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A little helper function to retry a function automatically a limited number of times (or until success) and with a certain delay between retries. Useful e.g. when working with a flaky API.
Published on in JavaScript and React
If I'm already displaying data that I have successfully fetched with SWR, and then another fetch call fails (when revalidating the data), I don't want to replace the data view with an error view. Here's how to do that.
React.forwardRefPublished on in JavaScript and React
A component wrapped in React.forwardRef
normally expects to receive a ref from its parent component.
What if you want the component to have a ref
even if it doesn't receive one from its parent?
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"Given an array of coins and a target amount, return all combinations of coins that add up to the amount, or an empty array if no such combinations exist."
Published on in Clean code and JavaScript
For example, mutating a reducer function's accumulator array can be better than religiously avoiding mutations and returning only new arrays from the reducer.
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That's because it would take a very long time, and at some point you would have so many combinations that they wouldn't fit in an array.
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Example:
converting [1, 2, 3]
into [[1], [2], [1, 2], [3], [1, 3], [2, 3], [1, 2, 3]].
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Instead of spending 5 minutes to look for and use an existing mortgage calculator, I wasted time figuring out how to do the calculations from scratch.
Published on in JavaScript and TypeScript
Huh. But if the array has 2+ items, attempting to sort it will cause a TypeError.
useReducerPublished on in JavaScript and React
Say goodbye to useState
and a silly toggler function calling the state setter.
Be cool and use a tiny reducer instead.
Published on in JavaScript, Mithril.js and React
AutoAnimate is a JS library that provides simple animations with no effort. Works with Mithril.js, React and any other JS app.
type="button"Published on in JavaScript, React and TypeScript
A <button> element defaults to type="submit"
which can cause accidental form submissions.
Make type="button" the default in your Button component
to make your life easier.
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The TypeScript compiler could help prevent "illegal invocation" errors at compile time, at least theoretically.
dangerouslySetInnerHTMLPublished on in JavaScript, React and TypeScript
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To handle internal link clicks when using dangerouslySetInnerHTML,
attach click event listeners to the rendered links.
In the listener, push the link to the browser history.
conditional()Published on in JavaScript, Joi and Testing
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Use { is: Joi.any().valid(...values) }
to check if a value is included in an array.
.mts is a cool file extension (TypeScript ES modules)Published on in JavaScript, Node.js and TypeScript
What's that, a file extension named after me?! Or a file extension for TypeScript files that are always ES modules?
Published on in JavaScript and React
React is marketed as a view library, but it's more accurately a (view component) framework.
compose() is right-to-leftPublished on in JavaScript
Functions composed together with compose()
are called from right to left.
It feels unintuitive at first,
but it's conventional
and kind of makes sense.
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React's ecosystem is large, which is a good thing: lot's of great libraries to use. But it's also a bad thing: most of those libraries are compatible only with React.
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HTM provides a transpiler-free alternative to JSX via tagged templates. HTM has some limitations, but can be used in browsers and can be good for smaller projects.
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Fun way to solve the simple puzzle.
Infinitely repeating arrays
and mapping over multiple arrays
almost makes the remainder/modulo operator (%) unnecessary.
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Using recursion,
logical OR assignment operator (||=),
BigInts
and more!
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Also known as Episerver/Idio Content Recommendations. The usual way of using a Mustache template can be circumvented by using a JavaScript proxy.
Published on in JavaScript and Node.js
Say goodbye to ../ times million
and use absolute import paths from the app's root directory instead.
Two contenders:
Basetag
and
Sultan's sexy-require! 🤺
useStateMachine: ½ kB state machine hook for ReactPublished on in JavaScript and React
A state machine is a bit like useReducer,
but with greater constraints (in a good way).
This state machine hook is tiny.
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A common solution is to scroll to top every time the page changes. That's incorrect: the page should be scrolled to top only when navigating to new pages, not when navigating back or forward.
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Normally you would use one-way data binding in React apps: parent components own data and pass it to children. You can mimic two-way data binding with a custom hook.
