17
Jan
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What’s New in Next.js 14?
Without a doubt, the Next.js JavaScript framework is generating the most attention in the front-end world. It remains to be seen if this attention is entirely positive, but undeniable progress is currently unfolding in this domain. In this article, we’ll examine the newest version, Next.js 14.
16
Nov
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What’s New In Angular 17?
In early 2023, Sarah Drashner, Google's Engineering Director and head of the Angular team, coined the term "Angular Renaissance" to describe the renewed focus on the framework for developing modern JavaScript applications over the last seven years.
25
Oct
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Custom Standalone APIs for Angular
Together with standalone components, the Angular team has introduced the so-called standalone APIs. They provide a simple solution for library setup and do not require Angular modules. Popular libraries that already implement this concept include the HttpClient, Router, and NgRx. These libraries are based on several patterns that we find beneficial in our own projects. They also provide our library users with familiar structures and behaviors. In this article, I show three such patterns that I derived from the libraries mentioned.
31
Mar
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Making the web more powerful with Project Fugu
The term Progressive Web App (PWA) was coined in 2015. Since 2018 PWAs can be installed on all relevant operating systems and can also be executed offline. However, there is still a certain difference in functionality between PWAs and their native counterparts. With Project Fugu, the gap should continue to shrink.
27
Mar
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Why you should use date-fns for manipulating dates with JavaScript
Issues related to working with dates are as old of a problem as it gets with JavaScript. In theory it is possible to perform date calculations with JavaScript’s date object, if it weren’t for the many weaknesses of the API. Fortunately, there are helpful libraries that can save us a lot of work. One of them is date-fns.
12
Jun
5 simple Rules to implement Microservices Architecture
The software industry likes to create and follow hype. Unfortunately, the rate at which we can adapt to the hype is much smaller than the rate we generate it. It’s understandable, therefore, that we are sometimes tempted to take whatever solution we currently have at hand and simply rebrand it with minimal changes to suit the current fashion.