?
Mar 19, 20207 min