Alex Parra

Alex Parra @alexparra

About: Eternal learner

Location:
Lisbon
Joined:
Jun 27, 2019

Alex Parra
articles - 11 total

React PWA: Salary per time calculator

This weekend I took on automating something many of us probably do over and over... (at least I do)....

Learn More 7 2Nov 16 '20

My first npm package: sequelize-airtight

I've recently published my first npm package: sequelize-airtight There are some features to add befo...

Learn More 2 0Oct 31 '20

Creating a JS repo for your ProjectEuler100 solutions

Intro If you haven't ever solved the Project Euler problems, you now have a good opportuni...

Learn More 7 0Jan 5 '20

CSS display "stack"

NOTE: display: stack does not exist. Read on for more info. Background Two and half years...

Learn More 8 0Jan 2 '20

JavaScript - Seconds to HH:MM:SS

Yesterday, while making a game where I wanted to show the time elapsed since the game started I put t...

Learn More 14 0Dec 31 '19

filterMap - JavaScript filter and map in O(n)

It's common that we need to get a subset of items from an array. For example, get only the users that...

Learn More 14 3Nov 18 '19

Basic Svelte app with Parcel

The easiest way to start a Svelte app is to use create-svelte-app (https://github.com/ph1p/create-sve...

Learn More 58 7Oct 19 '19

Prevent scroll “bubbling”

A few days ago I stumbled upon a post about a CSS property I hadn’t seen before: overscroll-behavior...

Learn More 8 0Oct 19 '19

What’s your preferred way to test Internet Explorer and Edge from Linux or Mac?

I’m setting up Parallels with Microsoft’s free developer images. Do you have a better way?

Learn More 3 4Aug 19 '19

Insightful Quotes

‪“We’ve always been better at inventing tools than at using them wisely.”‬ ‪— Yuval Noah Harari ‬ Yo...

Learn More 3 0Aug 11 '19

GitHub - Set up SSH Key

TLDR Generate Key: ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example.com" Use descriptive...

Learn More 10 0Jul 28 '19