From time to time, I write real generic articles about JavaScript that may be common knowledge and/or that is featured in other websites and videos. These articles really serve myself a purpose. More like a “note to myself” – so instead of searching, I just go to my website and voila! Today it’s one of […]
Category Archives: JavaScript
JavaScript is considered to be the “language” of the web. It is one of the most expressive object oriented and functional programming available to date. These posts contain topics about JavaScript.
How to create an Accordion Block using React and WordPress’ Block API
I was tasked with creating a custom component for our public website which runs on WordPress. Most commonly known as an “Accordion“, it is a section of a page where you can have a title and an expandable and collapsible directly underneath it. Usually a list of these items are blocked together – forming an […]
Let’s write a simple search component using React and FluentUI
I’ve been using a lot of FluentUI lately. This is mainly because my work has chosen the Microsoft stack for our intranet portal. FluentUI keeps the look of our apps consistent across the board – so users won’t be able to tell custom code and off the shelf. FluentUI uses React under the hood, so […]
Use sessionStorage for caching data from your backend API
Full stack applications that are decoupled (when the front end is totally detached from the backend) can have a lot of drawbacks. One of those is when communication between the two takes too long. Laggy response times from your backend greatly depreciates the user experience. Nobody likes waiting for stuff to load. And no – […]
Code a multi-select input with Mantine, Prisma and NextJS
We’ve all seen this input before. A seemingly innocent input box and as soon as you focus and/or start typing – a list of suggestions appear. Not only that, you’re able to select multiple values, remove items from your selection – and even add a new one. This is typically used for fields such as […]
Just in: SolidStart is in Beta – Now what to build?
A few days ago the people behind SolidJS released their meta-framework of their own called SolidStart. I think this is a major development for SolidJS. This is probably one of the biggest missing piece of the puzzle. Let me explain. Most front end developers know, React is king at the moment. There are many things […]