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Build your own interactive JavaScript playground

posted in JavaScript on 2018-11-13   code function const console exports editor require file error js

Recently I spent some time working on my own JavaScript playground called Demoit. Something like CodeSandbox, JSBin or Codepen. I already blogged about why I did it but decided to write down some implementation details. Everything happens at runtime in the browser so it is pretty interesting project.

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Hacking Browserify

posted in JavaScript on 2015-07-04   function require user var return

You’ve probably heard of Browserify. It’s a nice npm module for bundling your JavaScript for a client-side usage. It lets you use similar to Node.js modular system but for the code running in the browser. I had few issues testing modules in an app that uses Browserify. So I had to learn how it works and probably hack it in order to solve my problem.

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Using Node.js to rename set of images

posted in Nodejs on 2014-01-22   file processed path glob files fs require

Today I had to rename a bunch of image files to the same names, but in lower case. Here is how I did it.

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Brian McCallister and the code

posted in Architecture on 2012-05-16   programming profession convert business requirements efficiently convert business full article bugs read repeatable manner things programming computer

_Programming and the Profession of Programming are quite different things. Programming is being able to efficiently tell a computer exactly what to do in a repeatable manner. The profession of programming is being able to efficiently convert business requirements into bugs._Read the full article here.

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