Using Chrome DevTools as a secret code editor
July 14, 2020 — That’s right! You can even use Chrome DevTools as your “Adhoc” code editor. Now, why would you do that, you ask? Well, there are a few reasons.
Make function parameters required in vanilla JavaScript
July 14, 2020 — You might be aware of how to set default values for function parameters in JavaScript. For instance, if you want to set the default value for a parameter, you can do it like so.
Proposed named arguments in PHP 8
July 10, 2020 — Update: Named parameters have been accepted to be included in PHP 8. A 2/3 majority in voting from members was required and it got the required votes! Here’s the RFC that got accepted.
Lesser known Composer tricks and tips you should know
July 9, 2020 — The Composer dependency manager is currently the de-facto way of managing dependencies in your PHP projects. All the modern PHP development can’t be imagined without Composer. But do you know there are a lot of things that you can do with Composer other than just installing and updating dependencies?
The secret way to type-check JavaScript in VS Code
July 7, 2020 — We all know that VS Code comes with a great support for TypeScriptm language out-of-the-box. Meaning, if you’re working with .ts files in VS Code, VS Code will prompt type related errors if there are any.
How to include HTML files in Jekyll
July 7, 2020 — Sometimes, there comes a scenario where you would need to extract some part of the html so that you can use it across different areas of your site without repeating the same markup all over places.
Make repetitive CSS compact using :is() pseudo-class function
July 5, 2020 — The CSS has many experimental features, that if used cautiously, can be proven very handy in simplifying things.
A Beautiful Dream
July 5, 2020 — Today, I had the most amazing dreams of my life. So, the dream starts like this. For some reason, I got a chance to go back in time.
Match expression - An alternative to switch statement in PHP 8
July 3, 2020 — The switch statement in PHP is great when you want check condition on the same expression without incorporating many if statements altogether.
This experimental CSS Overview feature of Chrome is awesome
June 29, 2020 — The Chrome browser is one of the widely used web browsers by developers. The DevTools it bundles within is mature and ahead of its competition. But there are certain features that Chrome Developers don’t expose explicitly. Rather, you’d have to look out for those features by digging deep inside the settings.
