Or: How to generate dynamic html tags inside lit-html templates? eval is sometimes mixed up with evil. We also hear sometimes that there are cases in which it is needed. This is one such case… Notice: this article is for an old version of lit. I was notified in the comments by Justin that in […]
This is my talk from nx conf 2021 on how to customize webpack config in an Nx workspace. This video walks through a tutorial I’ve written about before on How to use custom webpack configuration in an Nx project.
Setup a fully working fullstack express, react and react-native environment in 8 minutes. We will do it with Nx, express, react and react native. Lately I’ve been part of the organizing team for the Vonage TLV hackathon. A member of the team thought it would be great to create short “how to” videos that will […]
Debugging is an important skill for every developer. Here’s how to quickly setup debugging for nodejs with free tools everyone has. Introduction There are many fancy tools for debugging your application. Data dog, rookout, aspecto and sentry to name a few. They are all commercial solutions though. They cost money, and have their learning curve […]
How to develop an algorithm using TDD? In this article we will implement the Diamond-Square algorithm using TDD. This article was inspired by Uncle Bob’s blog post TDD Lesson – Terrain Generation. Well, one of the things I did during the summer was to write an article about “How to Create Terrain and Heightmaps using […]
Here are 7 tricks with github actions that changed my life (or at least my CI/CD pipeline). These tricks helped me create a more maintainable workflows code as well as boosted performance of the whole CI/CD process. If you haven’t used github actions before, you can watch my talk on how to setup CI/CD with […]
Every blog article needs graphics. This post will help you get easily get free to use graphics for your blog posts, product or even the next family event invitation. Here’s a list of free graphics resources for you to use and how I used them. Why not to use Google Image Search If you fear […]
Can we learn something practical from a pure computer science interview question? In this article we will solve an interview question and optimize it – but we will also look at a practical way to handle data in real life. The problem of finding intersecting numbers between two arrays is simple. Assuming an input of […]
Finding a single unique number in a list containing pairs might sound pretty simple, right? Because a one-sentence description might be misleading, let’s start with an example of an input array: [1,3,17,3,1] Given such an array, the unique number is the one that appears only once (17). The rest of the numbers (1 and 3) […]
How to create a simple and efficient collision detection between paths in your HTML5 Canvas app or game? In this article we will create a maze, allow a player to navigate through the maze and detect when the player collides with the walls. The End Goal Let’s build a simple game. The game will look […]