Clean way to install NPM packages
One of my biggest frustrations in Node.js development is when your project works on your machine but breaks somewhere else. A common cause is package inconsistency between environments, even with a...
List Comprehensions in Javascript (sort of)
List comprehensions in Python allow you to create new lists by applying an expression to each item in an existing iterable, optionally filtering items based in a condition. I've always missed this...
Solving Dependency Vulnerabilities With Overrides
One of the biggest pain in working with Node.js is dealing with dependency vulnerabilities that you can't fix because they are in a transitive dependency (a dependency of your direct dependencies)....
CSS Colors
Since the first CSS specification, web developers were limited to a handful of ways to define colors in the sRGB color space. With the finalization of the CSS Color Module Level 4 and the ongoing...
Top-level Await in Modules
Top-level await in Javascript allows developers to use the await keyword at the top level of a module, outside of an async function. This simplifies code by enabling modules to act as if they are...
JSON modules are baseline newly available
The idea behind JSON modules, and import attributes, is to allow developers to import JSON files directly into Javascript modules, making it easier to work with structured data directly on the script...
Rest and Spread in Javascript
Javascript has two syntaxes that use the same representation: Rest and Spread. This post will explore the two syntaxes, their differences, and how to use them in Javascript and Typescript. The Core...
Grid template areas
CSS Grid Layout changed how developers build two-dimensional layouts, moving us beyond float and table layouts. Most of the time we see grid used for positioning elements in specific areas of the...
Fixing Typescript compilation errors
Unless you're familiar with Typescript, you might run into compilation errors that don't have immediately obvious fixes. In this post, I will share two common issues I've encountered while working...
Evaluating web component libraries
The modern web development landscape is characterized by a drive towards creating more modular, maintainable, and long-lasting applications. At the heart of this movement lies the Web Components...