After my last job interview, I decided to dive into JavaScript theory. One of the most common topics is the event loop. In the previous post, I briefly described how the event loop works in browsers. But what about Node.js? It has its own event loop to handle multiple requests on a single thread. I ran into some confusion and want to share how I resolved it.
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An interview for a job is a good opportunity to test your skills. So, despite the results, you gain experience. Here I want to share the answers for the questions they asked me in my latest interview for a junior front-end developer position.
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If you are a student or are learning something new, you might have heard about flashcards. Anki is an app for creating flashcards, and I want to show its capabilities with one useful example. I use AnkiDroid for Android, but you can find a version for your platform on the official site.
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I installed plugin Post Views Counter on my site to track post views and faced a problem right from the start. Every day my statistics for the previous day were deleted, and the graph showed only today’s views. Here is how I fixed the issue.
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I started my journey as a web developer with HTML. It was in high school with the book HTML4 for Dummies. Recently, I decided to refresh my knowledge of HTML and see what has changed. The last time I did that when HTML5 was released.
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Versioning is a good way to let your users or other developers know what to expect from updates to your project.
Although each developer is free to choose their own approach, there is a popular versioning standard – SemVer. It’s easy to understand and use.
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I added micro posts to my site. Sometimes I want to make a brief announcement, e.g. a new patch for TrackLab, but I don’t want to mix announcements with regular posts. Also I don’t need to do SEO for them. Micro posts have a little text and a thumbnail only. No categories, no tags, no comments, no SEO.
You can add them to your site on WordPress as well and you don’t need a third-party plugin for that. Here is a guide on how to create a WordPress plugin for micro posts.
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Version 0.4.0 of TrackLab is still in development, and I want to share what I’ve been working on over the last few days. The most time-consuming part was creating a custom input elements.
I use Angular (v20) + Ionic (v8.7) for my project, but the example below should also work with pure Angular if you replace Ionic-specific elements (like <ion-input>) with standard HTML ones (like <input>).
