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Rich Werden

Web Developer & Software Engineer

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  1. Public APIs Galore

    Here is a completely non-authoritative non-official not-necessarily-most-up-to-date-but-I-try list of Public API endpoints I have found over the years that are good for learning, experimenting, and testing… Most of them do...…

    • Tagged:  Backend  WebDev  Frontend  devops  node  express  T4R2R  testing

  2. curl-ing

    As devs we often need to quickly check a server ala “Is this thing on?”, or “What does that API’s response look like?”. For most folks these days, an application...…

    • Tagged:  Backend  devops  debugging  node  express  MacOS  terminal

  3. TypeScript API Error Handler

    I want to share this code that I’ve been using as a generic Error-handler with TypeScript. The code is really a slight tweak on a post by the mighty Kent...…

    • Tagged:  TypeScript  debugging  WebDev  Frontend  Backend

  4. Physical Device Debugging With Chrome

    Did you know that you can easily connect a physical Android device to do your laptop for frontend debugging? …

    • Tagged:  Fronend  WebDev  Chrome  Safari  CSS  SASS  SCSS  HTML  debugging

  5. console() Things Other Than log

    We all know the basics of debugging values, that console.log(someVar) will print the current value of someVar. It is the core of “CDD” [Console Driven Development <rimshot>🤣]. I thought I’d...…

    • Tagged:  Frontend  WebDev  Chrome  Safari  JavaScript  TypeScript  debugging

  6. #TIL: CSS Input-Placeholder Trick

    Here’s a neat little CSS trick I found. …

    • Tagged:  CSS  SASS  SCSS  neato  TIL  Frontend  WebDev  T4R2R

  7. ES6 Object Destructuring

    The thing to remember here is this: The less code you have to write, the fewer places you can make misteaks mistakes. …

    • Tagged:  Frontend  Backend  WebDev  JavaScript  TypeScript  node  express  debugging