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Rich Werden

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  1. #TIL: Express Routing With RegExp

    Today, I learned that Express can actually parse inbound/outbound routing paths using Regular Expressions1 for either paths or routing! I personally call it ‘RegEx’/’regex’, but since javascript is my bread-and-butter...…

    • Tagged:  Backend  WebDev  TIL  node  express  devops

  2. #TIL: Handling GET and POST on the same endpoint

    Today’s TIL: You can use app.route() for handling both GET and POST requests on the exact same endpoint in Express: Just chain them together after using app.route('/endpoint') like so… …

    • Tagged:  Backend  WebDev  TIL  node  express  devops

  3. #TIL: Camel-Case jQuery Animation

    Learned this one ‘the hard way’ today. Even though jQuery’s moment in the sun would seem to have passed, I discovered one important thing to remember when using jQuery’s .animate()...…

    • Tagged:  Frontend  WebDev  TIL  jQuery  JavaScript  debugging  CSS  SASS  SCSS

  4. #TIL: Javascript's Deprecated `with` syntax:

    Got asked to explain this recently and I [had to look it up on MDN][mdnwith]. Using with was deprecated as of ES5 and its use is now bad-practice, can lead...…

    • Tagged:  WebDev  Frontend  Backend  TIL  JavaScript  debugging

  5. CSS Text on Fire

    While the site CSSNewbie.com doesn’t always have the best executions, I am enamored with this particular text-effect. By using different offset drop shadows1, the text is made to look like...…

    • Tagged:  Frontend  neato  CSS  SCSS  SASS