Angular v12 is now available
May 12th, 2021
Photo of Alamo Square Park in San Francisco by Minko Gechev It’s that time again, friends — we’re back with a new release and we can’t wait to share all the great updates and features waiting for you in Angular v12. Before we dive into those updates, let’s check in on the Angular journey. A vital key to Angular’s…
Upcoming improvements to Angular library distribution
April 23rd, 2021
TLDR; In v12, we’ll deprecate our legacy compilation and rendering pipeline called View Engine. This change will not require any action by developers. Libraries dependent on View Engine will continue to work as expected via our compatibility compiler ngcc. If you’re a library author or interested in understanding technical details, please continue reading the sections below….
Flash of inAccurate coloR Theme (FART)
April 15th, 2021
There is a lot to think about when implementing a dark mode theme on a website. We have a huge guide on it. There are some very clever quick wins out there, but there are also some quite tricky things to pull off. One of those tricky things is how it’s not a dark mode…
Creating a Smart Navbar With Vanilla JavaScript
April 5th, 2021
Sticky, or fixed, navigation is a popular design choice because it gives users persistent access to navigate the site. On the other hand, it takes up space on the page and sometimes covers content in a way that’s less than appealing. A possible solution? Smart navigation. Let’s define “smart navigation” as: Visible at the top…
React Authentication & Access Control
April 1st, 2021
Authentication and access control are required for most applications, but they often distract us from building core features. In this article, I’ll cover a straightforward way to add auth and access control in React. Instead of adding a static library that you have to keep up to date or re-research each time you build a…
April 2021 Security Releases NodeJs
March 31st, 2021
Summary The Node.js project will release new versions of all supported release lines on or shortly after Tuesday, April 6th, 2021. Three High severity issues Impact The 15.x release line of Node.js is vulnerable to two high severity issues. The 14.x release line of Node.js is vulnerable to three high severity issues. The 12.x release…
Nishu Goel: The journey to GDE
March 26th, 2021
Google Developers Experts is a community of passionate developers who love to share their knowledge with others. There are over 150 women in the community. #WomenAreExperts is a series that features their stories and achievements, with an aim to inspire more women to follow their path. Today, meet Nishu Goel — a Google Developer Expert in Angular, and…
Takes on React State
March 24th, 2021
React is actually a bit of an outlier with state management. While it has first-class tools like useState and Context, you’re more own your own for reactive global state. Here’s David Ceddia with “React State Management Libraries and How to Choose” which does a good job of talking about the options. I say “outlier” because…
Alyssa Nicoll: A love story — The Web & Angular
March 19th, 2021
Google Developers Experts is a community of passionate developers who love to share their knowledge with others. There are over 150 women in the community. #WomenAreExperts is a series that features their stories and achievements, with an aim to inspire more women to follow their path. Today, meet Alyssa Nicoll — a Google Developer Expert in Angular, and…
Handling User Permissions in JavaScript
March 17th, 2021
So, you have been working on this new and fancy web application. Be it a recipe app, a document manager, or even your private cloud, you‘ve now reached the point of working with users and permissions. Take the document manager as an example: you don’t just want admins; maybe you want to invite guests with…