Quick tips are notes or ideas I want to keep track of. The posts are generally short.
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Yes, it's possible to use the new Microsoft Edge browser to emulate older IE! For me, this is useful for development and troubleshooting. I'm writing these based on my experience in using the feature in Windows 11 for "Microsoft Edge Version 96.0.1054.41 (Official build) (64-bit)." That out
React
A solution for WebStorm & ESLint error that states Failed to load config "plugin:@typescript-eslint" to extend from.
DevOps
I've been using AWS to host my personal websites (although this website hasn't been relocated there). I automate everything. Anything not automated is just a POC in my perspective. I have some static websites - that is websites that do not do any server side processing - all processing is
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For an upcoming article, I'm investigating the source code to Ghost - the platform this blog (and many others) run on. I found this code in main/core/server/web/shared/index.js among other places in the code-base. module.exports = { get middlewares() { return require('./middlewares'); } }; I've got to
quick-tip
Somewhat thoughtfully pressing keys on a keyboard to get the computer to do approximately what you want.
quick-tip
I'm working on an article regarding Ghost, I came across the following which didn't work: # First clone Ghost with submodules and make it your working dir git clone --recurse-submodules [email protected]:TryGhost/Ghost && cd Ghost This assumes that you have a git public key on file. Alternatively, you should
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Consider this line of code: //Source: https://reactjs.org/docs/hooks-state.html const [count, setCount] = useState(0); How the heck does this work? I threw together a quick test which is shown below. Turns out, the parameter - 0 - is the initial state. The second parameter coming out of
Tools of Open Source
One aspect of open source that I think could use more attention by OS consumers is licensing. I came upon this and wanted to put it here for future reference. https://opensource.guide/legal/
Tools of Open Source
Git is a powerful tool. Git can be more effective if you will use its best practices, and with a few advanced git tips and tricks, you can save your valuable time. The productivity boost technique is known as the AFTER technique.
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I often need to add where clauses to SQL statements. Most folks probably do. It allows me to view recent log entries or recently created records. Rather than hard coding dates, I've been using "Date Math" to make these queries usable over a period of time. It also is faster
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These are the questions that you must answer during a daily scrum stand-up: 1. What did you do yesterday? 2. What will you do today? 3. Are there any impediments in your way? Just posting this as a quick reference for myself and others.
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In JavaScript, what's the difference between var, const and let? In previous generations of JavaScript, only var was available. The latter two were added as part of ES2015. Scope Both let and const are blocked scoped variables whereas var was not blocked scoped. All var declared variables are "hoisted" effectively
NuGet
Clear the NuGet cache with the following command. Note: You'll need the NuGet.exe. Command: nuget locals all -clear
Reference
I think this illustrates the concept of Big-O complexity pretty good. O(1): random access to an element in a collection, dependent on indexing O(n): list iterations O(n^2): nested loops on the same collection O(log n): divide and conquer O(n log n): iterations that use
Infrastructure
This site runs, in part, on a reverse proxy (along with the Ghost publishing platform). What is that? Why is it used? I don't know when it came about but this concept has kept coming into my purview and I imagine it's coming into yours as well. In this article,
Reference
Quick summary and examples of git config settings I set on a new installation of Git.