JavaScript maps are a great way to store data, and in many instances are more performant than Objects. Here’s how they work. — You’re probably familiar with JavaScript Objects — but did you know there is another way to create sets of data in JavaScript, known as Maps? You might be using JavaScript plain old objects right now, when a map may be a better solution to your problem. JavaScript maps differ in…

As part of my continuous work to see how much I can do with just CSS (see other work such as the CSS only Minecraft Chicken), I decided to try and recreate Windows 98 using nothing else apart from CSS and HTML. Did anyone ask for this? Not really? Is…

A quick guide on how you can delete items from anywhere in a JavaScript array. — In a previous article, I covered how to insert items into an array at a specific index, so now let’s look at how to delete items. Arrays, which are common data structures in Javascript, look a little like this: let myArray = [ 'some', 'array', 'content' ]; They are a…

Here’s a list of pretty much any action you would want to perform on an array, and how to do it in JavaScript. — With arrays, there are usually a set number of specific things you want to achieve. Below is a list of pretty much any action you would want to perform on an array, and how to do it in JavaScript. …

A short guide on how to insert an item into an array at a specific index. — Arrays are common data structures found in Javascript, which typically look a bit like this: let myArray = [ 'some', 'data', 'here' ] They act a lot like arrays found in other languages and are relatively easy to define. …

TypeScript has two ways to create new custom types — interfaces and types. Let’s look at the differences between both. — In TypeScript, you might have noticed you can declare custom types in two different ways. One is with the interface keyword, and the other is with the type keyword. As such, you may find yourself wondering why there are two ways to do one thing - and you're not alone…

Sometimes, when we are making changes to a project in git, we realise we suddenly need to revert back to the last clean working directory version of our project — that meaning the version with no local changes applied. For example, suppose you had recently cloned or pulled a version…