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  Fun with Types

  • Maisy Dinosaur

  January 5, 2023•1,823 words

  Making hilarious things with no emitted code.

  • typescript

• Angular Internals: How Reactivity Works with Zone.js

  • Corbin Crutchley

  January 2, 2023•4,305 words

  Reactivity is core to JavaScript frameworks; changing data should cause a re-render. How does this work in Angular? Let's dive into the Angular source code to see.

  • angular
  • javascript

• Why is z-index not working?! - Explaining CSS Stacking Context

  • Corbin Crutchley

  October 6, 2022•3,510 words

  z-index is a CSS property that helps control the z-axis height of an element, but it often doesn't seem to work. Why is that? How does it REALLY work?

  • webdev
  • css
  • html

• How to Share Lifecycle Methods Between Components in Angular

  • Corbin Crutchley,
  • Lars Gyrup Brink Nielsen

  August 20, 2022•3,704 words

  Sharing code between components in Angular is TOUGH. Here's one way you can do so by utilizing base components that you extend - and why you shouldn't use them.

  • angular
  • javascript
  • webdev
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  Minecraft Data Pack Programming: Scoreboard Usage

  • James Fenn

  August 20, 2022•3,761 words

  Learn data pack development in Minecraft - using player scoreboards, variables, and operations!

  • minecraft
  • gamedev

• Vue Composition API Inspector

  • William (Will) Lohan

  July 30, 2022•588 words

  A peek under the hood of Vue compilation. See how Vue interpretes TypeScript

  • webdev
  • vue

• JavaScript Fundamentals: Functions Are Values

  • Corbin Crutchley

  July 28, 2022•2,599 words

  JavaScript functions are widely used in web development... but do you KNOW them? Let's explore the fundamentals and how they can be used in unorthodox ways

  • webdev
  • javascript

• Python None

  • William George Cook

  July 27, 2022•345 words

  Interpreted languages have various footguns. Let's explore one such footgun I ran into recently with Python and how I fixed it.

  • python
  • go