As many readers of this blog know, I have been quite actively involved in Aurelia for over two and a half years now, it's actually almost …
Front End Development
Karma and Sauce Launcher Issue (tests timing out/not running on Sauce Labs)
This is a bug I recently encountered with Karma and the Karma Sauce Launcher plugin. It plagued me for a week, finally I worked out the …
How To Change/Overwrite Colours In Bootstrap 4
Well, this one just stung me and a client after migrating from Bootstrap v3 over to v4 in a project. In Bootstrap of yesteryear, you …
You Don’t Need a Degree To Be a Front-end Developer
As a self-taught developer, it's easy to feel like you missed out on something, and assume your colleagues who did get a degree know more …
Yarn Slow In Windows? Disable Windows Defender
I switched to Yarn a while ago, because Npm is incredibly limited. And while I enjoy fast speed on macOs and Linux, Windows has always been …
What Is The Angular (2) Team Doing?
Implementing Submission Voting Logic In Firebase
I love Firebase. The power and flexibility of using it alongside my favourite client-side framework Aurelia, unrivalled. Recently whilst …
Yarn Is The Best Thing To Happen To Javascript Since Npm
Let's cut the crap, as great as Npm is for front-end and Node.js development, it has some pretty glaring issues. Firstly, code is pulled …
Functional Programming In Javascript? More like dysfunctional
I am all for developers pushing themselves, learning new things and refining their skills, but the one thing that really annoys me about …