Tag: Web

I recently wrote about My Top VSCode Tips and Features, and one of the VSCode plugins mentioned was the Docker Plugin. Docker is an open platform for developers and sysadmins to build, ship, and run distributed applications, whether on laptops, data center VMs, or the cloud. Quite a mouthful, but wikipedia explains it a bit clearly. Docker is a computer program that performs operating-system-level virtualization also known as containerization. Essentially, it enables us package our applications into images, and run them as containers on any platform that has docker installed. The aim for this article is to showcase the various ways the Visual Studio Code Docker plugin makes life easier when working with Docker. We'll look at 2 developer stacks, NodeJS and Golang. Installation You need...

Last time on the code challenge #12 we looked at problems involving the use of String Manipulation techniques. Yet to try your hands at the challenge? You can check it out here. You can also see other fantastic submissions in the Spectrum Chat. In this post, we shall be solving these awesome challenges and you know the best part? Chris did really cool videos to better explain these challenge solutions! The Challenge Manipulating strings form the basis of programming in JavaScript and is important both in simple logical instances to even more complex instances. In this challenge solution, we employed the use of functions in JavaScript as well as array and string methods. The Base Pen A base pen was provided for you to easily get started with the project. The pen consists of JavaScript code...

What Do You Need To Know When Converting A Flash Game Into HTML5?What Do You Need To Know When Converting A Flash Game Into HTML5? Tomasz Grajewski 2018-07-30T14:00:26+02:00 2018-07-30T17:26:48+00:00 With the rise of HTML5 usage, many companies start redoing their most popular titles to get rid of outdated Flash and match their products to the latest industry standards. This change is especially visible in the Gambling/Casino & Entertainment industries and has been happening for several years now, so a decent selection of titles has already been converted. Unfortunately, when browsing the Internet, you can quite often stumble upon examples of a seemingly h...

Logging Activity With The Web Beacon APILogging Activity With The Web Beacon API Drew McLellan 2018-07-27T13:40:14+02:00 2018-07-27T14:14:35+00:00 The Beacon API is a JavaScript-based Web API for sending small amounts of data from the browser to the web server without waiting for a response. In this article, we’ll look at what that can be useful for, what makes it different from familiar techniques like XMLHTTPRequest (‘Ajax’), and how you can get started using it. If you know why you want to use Beacon already, feel free to jump directly to the Getting Started section. What Is The Beacon API For? The Beacon API is used for sending small amounts of data to a...

Introduction In Part 1 - Create a Typing Speed Effect with VueJS We saw how to create a Typing Speed Effect. We are going to extend what we built previously, and include a timer and a score board, so that users can type and see the times they typed in faster. In order to follow along, you must have read through part 1. Logic Since we already have the typing effect covered, we need to do the following. There should be a 60 second timer that will count down whenever a user is typing. When the time reaches 0 (Zero), the typing area should be blured, and the typing speed calculated. The metrics for calculating the typing speed for a user is Number of correct words typed in a minute + typos. We will also give the user the number of typos they made as a single number. We will then list the leadi...

Laracon is here again. For those of you that don't know, Laracon is the event where that happens every 6 months where we get a look at the latest and greatest in Laravel. We'll write an article on the latest features in Laravel once we've compiled them. But, for now, let's talk about Nova. Laravel's Nova is a beautifully designed administration panel designed by the team behind Laravel. Nova is a single-page application built on the Vue.js ecosystem and Tailwind. Not only does it look cool, it's also highly customizable in a true Laravel fashion. Nova is not yet out for public consumption, and it's a paid product, but if a highly customizable dashboard is what you need, you can signup and get alerted when it goes live next month. Calling it an admin dashboard doesn't do it justice. I de...