Blog Archive
Set Postgres System Timezone
A quick guide on how to set Postgres system timezone in a way that works across restarts originally appearing on Magistrate's blog.Storing Timezones in Postgres
A quick tip on storing a user's timezone in Postgres using build-in utilities originally appearing on Magistrate's blog.Case-Insensitive Text Columns in Postgres with citext
A dive into Postgres' citext extension originally appearing on Magistrate's blog.Gravatars and Postgres 12 using Generated Columns
A quick look at an interesting use case for generated columns in Postgres originally appearing on Magistrate's blog.Knex and Postgres
An introduction to using Knex.js and Postgres originally appearing on Magistrate's blog.JavaScript Styling with Feeling
Slimmer Code Reviews with Husky
Husky is a simple tool for configuring Git hooks in a project. It really shines when you need to easily configure Git hooks for a project across a team. That is what we are going to do today.
Virtualized Rendering in React
Virtual rendering (also known as virtualized rendering, windowing, and a number of other terms) is a method of only rendering the elements that need to be rendered to the DOM.
Use Fetch
How do you make an HTTP request in JavaScript? Do you pull in jQuery? Write your own XMLHttpRequest? There's a better way.
Deep Objects in Lodash
A quick introduction to two Lodash methods I found recently,
_.getand_.set, to help work with deeply nested objects.A Simple Build Process for React and JSX
Unfortunately, build processes are a big part of JavaScript development. Build processes do not have to be complicated, despite what you may have heard. Let's jump in with my default for building React and JSX projects. I say "default" because if the project gets complicated I will move to using Gulp. An example of a more complicated project is one with multiple entry points.
Testing React Components with Enzyme
Creating Vagrant Boxes using Vagrant
Vagrant is a huge pain in the ass (sometimes). Creating Vagrant boxes is more so (or so I thought).
Nebraska JS Conference 2015
NebraskaJS Conf is a conference I had the pleasure of attending recently. It was held at the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo, named the #1 Zoo in the World by TripAdvisor.
Drinking with npm (Bourbon and Neat)
Global npm Install without Sudo
You should not have install global node modules with root! The default for directory global node modules is usually
/usr/local/when installing from the npmjs.com binary. This directory is not writable by users (as intended). I would like to preface this with I have only done this on a OS X. The instructions should be the same for Linux. Sorry Windows users, I can't help here.What You Might Not Know about Chrome DevTools
Part One? Chrome's DevTools is a magical and mysterious beast. We can conquer this beast together! Josh Bavari recently gave a Lightning Talk on JS debugging. You should check it out. He is a great presenter.
Quick Tip: Don't use Star (and not for the reason you think)
So, here at WDT we do a lot of the JavaScripts and the CSSes. We had an issue in two of our weather mapping applications where users could not type in text boxes in using Safari. We tried to ignore this bug until yesterday when Jordan, our resident code wizard, found the cause of this issue.
Getting Started with the Bourbon Family: a Sassoholics Best Friend
When I say "The Bourbon Family", I am referring to Bourbon, Neat, Bitters, and Refills. What are they? Well, Bourbon is a mixin library for Sass. The others are built on top of Bourbon. Neat is a Sass grid system. Bitters is a kind of scaffold project with some sensible default styles. Refills is a collection of common components (think Bootstrap with less fail :P). Together they form the Bourbon Family!
Quick Tip: Useful Npm Package Listing
We've all had to suffer through
npm lsand it's endless trees of dependencies but there is a better way!Browserify: Rockin' the Wizard Hat
Jordan Rousseau recently gave a presentation at OKC.JS about Browserify. Jordan is the fearless leader of the web team, of which I happen to be a member, at Weather Decision Technologies.
Quick Tip: npm CLI Shorthands
If you're like me, you spend a lot of time daily using npm, the official node package manager. Typing
npm install whatever-package --saveornpm install whatever-package --save-devis very tedious.Star Dates in JavaScript
While on my winter vacation, I began creating problems to solve out of boredom and to keep my JavaScript skills sharp. One evening, after an unknown amount of whiskey, I decided to look into converting dates into Stardates. TREKKIE ALERT! Don’t let this discourage you from reading. There still is a decent amount of information JavaScript Dates that can be extracted from this article.
200OK Conference Wrap Up
200OK, Oklahoma's premier web dev conference, took place in Tulsa, Oklahoma on September 27th 2013. I had the pleasure of attending and I would like to share my experiences. It was an excellent conference, with a rock star (yeah I said it!) lineup of speakers. This was the first time (that I can remember) going to Tulsa. I live about two hours away.
Grunt: A Tool for the Modern Web Artisan
Automate Everything; a philosophy we should all strive for as developers. Grunt can help with this and I would like to help you learn how to properly utilize it.
The Making of devin-clark.com
My design philosophy for the project I strive for is something minimal, with a subtly powerful UI. I used Sketch 2 for initial design mockups. This post will be somewhat of a living document.
Alternative Syntax in PHP, FTW!
CSS Validation
means nothing. Valid CSS does not guarantee a good user experience, the layout is correct, or the site even functions at all. This nonsense must end. Jeffrey Way's article But It Doesn't Validate is another rant on the topic. I would definitely recommend you read it.