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Custom thumbnails for native video element in HTML

September 27, 2021 — The <video> is an HTML element that can be used to embed a media player on a page that can a variety of video formats. Here’s how a simple video embed with an external video source would look like.

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Retrieve request URL without specific query parameters in Laravel

September 24, 2021 — When you have a request in hand and if the URL is having a query string with different parameters, the easiest way to get the entire URL with the query string is using the fullUrl() method like so.

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Prevent object extension — Object.freeze() vs Object.seal() vs Object.preventExtensions()

September 20, 2021 — When it comes to prevention of modification/updation of an object in JavaScript, there are few things that you can do.

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Abort a fetch request manually in JavaScript

September 17, 2021 — The Fetch API, as you might know, is a modern replacement of the good old XHRHttpRequest (popularly known as Ajax) that gives nicer developer experience (DX) by giving a promise based implementation.

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How to get class instance without a constructor in PHP

September 13, 2021 — Have you ever stumbled upon a situation in which you need an instance of a class to create its object but with one condition and that is there is no constructor declared for that class?

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Graceful error handling using Error Boundaries in React.js

September 12, 2021 — Working with React.js, it’s a common thing you would see where if something goes wrong, (for instance, a JavaScript error), the entire React.js app would crash instantly and renders blank.

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Initialize objects right into the constructor parameters in PHP 8.1

September 11, 2021 — With the introduction of PHP 8, the language now allows us to declare the class properties right into the constructor parameters. This is called constructor property promotion.

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A cool helper function to check if anything is blank in PHP

September 9, 2021 — There are a lot of different ways in PHP using which you can validate if the given value is “blank” or not. The method to validate depends upon the type of value that we’re targetting.

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The whereRelation (A better version of whereHas) method in Laravel 8.x

September 5, 2021 — Checking the existence of relationships and fetching model records is quite easy in Laravel.

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Designing websites keeping floating tab bar of Safari 15 (on iOS) in mind

September 2, 2021 — The newest version of Safari, i.e Safari 15, on iOS is great. It comes with an all-new layout and a new way of navigating websites on it.

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