If you’re a windows user like me, you might have heard of PowerToys Utilities from Microsoft. They are a set of utilities which come handy in many situations, but not many people know and use them. So I thought let’s write how and when I use them to help other people be more efficient too.
Oct 09, 2020
3 minSearching for items in an array has been the point of discussion for many years and debate on what is the best and optimum way for searching for objects has had many solutions, some effective and some not.
However, with the all new findIndex method on Array.prototype you have the flexibility to search for objects using your own comparison callback method.
Oct 05, 20201 minIt’s been a while since I last wrote about Intersection Observer V2, partly because I had a lot on my plate and I was feeling exhausted and partly because I was working on my first PluralSight course on web performance for PWAs.
But I am back, and this time we’re going to review how to take a selfie from your webcam using Image Capture API.
Sep 06, 20202 minAs I mentioned in one of my other posts, Intersection Observer will report when an element appears in the viewport, after applying all overflow and CSS clips. However, there is no way currently to find out whether an item is being put on top of this element, or some filter is applied to it which may alter or obscure the element’s display.
Jun 22, 20202 minI remember a while back (not sure how long), Chrome had the ability to save all tabs when you closed the browser regardless of whether it was by accident or not. But they removed that ability and now if you close the window you will lose the tabs.
Jun 17, 20202 minIf you’re one of those people with so many tabs open than you can manage, read on.
Jun 15, 20201 minYou 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, 20202 minI 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 minMicrosoft 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 minThere 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 min
