Siddharth articles - 107 total
The "well-known" Symbols in JavaScript
You might have stumbled upon the weird @@thingies in JavaScript before. Maybe you saw an @@iterator...
.toLocaleString, one of the most underrated JavaScript features
.toLocaleString and friends are some of the most underrated features of JavaScript. I came over them...
New in Node.js v18
Just yesterday, Node.js v18 was released as the current stable version. Here's a quick walkthrough of...
I made a Node.js colors library in 192 bytes minzipped (+ code explanation!)
A few minutes ago, I published PlanckColors. It's probably the smallest node module for colors on the...
MDSveX: The bridge between Markdown and Svelte
A few days ago, I was looking around for tools to write my blog. I knew about MDX, but I wasn't...
Let's debug a node.js app using the built-in debugger!
It's about time we stop using console.log to debug things. While console.* are really powerful tools,...
Understand Functional Programming basics by (re)writing FizzBuzz
Functional programming is a way of thinking about programs by composing pure functions. It tries to...
5 Secret features of JSON in JavaScript you didn't know about 🤯
I'm pretty sure you have used the global JSON object for a variety of things, like in fetch requests...
Cracking Wordles using code
If you haven't been living under a rock, you probably have been playingWordle. Like a lot of people I...
Explained: Imperative vs Declarative programming
You most probably have heard of declarative vs imperative programming. You might also have looked it...
🚀 A powerful drag and drop implementation in just 16 lines of JavaScript
Drag and drop is a very useful tool in applications as it can simplify a large part of the process...
A PURE HTML/CSS functional calendar?! 😲🤯 (+CSS APIs and all the fun things we can do with them)
Yesterday I went back to my frontend experiments after a load of JavaScript work. I experimented with...
7 console.log() alternatives
Sometimes while debugging you may use console.log or maybe console.warn too. But there are a lot more...
The move to Hashnode 👋
Hey there! Just wanted to announce that I'm moving to move to Hashnode! Don't worry, I'll still be...
3 ways to import node modules in deno
Migrating to Deno can be hard when you depend on Node modules. Until those Node modules get ported to...
The complete guide to destructuring in JavaScript
Two commonly used data structures in JavaScript are Object and Array. And many times we may need to...
Frameworks without a Framework: The next (big) thing
Wait, this framework compiles to JavaScript only?! Thanks, I'll pass – Frontend developers in...
Do you think I should start a newsletter?
For a while, I've been considering making a newsletter. If you have a moment, and you're interested...
Understanding TypeScript decorators.
JavaScript is an awesome programming language. And TypeScript has done a great job at filling in the...
Why not TOML?
# this is some TOML name = 'TOML' [created-by] name = 'Tom Preston-Werner' dob =...
Tired of agonizing errors caused by typos? Let's fix that!
Please don't use this in real-world code! How many times has this happened? Object.kes(obj) //...
A Quickstart guide to setting up Vim for blogging
Vim is an extremely powerful editor. But coding is not the only thing I use vim for (Guess where I'm...
10+ Interesting ECMAScript Proposals
JavaScript is a constantly evolving language, and one of the drivers of new features are Proposals....
Efficiently commenting code
Most of you might comment out code like this: ... main(); // alternateMain(); ... Enter...
Bored of code blocks? Check out Codeview!
The most common way to show code is via code blocks. But code blocks are really boring. So, to make...
`soim`: Social image generator CLI
In my last post on Social Image generation, I talked about how I built a site which can be used to...
ELI5 Memoized DOM
There have been many, many DOMs – Incremental DOM, Shadow DOM, Virtual DOM – But I'm not sure what...
What would the ideal web framework look like?
It seems like every week there is another ground-breaking new web framework. Some of them are...
How to add Auth0 to your Angular app
Pro Tip: look out for the 🛠 emoji if you want to skim The number of apps on the cloud are rising,...