Stephen Chiang articles - 23 total
The escape key; just a vim need?
Lately I've been thinking about how I rarely use the esc key and now the new Mac has brought back phy...
VS Code snippet leads to funny, unintentional results. \_(ツ)_/
A long time ago I decided to create a snippet where if in VS Code I type: :shrug I get ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. It...
Customizing / Contributing to a VS Code Theme - Syntax Highlighting
Ever wanted to make your own theme? Or maybe you found one but is just slightly off from w...
Microsoft's new FREE font
Microsoft has released a new free monospaced font called Cascadia Code. Bonus: it supports ligatures!...
Hex, rgba, or hsla?
I was reading an older edition of Design for Hackers last night and there was a statement that hsl wa...
🌮 Git 'r done when you're done.
Once again I'm waiting for my app to run its tests and build so I thought I'd write another quickie....
🌐 How I host my projects on subdomains
I like hosting my projects on subdomains and keep my main site focused on being the portal to my port...
Quick VS Code refactor/productivity trick
So I was browsing Dev.to , like I normally do while waiting for my build process to finish (🐱👤) and...
If you could rename JavaScript to be more self descriptive...
What would you call it?
Custom react hooks vs services
I'm having a tough time explaining the difference between a custom react hook and a service. It's e...
Do you consider yourself a polyglot?
As developer who only speaks your homeland's language, would you still consider yourself a polyglot?...
🔥 In case of fire: GTFO
Intro Hopefully this will never happen to you, but even if it's not a fire or earthquake,...
Generating Angular Container Components, the Fast and Easy Way
Supplemental article on generating container components, based on the pattern.
How I'm starting my own Angular Component Library (part 2 - smooth-scroll-component)
Starting an Angular component library and writing APIs for re-usable components.
How I'm starting my own Angular Component Library (part 1 - generic button)
Starting an Angular component library and writing APIs for re-usable components.
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Upgrading to Angular 6!
So Angular 6 is out! It comes with many many exciting things, new tooling and easier ways...
How I bling-ified my terminal
Do not be afraid of the terminal, it’s amazing! – said no beginner ever. First and foremost,...
How I prepare for a new (first) developer job.
Now that I’ve gone through the blood, sweat, and tears of finding that awesome new job…how...
I made my first open source contribution…and it wasn’t even code!
You read that right…I finally made my first contribution to open source, and i...
Passing data between nested components with Angular
One of the biggest changes from AngularJS to Angular (2+) is the step away from two-way data binding....
There’s no excuse not to have SSL anymore
Getting a free SSL certificate for your site is now easier than ever with Let’s Encrypt. On AWS,...
Integrating Semantic UI to an Angular CLI Project
I’m tired of Bootstrap (Ok, I still love it and use it often). I recently discovered...