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Watch for Object Changes with JavaScript
Watching for changes to an object's property has always been a much sought after task; many shims have been used over the years to listen to object changes. These days we have better methods for listening to object changes: the Proxy API. Sindre Sorhus has created
Goals for 2018
Every turn of the year is a new opportunity to start over, set goals, and renew optimism that time can heal wounds and drive us to change and achieve. For me 2018 is my most important year in a long time; 2018 needs to serve as...
Dynamic Waveform Visualizations with wavesurfer.js
Waveform images are an awesome addition to boring audio widgets. They can be functional as well as aesthetically pleasing, allowing users to navigate audio visually. I recently found wavesurfer.js, an amazing waveform image utility that uses to Web Audio API to create super customizable...
Faster PR Pulls with Git Aliases
I love the traditional GitHub workflow of receive pull request, pull down pull request to test, and merge the pull request. GitHub makes the first and the third steps easy but pulling down pull requests from new contributors requires some boilerplate work that annoys me... ...namely navigating...
Confessions of a Web Developer XVI
It's been quite a while since I've gotten a few things off of my chest and since I'm always full of peeves and annoyances I thought it was time to unleash: If I were just getting into front-end development, I'd be so lost. The norm these...
Cloudinary Launches a Complete Video Solution
Over the past year I've shown you how amazing Cloudinary is for media delivery, optimization, image filters and transformations, Vue and React; whatever the task, Cloudinary has you covered. Today I'm happy to share that Cloudinary has a massive new feature announcement: ...
Create a Password Protected ZIP
Have you ever wanted to put very basic security (a passphrase) on a file? You can do so if you ZIP the file -- let's have a look at how you can password-protect a ZIP file! Creating a password protected ZIP file from command line is done...
Excellent Resources for Web Professionals
All web professionals, including web designers and developers, are looking every moment for ways to get the projects done faster, to respect deadlines, to deliver excellent quality and finally to have happy customers. This showcase is about excellent resources that will help you all achieve these...
Fix git After High Sierra Upgrade
Every major operating system upgrade is a grand adventure. No matter the vendor or how vanilla you keep your system: stuff is going to break. This was very much the case with git when I upgraded my MacBook Pro to High Sierra. After the upgrade I tried...
Convert JPG, PNG, and Animated GIF to WEBP
New image formats like WEP and MOZJPEG will be a major boost to load time on the web. The majority of page load and render time is usually attributed to unoptimized images, so these new formats will make both mobile and desktop load times faster. I've...