Tag: Exercises
Vue.js tips and tricks
Thursday, February 11, 2021
Looking for Vue.js tips and tricks? This ever-growing list of tips and tricks in using Vue.js comes from the day-to-day work as a Vue.js developer. Like some other blog posts on this site, it doesn't have too much content now, but I'll keep adding stuff as I stumble upon it in my day-to-day work.
Build the smallest possible Vue app
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
In this gentle introduction to Vue.js we'll learn about the basic ins and outs of this modern JS framework.
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Hoisting differences related to keywords var, let and const in JS
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
We all know that the var keyword should not be used in our code, and that we should mostly use let and const. We've probably already read articles about the reasons for this and how to use them properly. But what are the differences between var, let, and const, in relation to hoisting? Let's find out.
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Find the key code for a keydown or keyup event in JavaScript
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Key up and key down events in JS return a bunch of information in the Event object. This information includes the keycode data. In this tutorial we discuss how to get that info with JS.
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Using cookies in JavaScript
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Cookies are one of the oldest ways of saving text-based data on the web. The data that gets saved is not meant to be large. It's use case is to 'remember' some things about the user, even after they have closed the web page or the browser. In this article, we'll learn about working with cookies in JS.
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Convert an object to array in JS
Friday, January 22, 2021
Converting an object to an array is pretty easy in JavaScript. All we have to do is use Object.keys, or an even easier method to use, Object.entries.
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Get an object's length in JavaScript
Thursday, January 21, 2021
To get the length of an object in JS, we use Object.keys() to get an array of our object's own properties' keys. Then we can easily return the length value.
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Build a multi-dimensional array in JavaScript
Monday, January 18, 2021
How to build matrices in JS? Also known as multi-dimensional arrays, these are just arrays of arrays in JS. An easy way to build multi-dimensional arrays is to output them using nested loops, as we'll show in this tutorial.
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Convert kebab case to camel case in JavaScript
Monday, January 18, 2021
It's the combination of String.prototype.match(), RegExp, and String.prototype.replace() that gives us the solution to coverting a kebab case string to camel case string in JS.
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Capitalize the first letter of a string in JavaScript
Monday, January 18, 2021
The trick is to separate the string into the first letter and the rest of the string using charAt() and slice(), then run the toUpperCase() method on the first substring, and concatenate the rest of the original string back to the uppercased first letter.
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Insert CSS styles with JavaScript
Sunday, January 17, 2021
Appending a style tag to the head tag of an HTML document requires some simple DOM manipulation. In this tutorial, we'll discuss how to do this, and all the other ways of adding styles using JS.
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Compute the factorial of a number with JavaScript
Sunday, January 17, 2021
Calculating a factorial is very easy, but many JS implementations online make this problem unnecessarily complex. In this tutorial, we'll see the basics of how to calculate a factorial in JavaScript. We'll also go through the explanation of building a factorial calculating function in JS step-by-step.
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Calculate the Fibonacci sequence in JS
Saturday, January 16, 2021
Fibonacci sequence in JS should not be hard to build. In this article, we show step-by-step, how to build in a few simple steps, a rudimentary fibonacci sequence. Once we know the basic mehanism that lies behind the logic of fibonacci sequence code, we can then build more complex code based on this foundation.
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Count the number of times a substring appears in a string in JavaScript
Friday, January 15, 2021
Have you ever tried to see how many times a letter or a word appears in a string? Or how many times a value is repeated in an array? This tutorial shows you how to figure that out in JS.
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Convert an array of numbers to an array of ordinal numbers in JS
Thursday, January 14, 2021
To format an array of numbers as ordinal numbers, we need to properly add the suffixes -st, -nd, -rd, and -th to correct numbers. This includes numbers 11, 12, and 13, which are a bit of an edge case. In this article, we discuss how this works.
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Format a number as currency in JS
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Formatting a number as currency in JS is easy. We can use Intl.NumberFormat(), and style it as currency, or we can use the toLocaleString method, and again provide the style parameter to the options object.
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Format a number with comma as a thousands separator in JS
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
In JS, we can add a comma as thousands separator using the toLocaleString() method, or using Intl.NumberFormat().format, or using a RegExp. In this tutorial, we'll cover the first two listed means of doing this.
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Generate a random sub-array from a larger array
Monday, January 11, 2021
To get a random, three-member sub-array from an array of items, we need to use the splice, Math.random, and array flat methods, along with a simple for loop. It's a nice and easy solution, and in this tutorial, we'll go through each step of how to do this.
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Add random CSS classes to a paragraph in JavaScript
Sunday, January 10, 2021
We have a web page with a script tag. That script tag holds an array of various Bootstrap 4 CSS classes, and our JavaScript picks a random member from this array and assigns it as a CSS class to a paragraph in our web page's body tag.
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Generate a random password with JavaScript
Saturday, January 9, 2021
We can easily whip up our own password generator in vanilla JS. This tutorial shows you how to do it, step by step, with each step explained in detail.
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Randomize the order of members in a JavaScript array
Friday, January 8, 2021
Randomly reordering members of a JavaScript array might seem an easy task, but it can also be difficult to junior developers. See a step-by-step solution with a detailed explanation of how to shuffle an array in JS.
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Get a number randomly from a range of numbers in JS
Thursday, January 7, 2021
Math.random() gives us a range between 0 (inclusive) and 1 (exclusive). But how do we use this method to get a random number from a range of numbers, say, a random number between 30 and 60? Read more to find out...
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Randomly return a true or false from a JavaScript function
Thursday, January 7, 2021
Using the conditional (ternary) operator, we are able to easily return, at random, either a boolean true or false in JS. Additionally, by setting up our condition differently, we can affect the frequency of one result over the other. In this article, we explain how this works.
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Pick a random member from a JavaScript array
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Multiply the length of array with the call to Math object's random method, then floor the result. We'll explain how that's done in this article.
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Emulate a six-sided dice
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Use Math.random() static method to emulate a pair of dice in JavaScript, and keep in mind these simple tips.