My colleague just discovered that Chrome 58 (released April 19th) has silently muted all console.debug() output in their Chrome Dev Tools. How? By making changes to the Console UI, from filtering based on type of console method to filtering based on levels. Introducing levels is not a bad thing in and of itself, but they Read the rest…
“Papa . . . What do you do for a living?” It’s a question that comes out of nowhere and makes every parent proud. And it’s what spurred this web developer parent to teach his son code. A great article, inspiring on many levels: How My 10-Year-Old Learned Javascript
Want to know one of the keys I’ve found to online learning (both learning how to code, and other things)? It’s as simple as this: Just do it! Yes, that “slogan” is an overused cliche by now, but it still holds true. Whenever I find myself not spending enough time learning how to code, and Read the rest…
Please do learn to code. Check it out, and discover how it’s become “the essential 21st century skill”.
I use CodePen a lot these days, both because Free Code Camp requires you to submit your work for their “code it yourself” challenges (calles Ziplines) challenges via CodePen, but also because it’s quick and easy to test something out live. CodePen is a playground for the front end side of the web. It’s all about inspiration, Read the rest…
DISCLAIMER: This is not a tutorial, but a short anecdotal story about my newfound love JSON, our relationship, and what it has taught me about myself. It’s been about 5 months since I started learning JavaScript. I have progressed slowly, due in part to me wanting to understand everything as I go along. The tweet Read the rest…
I’ve recently wanted to test out Chrome Canary. While the current ECMAScript 6 compatibility is not much different from stable release Chrome, it’s always nice to have handy for potential testing and checking out new features. As Chrome Canary is not available for Linux, I had to dust off my MacBook Pro to install it. Read the rest…
Ever found yourself having to find and replace multiple strings, in multiple files, in multiple directories? Well, here is your new favorite Linux command: Even if you only need to find/replace in one document, this works like a charm. This is a UNIX command, so should work on OS X in addition to Linux, but Read the rest…
I am very excited to be launching this website. The plan is to share a wide variety of “colorful” blog posts (like in the photo above) about these topics: Stuff I learn (and struggle to learn) at Free Code Camp Helpful advice on Linux related tools, commands and resources My story about learning how to code, Read the rest…