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A multi-site React project has likely two kinds of components: common components and site-specific components. There are a few ways to handle site-specific logic in common components.
Published on in ESLint and JavaScript
There's an ESLint rule to prevent importing certain files in certain folders. I needed this in a multi-site project to prevent importing site-specific components in other sites' folders.
length propertyPublished on in JavaScript
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A bit exotic, but can be useful for currying.
Published on in JavaScript, React and Testing
React context is normally updated inside the React app. Here's a hacky way how I circumvented that restriction in a test file.
Published on in JavaScript and TypeScript
"Parameter properties" reduce boilerplate in classes, but they can also make the code hard to read.
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Spoiler:
new Date(year, 1, 29).getDate() === 29.
Published on in JavaScript, React and Testing
Such naming helps you create tests that resemble the way your users use your app.
Published on in Accessibility, JavaScript, React and Testing
Accessible queries take into account the semantic meaning of HTML elements. Such queries help you write more accessible apps.
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Create a DocumentFragment
and render the component to it.
Then there's no need to mount the component to the DOM.
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Disable auto-redraw with event.redraw = false
and use a timeout.
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m.nest('ul > li', 'Item')
can be achieved with reduceRight().
Intl.ListFormatPublished on in JavaScript
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Pass an array of strings and get back a string with the array items separated by commas, except with the last comma replaced with the word "and" or "or." Like "item 1, item 2 and item 3."
Published on in Episerver, JavaScript and React
Thoughts on how to efficiently use React to render Episerver blocks embedded in TinyMCE fields.
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Run JSON.stringify(object, null, 2).
Adjust the number for a different level of indentation.
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How to convert
'/foo/bar/baz/'
into an array of
'/', '/foo/', '/foo/bar/', and '/foo/bar/baz/'.
Example use case: building breadcrumb navigations.
Date() constructor is bad at parsing datesPublished on in JavaScript
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And Date.parse() too.
They are strongly discouraged
due to browser differences and inconsistencies.
Use only proper date time formats
or use a library for parsing fancy formats.
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The error is thrown when calling a function
whose this keyword isn't referring to the object where it originally did,
i.e. when the "context" of the function is lost.
array.shift() vs array.unshift() in JavaScriptPublished on in JavaScript and Mnemonics
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shift() removes the first array item,
and unshift() prepends items to the array.
But how to remember which is which?
toLocaleString() in Node.jsPublished on in JavaScript and Node.js
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With Node.js 13+,
it should just work.
With earlier Node.js versions,
you need to install and use the full-icu package.
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These two similar principles state that the behavior of code should be obvious on inspection and that code should be located where it's relevant.
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JavaScript doesn't provide a native way to get the week number of a date. Just use a library instead.
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E.g. how to capture overlapping pairs of letters from the string 'abcde',
i.e. 'ab', 'bc', 'cd' and 'de'.
Spoiler: with lookahead and lookbehind assertions.
fn.apply() vs fn.call() in JavaScript + better alternativePublished on in JavaScript and Mnemonics
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Mnemonic:
"a" (apply()) for an array,
"c" (call()) for commas.
But Reflect.apply() is better.
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If you need form input values only at the time of form submission, uncontrolled inputs can be nice to work with.
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My quick notes on a funny but informative video (11:27) that explains how tail call optimization (TCO) works. Bonus: does JS support TCO? Spoiler: yes but no.
package.json automaticallyPublished on in JavaScript
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Just run npx sort-package-json.
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A simple reducer to chunk (split) an array into smaller arrays.
Published on in C#, Episerver and JavaScript
Requests with the Accept header set to application/json
are automatically routed to Content Delivery API.
Here's how to bypass it
and make the request go to a page controller instead.
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JSX is just JS under the hood.
Hyperscript is like that JS,
but better.
Example:
h('a.link', { href }, 'Click me')
is nicer than
<a className="link" href={href}>Click me</a>,
right? Right?!
default doesn't have to be the last casePublished on in C#, Clean code, JavaScript and TypeScript
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Non-last default cases are confusing
but perfectly valid.
Sometimes it makes sense to place them at the beginning or in the middle.