Many times we globally install packages then forget how many packages we have installed or that we need to update them.
Below are a set of commands to list globally installed packages and a set of commands to updated them with NPM and Yarn.
Continue readingSometimes your favorite Android app is one that is not available on the Play Store and hasn’t been updated in ages. You get your latest and greatest new phone/tablet, and now you are excited to install that one app not available on the Play Store. Suddenly you find out you cannot install it due to the Android SDK API target level being too low, or maybe the signature has expired and the app cannot be installed anymore.
Well, in this tutorial I will show you how to change the SDK API Level to a 3rd Party Android APK. It is easier than you might think, and you don’t even need Android Studio installed on your computer, or have awesome Java programming skills.
Continue readingIn this tutorial we will be building a website without a front-end framework but making use of Webpack to support writing modern JavaScript (ES6+), including ES Modules and Sass.
We all love React, Vue, Angular, [front-end framework]. But, it might be overkill to use them if you just need to build a simple website.
Continue readingSass is a very popular CSS pre-processors and the intent of the tutorial is to show you how to compile Sass files within Visual Studio using Webpack, this will include minification and autoprefixing for production.
Sure, there are some plug-ins on the Visual Studio Marketplace, and is nice to just install a plug-in and forget about configuration. However, what will happen if the plug-in is not supported anymore and stops working with newer Visual Studio versions? Well, too bad. As in the case with one of the most popular compiler plug-ins in the market.
By configuring the compilation yourself, you will have total control on the output plus the vendor prefixes will be added automatically for your CSS rules. How cool is that?
Continue readingBuild a secure React app that provides takes advantage of Firebase simplicity to consume OAuth Authentication with GitHub, Twitter and Facebook.
For an app to be secure, we usually need to implement some kind of authentication, whether it is the basic username/password combo or a two-factor authentication. In this post we’ll learn how to leverage Firebase to make our app secure and give our users the choice to log in with their preferred social account.
Continue readingYou have heard a lot about Vue.js and how awesome it is, and now you want to use it with your next .NET Core app. Well, it is far easier than you might think.
In this tutorial, besides getting started with Vue.js, we will cover the following:
My solution to HackerRank challenge Sparse Arrays found under Data Structures > Arrays > Sparse Arrays.
Continue readingMy solution to HackerRank challenge Dynamic Array found under Data Structures > Arrays > Dynamic Array.
Continue readingYou know React, you know create-react-app, but now you want to learn Webpack to create your own configurations and run React. In this tutorial, we will see the basics of Webpack for React to get you started, including React Router, React Fast Refresh, Code Splitting by Route and Vendor, production configuration, and more.
Continue readingThis is a very common question among newer React developers, and one question I had when I was starting out with React and Node. In this short example I will show you how to make create-react-app work with a Node Express Backend.
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