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Common Lodash Functions

Common Lodash Functions

While writing your javascript applications you might find yourself implementing the same patterns over and over to work with arrays and objects. Some of these patterns you commonly encounter include looping over data to manipulate each item, filtering and sorting data based on specific criteria, and finding differences and commonality between multiple sets of data. Instead of writing these workflows from scratch you might want to try a utility library such as lodash. Lodash is a modern javascript utility library that provides excellent features for working with arrays, objects, and collections. Here is a list of the common functions I...

ReQLPro version 0.0.3

Now With Windows Support! Hey everyone. We have a new release of ReQLPro (version 0.0.3) ready for use! The biggest update in this release is a Windows version of the app. We have also been receiving lots of feedback and have implemented quite a bit of it in this version. See below for details on the new features. Download ReQLPro Fixes: Remove error from insert view when navigating away and coming back Rows per page selection was not persisting between changing tables Resized column widths not being persisted across pagination Table view now shows all root level properties...

ReQLPro version 0.0.2

Hey everyone. We have a new release of ReQLPro (version 0.0.2) ready for you after receiving some initial feedback. See below for details on the new features. Download ReQLPro Fixes: Collapse the table list in left nav when clicking an expanded item Switch back to table view if insert/edit mode is active when changing tables Highlight the selected table from the left nav Hide the "Items per Page" dropdown when in edit/insert view Preserve ReQL Date types when saving records in edit mode Style: Improve styling of the "Rows per Page" dropdown Add scrolling to database/...

How to go from Mockup to Code Quickly and Efficiently

How to go from Mockup to Code Quickly and Efficiently

A quick and efficient process to go from mockup to HTML & CSS. As a frontend developer for over 7 years, I've had the pleasure of working in situations where I had no choice but to build things as fast as possible. Over time I developed a process that allowed me to move quickly from mockup to code, and that process is what I will be sharing in this post. I hope some of what I've learned to speed up my development will be helpful to you. Consider the following layout. How do you convert a layout like the one...

Orlando’s FIRST EVER Girls Who Code Club Program Launches this Week!

Orlando’s FIRST EVER Girls Who Code Club Program Launches this Week!

I can’t believe it's finally happening! I am super excited that this Monday, June 13, 2016 Orlando’s FIRST EVER Girls Who Code Club Program begins! The initiative was announced in November last year at WeVENTURE’s Rengades and Rebels: Women and Tech event, and 7 months later our first week-long, all-day, summer program will bring coding skills and Computer Science education to eighteen middle school and high school girls in Central Florida! Girls Who Code is a national non-profit organization, moving into its fourth year of working to close the gender gap in technology. What started as 20...