Perfection via Successive Approximation
starting from 0 ± ∞
The blog posts in this area are mostly notes to myself about things I’ve learned along the way and don’t want to forget, so most of these won’t be articles with long explanations! Since I’m also into helping people learn to code, though, there are a few things I want to record here that are either basics that most self-taught folks don’t seem to know (though I have seen some very creative work-arounds for some of them!) or things that are actually pretty easy but most beginners/self-taught folks might not realize are even possible. Posts written in more of a tutorial style, I’ve filed under the ‘Basics’ sub-category.
Okay so I recently figured this out, fixed it on my scripts, forgot about it, was just reminded, realized I ought to document/share. So this is getting posted here and a couple other places. When you do a fetch() or $.get() the browser only fetches that specific page, and doesn’t bring along any external/linked files…. Read More
Firstly, you’ll need the svg itself. Three things to note: 1: Like empty images, empty svgs still take up some minimum space by default. If you’re borrowing a filter from an svg image that you’re actually using, that’s not an issue. If you’re just using the svg for filters, the svg itself needs to be… Read More
Add to .gitignore: In the Terminal: Note!! pnpm will not understand ci and will pass it to npm directly, and you will end up with locally-installed npm modules that contribute to your quota. refresh will trigger the editor refresh, pnpm to prune & install, and the app to restart.
Note: I am using -webkit prefixed styles for all three relevant rules to ensure that only browsers that implement all three will load the background gradient at all. I could use a proper polyfill and/or @supports, but honestly this creates more readable code. Non-webkit browsers have started using webkit prefixes too, so this code works… Read More
Useful if you are making a customizable skin, or if you allow users to set font preferences in their account settings. Of course, the basic way you include google fonts on your page is like this: HTML (preconnects are technically optional): Or, CSS Include: So how to generate that link from an array of font… Read More
Ever been on a forum site with a really nice dark theme, but then you go to make a post, and are presented with a large blindingly white text area to type in? Maybe with tiny, hard to read font? Of course you have. But this is a 100% fixable problem. Let’s say we have… Read More
Random Things to remember: SQLDataSource won’t bind parameters properly if you don’t specify a type, but the GUI data source setup window doesn’t guess nor prompt you to provide them. It’s under ‘Advanced’; or go into the code and add them. GridView will automatically add anything with ‘id’ in the field name to the DataKeys… Read More