Author: Christian Price

The HTML5 canvas element has become a powerful tool for web developers, enabling dynamic and visually rich content creation without relying on external plugins. A crucial feature of the canvas API is the toDataURL method, which converts the canvas’s graphical content into a data URL string containing a Base64-encoded image. However, supporting this feature on […]

In the evolving world of mobile application development, two frameworks stand out: Flutter and React Native. Each has a unique set of features, pros, and cons that make them suitable for different kinds of projects. This article compares Flutter and React Native across several dimensions, including performance, development experience, community support, UI capabilities, and more. […]

The void operator is somewhat enigmatic within JavaScript, often causing confusion among developers. Its primary function is simple: it allows the evaluation of an expression without returning a value. Essentially, it ignores the result of an expression and always returns undefined. Below, we delve deeper into the uses, functionalities, and practical applications of the void […]

AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) is a web component framework created to improve the performance of web content. One major restriction in AMP is the prohibition of custom JavaScript to ensure standardized, high-performance user experiences across devices. This constraint can be challenging but offers specific methods to include interactive features without compromising speed. The Purpose of […]

Introduction JavaScript (JS) and JSX are core components of React development. Understanding the difference between these two file types is crucial for any developer working within the React ecosystem. This article explores the nuances between JS and JSX files, their respective uses, syntax, and how to best leverage them in your React applications. What is […]

Integrating iFrames with React Native: A Comprehensive Guide Introduction to iFrames in React Native Applications iFrames are an established HTML tag that allows embedding another HTML page within a given page. They make it possible to integrate diverse content from different sources, such as videos, maps, and external websites. However, using iFrames in React Native […]

This a quick example of how you can format HTML input fields with JavaScript to allow Credit Card numbers or let’s say Phone numbers in a particular format. Most often or not you might have seen this when you are trying to do a payment checkout. This article will cover the technique to format an […]

This is a short article that features a video on Setting Expiry in Redis. So, we will learn how you can set an expiry time to your Redis keys. What is Redis? Redis is an open-source (BSD licensed), in-memory data structure store, used as a database, cache, and message broker. It is highly reliable, scalable, […]

In this article we will check out how to share like native apps with the Web Share API. Web Share API has been around for some time and can add the great ability to your Mobile Web/PWA applications. Using the Web Share API you can provide your users with native app like sharing dialog as […]

Ever wondered how to cancel a fetch request in your web application. There’s good news, we can finally abort HTTP calls made using fetch from our applications. In this article, I will cover how to abort or cancel an HTTP call made using fetch(). I will also walk you through a sample example with details. […]

Redis is an open-source (BSD licensed), in-memory data structure store, used as a database, cache, and message broker. It is highly reliable, scalable, and has high availability. In this article, we look at some useful Redis commands for beginners. Redis can be used to cache content . For eg. — database queries that are supposed to be […]

Mime types define the format of a document that you will typically encounter in web development. In this article let’s look at a few important mime types for web developers. What does MIME stands for? MIME is the short format of Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension. It is an RFC standard that defines the format and nature of […]

Let’s see a quick example of how to have timeouts in fetch calls using JavaScript promises. By default the fetch() API does not have built-in support for timeouts. So we will build our custom solution in this example. Why do you need timeout? Well, it is a good idea to have a timeout in your […]