Published inJavaScript in Plain English·Jan 5Teleporting Renderless Slots in Vue.jsWith Vue 2, one way to create reusable logic was to use renderless components. After Adam’s blog post, the concept quickly became popular. But when Vue 3 introduced the composition API, which offers similar benefits at even greater flexibility, renderless components became less relevant. But there are still some interesting…JavaScript3 min readJavaScript3 min read
Published inJavaScript in Plain English·Jan 3How to Vendor npm DependenciesWhen you have to make changes to a third-party npm library, you usually have two choices: Fork the library and publish it as a new package. Or vendor the library and copy it into your project. Both are valid options and depending on the scenario you have to decide which…JavaScript2 min readJavaScript2 min read
Published inJavaScript in Plain English·Mar 8, 2022The Structure of Conditional ExpressionsAnd why yours should read like natural language — When talking about clean code there are some things that most programmers will pay attention to. Naming things well or using short function bodies are two examples. But there are other, more subtle code smells that can make your code hard to understand. One thing I recently stumbled upon in…Programming2 min readProgramming2 min read
Published inJavaScript in Plain English·Sep 18, 2021How to Integrate ESLint into a Legacy CodebaseOne of the first things I usually do for a new JavaScript project is to set up and configure ESLint. ESLint is a static code analyzer. It’s great for two reasons: First, it helps you enforce a consistent coding style across a team of developers or as a solo dev…JavaScript3 min readJavaScript3 min read
Published inJavaScript in Plain English·Feb 13, 2021Getting Started with Loaders and Plugins in WebpackIn 2016 I traveled through Australia for a few weeks and tried surfing for the first time in my life. I loved it, but I had an uneasy feeling whenever I went into the water. …Webpack11 min readWebpack11 min read
Published inThe Startup·Jan 15, 2021How to Set Up an Electron App With Vue and WebpackI recently started my first electron project because I thought it was the quickest way to build a user interface for a desktop app that I was developing. But the project setup turned out to be much more difficult than I had anticipated because I ran into many errors that…Electronjs9 min readElectronjs9 min read
