Jeremy WoodCSS: CountersI was recently watching some Kevin Powell videos on CSS, and I learned about an interesting feature of the CSS library. It turns out CSS…4 min read·Feb 5, 2022----
Jeremy WoodWhat are CSS Keyframes?Keyframes in CSS give us a way to define how our animations behave. They are used along with the animations properties to describe what our…3 min read·Jan 29, 2022----
Jeremy WoodCSS: Min, Max, and ClampWhen I’m writing CSS, sometimes the amount of properties I have on my classes starts to feel ridiculous. One way we can reduce the amount…2 min read·Jan 22, 2022----
Jeremy WoodMulti Threaded RubyRuby has a reputation of being slower than some other programming languages. One way we can help to improve this is by using different…3 min read·Jan 15, 2022----
Jeremy WoodJavaScript: Surprise Octal NumbersIn a recent problem I was working on, I was parsing the individual ones and zeroes representing the bits of a binary number, and assigning…2 min read·Jan 9, 2022----
Jeremy WoodWhat are JavaScript Workers?Web responsiveness and performance is becoming increasingly important both for user experience, and SEO. One big thing that has always…3 min read·Jan 2, 2022----
Jeremy WoodBasic JavaScript MemoizationIf you’re new to JavaScript, there’s a good chance you’re using a website like LeetCode or HackerRank to improve your algorithm skills. A…6 min read·Dec 26, 2021----
Jeremy WoodWhy GraphQL when I can REST?If you’ve had to fetch data before, there’s a good chance you’ve used a RESTful conventions to get data from an API. You have also probably…3 min read·Dec 17, 2021----
Jeremy WoodPositioning with Mouse Events, Offset, getBoundingClientRect, and getComputedStyleOn a recent project, I was using event listeners on mouse events. I was trying to determine where on some elements I had clicked, as a…5 min read·Dec 12, 2021----
Jeremy WoodReact: props.childrenCode reusability is key in React. One nice tool we get for abstraction and reusability is props.children. Based on some explanations out…2 min read·Dec 5, 2021----