Modern Javascript Fundamentals (2023) 💻
In the early days of the web, the creators of Javascript numbered its version: by version: 1, 2, 3, and…
Template Literals (aka String Interpolation) With a Backtick
One of the often-overlooked new features in ES6, formally known as ECMAScript 6, is string interpolation. If you don’t know…
Universal Track Manager 0.7.1 Released
Rubygems says my Rails engine (a gem) Universal Track Manager has crossed the 5000 downloads milestone. Interested in tracking page…
Getting Stuck on the Version of Rails In Your Bundler
Confusingly, bundler can have more than one version of Rails installed at once. In this short post, I will review…
Remember how strftime works in Ruby? Neither do I.
For a Good Strftime lets you easily create the Ruby syntax for strftime. Just select how you want your dates:…
HTML Render
The simplest of the Gems I have written is this small tool that does one powerful thing. https://github.com/jasonfb/html-render For some…
Nonschema Migrations
See: Github Nonschema migrations is an old project of mine which I am happy has helped countless teams run data…
How to Get Emojis in MySQL (fixing Incorrect String Value)
So your Rails application with a MySQL database was humming along and all of a sudden it hit this error:…
Essential React Packages of Early 2020 ( do not develop without )
The most essential Node packages to set up your React app today. (This article was written in the context of…