One of the ideological sticking points of the first JavaScript framework was was extending prototypes vs. wrapping functions. Frameworks like MooTools and Prototype extended prototypes while jQuery and other smaller frameworks did not. Each had their benefits, but ultimately all these years later I still believe that the ability to extend native prototypes is a […]
Historically, SAP solutions have required abundant resources and time to implement. However, this investment of time and resources pays dividends, as organizations that successfully implement the latest SAP solutions gain a distinct advantage within their industry. This is particularly true when discussing the latest SAP solution, SAP S/4HANA. The evolution of cloud technologies fueled the […]
Introduction The security of users and their personal data while using a web application is paramount. While this guiding principle has been acknowledged even from the early stages of web development – bad actors find loopholes in applications, and may exploit your users. Many “standard” attacks are well-known and documented, and protection from them isn’t […]
I’ve been writing a bunch of jest tests recently for libraries that use the underlying window.crypto methods like getRandomValues() and window.crypto.subtle key management methods. One problem I run into is that the window.crypto object isn’t available, so I need to shim it. To use the window.crypto methods, you will need Node 15+. You can set […]
What is software architecture? The term has been quite broad and most have no concrete answer to this umbrella term. In fact, for many buyers, it is simply how software development happens along with some set of rules. Now, this is an important piece of information you must have before hiring best software development company. […]
The United States is one of the last bodies that refuses to implement the Celsius temperature standard. Why? Because we’re arrogant and feel like we don’t need to change. With that said, if you code for users outside the US, it’s important to provide localized weather data to users. Let’s took at how you can […]
Introduction The Random Forest algorithm is one of the most flexible, powerful and widely-used algorithms for classification and regression, built as an ensemble of Decision Trees. If you aren’t familiar with these – no worries, we’ll cover all of these concepts. In this in-depth hands-on guide, we’ll build an intuition on how decision trees work, […]
Creating a thumbnail to represent a video is a frequent task when presenting media on a website. I previously created a shell script to create a preview video from a larger video, much like many adult sites provide. Let’s view how we can create a preview thumbnail from a video! Developers can use `ffmpeg, an […]
JavaScript and CSS allow users to detect the user theme preference with CSS’ prefers-color-scheme media query. It’s standard these days to use that preference to show the dark or light theme on a given website. But what if the user changes their preference while using your app? To detect a system theme preference change using […]
Introduction Whether you’re building a verification script for user input, a login form that requests users to include a character in a password – checking whether a string contains a character isn’t an uncommon operation. In this tutorial – we’ll take a look at the many ways you can check whether a string contains a […]