The Weeks: 28th October and 4th November
The week in projects, posts and pins, with bonus toolbox, time machine and things I learned.
Tag: javascript
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Tech Note: Checking the integrity of npm modules
Quick tech note on how to find and check the integrity hash value of an npm package.
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Going Vanilla – initial thoughts on building a theme with no build tools
I'm attempting to build a WordPress theme with no build tool using only "vanilla" CSS and JS. Here's some initial thoughts I've had after getting started.
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Where do I fit?
I'm a bit stuck with my plans for 2019. The big question really, is: where do I fit in the world of web development?
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Skirting the iOS/Safari audio auto-play policy for UI sound effects
In some cases involving asynchronous operations, Safari's auto-playing media policies seem to prevent playing sounds, when playing them should be OK and when other browsers are fine with playing them. Here's a dive into it with example code and a workaround!
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More struggling with JS: how the PHP -> JS interface is broken and why this is painful
Yesterday I was struggling with getting Vue components to do non-AJAXy things and wondering why on earth this was so difficult.
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Re-learning to learn to code (and discovering JavaScript’s foibles!)
I don’t know JS So I’ve kinda got stuck in to learning JavaScript. I’ve previously said that I think JavaScript is like the assembler of the web: coding in vanilla JS isn’t really something you should do because it’s too easy to get things wrong, so you should have a layer of abstraction on top. […]
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2016: Year of transition ⚠️ – 2017: Accepting the inevitable ?
2016 was a year of transition. 2017? Well, it's started out with acceptance of things that must be.
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The Treachery of Code
I think we should teach people to write code that's meaningful and understandable. It's my opinion that neither JavaScript nor CodeAcademy's new app are good tools for doing that.
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What do I do now?
Bizarrely this is not a post about my job hunting/exploration of work options. It’s a post about user experience with software. I did a module at University about human computer interaction and it was fascinating. I love exploring psychology and how people interact with each other, themselves and what’s around them. So I’ve been enjoying […]