Quick Note: fetching and displaying images
In the old days, you could get away with fetching an image, assigning the file to the src attribute of your image and then proudly display your Javascript chops to the rest of the world. The times are...
EPRDCTN in the command line: WSL Interoperability
One important thing that Windows users should know. There is a reason why we went through all the work of installing PowerShell and WSL: Interoperability. WSL and Powershell were designed to work...
EPRDCTN in the command line: Basic shell commands, pipes, globes and others
Since we're working on the command line we also need to learn about what makes the Unix/Linux command line work. Globes # There are times when we need to match commands against one or more files. It...
EPRDCTN in the command line: Node and Java
Node # Node.js (or just Node) is a cross-platform Javascript interpreter built on the V8, the same Javascript interpreter that powers Google Chrome. Initially, Node was created to run Javascript on...
EPRDCTN in the command line: Package Managers
Most Operating systems have ways to automate software installation, upgrade, management and configuration of the software on your computer with package managers. Package managers are designed to...
EPRDCTN in the command line: Introduction
This series of posts intends to walk you through some basic concepts, activities and shell commands to take the fear and pain away from working with a text-based interface that links directly to the...
Templating the web
There are times when writing the same thing over and over again gets to be really tedious. Think of populating large bulleted lists, select statements and other repetitive elements. We've been able...
Theme switcher With CSS Variables
Using CSS Variables to create themes we should be able to create more than one and then switch between them. I've experimented with using multiple roots with different classes and then use javascript...
Theming with CSS Variables
One of the best things about CSS variables is that they allow you to create themes for your content. Reviewing CSS Variables # CSS variables or, more precisely, CSS Custom properties allow you to...
Creating HLS content
MPEG-DASH is one way to create adaptive bitstream playback, but it's not the only one. In this post, we'll explore Apple's HLS (HTML Live Streaming) a direct competitor for MPEG-DASH and see how to...