Ignoring the .env file in Git

August 31, 2024

If you made a change in your .env file, and you see that Git is not ignoring the file despite having it included in your .gitignore file, there is a significant chance that the file was already added to your repository before you added it to .gitignore.

How to upgrade Node.js on your Mac OS

May 6, 2024

You can use several methods to upgrade your Node.js version on your Mac. One of the most common and efficient ways to achieve this is by using Node Version Manager (nvm).

How to show hidden directories on Mac

February 2, 2024

Center only one element using margin auto in CSS

February 1, 2024

Ignoring all files in a specific folder except for one in Git

January 31, 2024

In Git, you can ignore files and folders using the .gitignore file. If the file does not exist in our GitHub repository, you have to create it at the root of our project.

How to format numerical inputs as currency values

January 30, 2024

Suppose you have to implement a function that takes a floating point number and returns the amount formatting in dollars and cents.

How to tell Git to ignore files that start with a specific word

October 17, 2021

If you want to tell Git to ignore files that start with a specific word you will need to add a `.gitignore` rule.

Getting CSS Styles with JavaScript

September 5, 2021

There are two possible ways to get CSS values in JavaScript, depending on if you are trying to get the inline styles or the computed styles.

Creating an object in JavaScript

June 29, 2021

Getters and setters in JavaScript

June 8, 2021

In JavaScript, there are two kinds of accessors - getter and setter. Getter and setter are methods that gets and sets a property.

The Spread Operator

June 7, 2021

Spread syntax allows an iterable such as an array, an object or a string to be expanded by using `...`.

Converting any value to an object

June 6, 2021

Sometimes you might need to convert a value to an object. One of the ways to achieve this is by using the `Object()` function.

Remove the margin from the last block element in CSS

May 28, 2021

Difference between == vs === in JavaScript

May 14, 2021

Prevent form from submitting

May 6, 2021

Object Destructuring

May 1, 2021

Destructuring is used whenever we need to basically get some data out of an object or out of an array. In other words, is a short, clean syntax for unpacking values from arrays and properties from objects into distinct variables.

SVG Favicons

April 29, 2021

Center an element that is position absolute

April 13, 2021

When working with position absolute, centering an element can be a bit tricky since it's taken out of the normal document flow.

Let's take a moment and appreciate how far we came

April 11, 2021

Object Property Value Shorthand

April 2, 2021

Object Method Definition Shorthand

April 1, 2021

Unpacking fields from objects passed as a function parameter

March 31, 2021

Rather than destructuring inside the function body, we can unpack the values we want right in the parameter list.

Creating New HTML Elements

March 22, 2021

Render a template without shadow DOM in LitElement

February 27, 2021

Object-oriented programming in JavaScript

February 5, 2021

Tagged Template Literals

January 27, 2021

Computed Property Names

January 23, 2021

ES6 Computed Property Names allows us to dynamically generate names within object literals.

My Git Workflow

January 17, 2021

Copying an array from the console

January 16, 2021

Copying an array from the console is a common task when working with JavaScript.

Array destructuring

December 29, 2020

Destructuring is used whenever we need to basically get some data out of an object or out of an array. In other words, it is a short, clean syntax for unpacking values from arrays and properties from objects and putting them into named variables.

The Arguments Object

December 26, 2020

The arguments object is available in every function you write, except arrow functions. It contains all the arguments passed to it.