Use these useful JavaScript operators to write less code — Since the EcmaScript 2021 version, there are three new assignment operators available. “Logical assignment operators” to be exact. Sounds like a mouthful, but it is only a shorthand way of writing a condition and assigning it. Let’s dive in. Note: this also applies for TypeScript Logical Assignment Operators AND assignment &&= Our first example is using…

Write your own custom commands with Cypress E2E framework — Cypress is a JavaScript end-to-end (E2E) framework where you can test your app’s UI. Within Cypress you have some built-in commands, which can use to do almost anything. But there are some scenario’s where you want to have your own command. So you can perform something specific, or want to…

getStaticPaths, getStaticProps and getServiceSideProps simply explained — This guide will be a brief explanation of the three build-in functions to render data in Next.js. No difficult in-depth features so everyone can understand and start using these functions yourself. Next.js is a framework used to generate static and service rendered content, among various other things. In your Next.js…

Use these tips to help you become a better blogger — 1. Topics Why most people don’t write good content, is because they write about things they are not passionate about. Only write content you will love reading yourself. If you do this, you already stand ahead of most of the other writers. …

Save a lot of time with generating documentation — As a developer, you should have heard of the term ‘DRY’ — Don’t Repeat Yourself. You should avoid writing the same sentence over and over. This doesn’t only apply for code but also for documentation. And who wants to write basic documentation for fun? To improve and speed up contribution…

Partial, Required, Readonly, Pick, Omit, Record, NonNullable, Extract, Exclude Types — In TypeScript, there are multiple built-in utility (default) types. It would be a good thing to know they exist because they are handy in some situations. Some are easier to understand than others. I am going to explain them in a short and simple way, so everyone can understand them. 1 — Partial …

Start to push notifications to your users the easy way — I couldn’t find any simple documentation for push notifications with Flutter, most of it was more complex than it should be. So with this guide, I want to only explain what is necessary. Note; the article focuses on Flutter with Android 1. Getting started I created a new project withflutter create push_messages. In…

These four points helped me the most as a developer — 1: Please, be consistent Nothing is more confusing than seeing code where there is no consistency. All the things like; formatting, casing, name conventions, documentation. It could make your life easier if they are consistent. Try to do everything in one way, and make conventions/guidelines with your co-workers. So you will generally continue to…

Array methods push, shift, unshift, pop, reverse, splice, sort, copyWithin, fill — simple examples — An overview of only the array methods that can mutate the original array. Some of these are already well-known, and some of them aren’t used as often. Let’s get through them all, without difficult explanations. Note: this also applies for TypeScript Adding items 1 — push The most well-known method is push. In the example…