Dzhavat Ushev articles - 73 total
Change the position of Command Palette and Quick Inputs panels in VS Code
VS Code released the January 2025 (v1.97) release yesterday, and it’s again packed with a lot of good...
Downloading the same file 102+ times
Have YOU ever tried downloading the same file 102+ times in your favorite browser? Do you know what...
Creating an empty commit in Git
Does this sounds familiar - a Continuous integration (CI) pipeline is stuck and you need to push a...
Incremental migration to Angular’s new control flow syntax
Angular v17 introduced a new control flow syntax that is built into the framework. The new syntax is...
Lazy-loading the animations package in Angular
We recently upgraded Angular to v17 at work. One of the first things we did after the upgrade was to...
Lint rule for self-closing tags in Angular
Self-closing tags were introduced in Angular v15.1. This added a small but welcomed improvement to...
“ViewEncapsulation” in Angular
Ah, ViewEncapsulation! It’s what keeps you asleep through the night! Or does it? 😊 Let’s refresh...
Overview over Angular’s repositories
I’ve been working with Angular for around 6 years now. It’s a great framework that I enjoy working...
Resources to get started with Nx
You know the old saying “Ask me once, I’ll share a tweet. Ask me twice, I’ll share a tweet. Ask me a...
Fully expand PR status checks on GitHub
One thing I absolutely love about working on the Web is that I can literally tweak any web page...
Remember to enjoy it
It’s always been important to me to enjoy whatever I’m doing. Whether it’s work, a side project,...
Auto-expand menu using Angular Material
This post is going to be a bit longer than usual so bear with me 🙂 I was working on a task at work...
The morning is wiser than the evening
There’s a saying from where I come from that goes like “The morning is wiser than the evening”. I...
What helps me to create
I published a short post two days ago about a new feature in VS Code. After publishing, I thought why...
Quickly find a recent command in Terminal in VS Code
VS Code v1.69 was released last week. As with any of the previous releases, it came packed with new...
Using Standalone Components in an NgModule-based application
Earlier today I recorded a short video where I show you how to start using Standalone Components in...
Using NgModule inside a Standalone Component
Just recorded a short video where I show you how to use a component wrapped in an NgModule inside a...
First look at Standalone Components in Angular
Over the weekend I recorded a short video about an upcoming feature in Angular called Standalone...
File nesting in VS Code
VS Code v1.64 was released a few days ago and it’s once again packaged with nice new features and...
Consistency vs flexibility when building components
A few days ago I asked Twitter how would one solve the task of implementing a button component that...
Quick way to collapse/expand all files at once on a pull request on GitHub
When I review pull requests on GitHub I usually start by collapsing all files and then expand them...
Wrapping Angular Material button in custom Angular component (part 2)
In the first part of this post we ended up with a simple but repetitive solution to wrapping Angular...
Wrapping Angular Material button in custom Angular component (part 1)
I was recently working on a button component as part of a Design System based on Angular Material....
My VS Code setup
I got a new work laptop recently and part of the setup process was installing and configuring VS Code...
How I update a widget on my blog by going for a run
I enjoy running. Every Sunday morning I put on the shoes and go out for a run. Most weeks I run only...
Disabling Angular animations at runtime
A nice new feature is coming to Angular v12 - support for disabling Angular animations at runtime 🎉...
Using Observable in APP_INITIALIZER
An exciting new feature is coming to Angular v12 - support for Observables in APP_INITIALIZER 🎉 Note...
Debugging layout repaint issues triggered by CSS Transition
A couple of weeks ago I was randomly checking the performance of a CSS Transition here on my blog. I...
Quick way to see how many times change detection was triggered in Angular
Do you sometimes need to know how many times change detection is triggered in Angular? Maybe you’re t...
What I do as a front-end developer
I recently started on a new project at work. As exciting as this can be, it also made me stop for a s...