Published inStackademic·Sep 12Member-onlyFlutterFlow — A Practical Case StudyUntil recently, I didn’t think no/low-code tools could be considered for building applications. This changed last year when I built an MVP with Softr, one of the many tools available today. In this article, I will share a hands-on example of another platform, FlutterFlow. …Flutter8 min readFlutter8 min read
Mar 28Developing JWords — A weekend project in 365 daysIf you are kicking off a new side project a weekend off-site can help you focus and get far, fast. In this case, off-site just being not at home. I did this, I took a weekend, and I planned to release my new project before I returned home. …Mobile App Development16 min readMobile App Development16 min read
Published inNerd For Tech·Mar 12Member-onlyResponsive design with React & Chakra-UIIt is standard practice now to design for both desktop and mobile. Your website likely has a substantial user base on both platforms, although it varies from service to service. You will want to provide at least a usable experience regardless of platform. In this article, you will learn how…Chakra Ui6 min readChakra Ui6 min read
Published inNerd For Tech·Jan 18innerText in ScrapyIn Javascript, there is this wonderful property called innerText, which is rendering aware and will return all descendant's texts as you would expect in plain text. We don’t need to worry about the internal structure of an element. For example, if it has tags for bold text, spans, lists etc…Scrapy3 min readScrapy3 min read
Published inNerd For Tech·Jan 17Flutter test coverage in Gitlab CIShowing test coverage and whether it is going up or down on a pull request can change whether or not coverage gets added by your team. Visualizing and giving a feedback signal when test coverage changes encourage adding more tests. In Gitlab, you can get the test coverage added like…Flutter3 min readFlutter3 min read
Published inNerd For Tech·Nov 9, 2022Have you set a budget for your cloud project yet? It saved us $40 a dayMaintaining a server yourself is a lot of work. Cloud services usually outperform cost and effort-wise unless you have poor luck and no safety controls in place. The cost of a cloud project I worked on recently, suddenly and without warning, increased by $40 a day. …Gcp5 min readGcp5 min read
Published inNerd For Tech·Oct 19, 2022Make any element text changeable with contenteditableI found the contenteditable attribute a while back when I was trying to find a way to build a WYSIWYG. Simply put, adding the contenteditable attribute to any HTML element allows you to edit the content of that element. Within the limits of what the browser and the element support…HTML2 min readHTML2 min read
Published inNerd For Tech·Oct 5, 2022Jupyter for JavascriptObservableHQ is an online script notebook for javascript. With ObservableHQ, you can quickly run and rerun each line. Document or explain side-by-side and display outputs as they are generated. It’s like running Node inside Notion.JavaScript3 min readJavaScript3 min read
Aug 25, 2022Improve your project docs with journallingYou have better things to do than write and maintain long documents that rarely get read. I have used strong words to share my dislike for documentation in the past, and I still feel the same way today. Yet here I am, asking you to write more. A whole lot…Writing4 min readWriting4 min read
Published inNerd For Tech·Aug 14, 2022Switching from Handlebars to PugWhen creating japapps.com, I wanted a minimal and easy way to generate HTML from a database of articles. I chose to start with HandlebarsJS. This worked well until recently. …Pugjs4 min readPugjs4 min read
