February 18, 2021 — In this article, we take a look at the topic of context and variables in Hugo, a popular static site generator. You’ll understand concepts such as the global context, flow control, and variables in Hugo templates, as well as data flow from content files through templates to partials and base templates. Read more…

February 9, 2021 — In this article, Tobias explores some of the less known but very useful features in Git. You’ll learn how to recover deleted commits, clean up your commit history, use submodules to manage third-party code and compose commits with precision — along with a friendly Git cheat sheet. Read more…

January 29, 2021 — In this article, we look at some of the more advanced features of TypeScript, like union types, conditional types, template literal types, and generics. We want to formalize the most dynamic JavaScript behavior in a way that we can catch most bugs before they happen. Read more…

December 30, 2020 — This article is the first part of an upcoming series that provides a practical introduction to Dependency Injection in a manner that immediately permits you to realize its many benefits without being hampered down by theory. Read more…

December 24, 2020 — Vuex is the go-to state management library for Vue applications, and the Vue core team has some big plans to make it better than ever. Here’s a preview of where they are looking to take it. Read more…

December 7, 2020 — How can we combine the flexibility of MDX with the power of a headless CMS like Sanity? Learn how to render MDX from Sanity in Next.js in this tutorial! Read more…

December 3, 2020 — Markdown has a declarative syntax that is both powerful and easy to learn for technical and non-technical folks. However, due to the consequential ambiguities in its original specification, there have been a number of distinct flavors (or custom versions). This has led to a steep divergence from what can be parsed and what is rendered. Find out how CommonMark provides a standardized specification of Markdown that reflects its real-world usage. Read more…

November 25, 2020 — In the product-focused world of development, it can be easy to forget the joy of making for the sake of making. By dropping the ‘Why’ and ‘How’, and focusing instead on the ‘What’ of weird, wonderful ideas, you can nurture a totally different side to your skill sets. Read more…

November 24, 2020 — The Vue Testing library can help you to test your applications by mirroring the way that a user would interact with them. Here’s everything you need to know if you want to get started right away. Read more…

November 23, 2020 — In JavaScript, there are two main ways to handle asynchronous code: then/catch (ES6) and async/await (ES7). These syntaxes give us the same underlying functionality, but they affect readability and scope in different ways. In this article, we’ll see how one syntax lends itself to maintainable code, while the other puts us on the road to callback hell! Read more…