I think in many ways TypeScript is superior to Java but unfortunately, TypeScript is not a magical tool that fixes all the things wrong with JavaScript and in fact, is very dynamic and much closer to JavaScript than to Java. From my experience, many developers (especially Angular developers) don't get that. TypeScript is basically JavaScript … Continue reading Do TypeScript allows us to program like Java?
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TypeScript you liar…!
I was playing with the TypeScript playground (http://www.typescriptlang.org/play/) and noticed how cool is to have a great linter that checks your code for all kinds of errors and gives you meaningful warnings. So check this out: ... and after you hit run!
How you can develop Progressive Web Apps that feel native
Probably many of you already know that, PWAs (Progressive Web Apps) are apps that can run in the browser or in a standalone window and can take advantage of native OS features, such as push notifications and the ability to work offline. Recently theyโve got a lot of media attention because they seem to be … Continue reading How you can develop Progressive Web Apps that feel native
Java Computation Bug
Let's say we have the following piece of code: This method can be used to add a specific number of days to the current timestamp and is incorrect ๐ . Let's assume the current timestamp is 1522734845054 (April 3, 2018 5:54:05.054 AM). If we call plusDays(10) it will correctly return something like 1523598845054 (April 13, … Continue reading Java Computation Bug
GIT commits a la Google
It's nice to live in a perfect world where every problem has an elegant solution but when dudes like Bruce Dawson, an awesome C++ developer from Google, commits code with this subject line, I think we can safely assume that the perfect world doesn't exists ๐ . Avoid Windows kernel bug using Python hack I … Continue reading GIT commits a la Google
PWAs are coming to iOS 11.3
Good news for WEB fanatics, Ricky Mondello from Apple announced on Twitter that Safari will have support for Web App Manifest and Service Workers which means multi-platform PWAs are now possible. https://twitter.com/rmondello/status/956256845311590400 PWAs or Progressive Web Applications are basically enhanced web apps. When the user regularly returns to the app, browsers will invite him to … Continue reading PWAs are coming to iOS 11.3
What happened to the WEB?
I was always into low level C/C++ stuff and most of my career I wrote desktop and server applications but during my college years, I remember I made decent amount of money by doing websites/applications for different customers. I remember that I really liked WEB development back in the days: you just needed to edit … Continue reading What happened to the WEB?