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Hey Geeks! Are you planning to pursue a career in software development? If so, design patterns are a skill that you’ll need pickup soon. Therefore we introduce this new series, where we will dedicate one article to each pattern and attempt to explain it in the easiest way possible. But before we dive in, let us first look at what design patterns really are.
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Hello there! As a web developer, I always strive to ensure that my websites are as secure as possible. Therefore, in this article, I have put together a checklist of 9 crucial measures that should be implemented by web developers to ensure their websites are optimally defended. The items in this checklist have been mandated by Mozilla in their Web Security guidelines for all websites and/or web applications. Let’s get started!
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Hey Geeks! It’s almost the end of 2019 and it has been a great year for science and technology. We saw various scientific breakthroughs – from commercially viable quantum computing and the discovery of water on Mars to advances in medical science and artificial intelligence. In this article, we are going to look back at the major scientific achievements of 2019 in chronological order.
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Web Components are a relatively new set of technologies that lets you create custom HTML elements using the shadow DOM. This enables you to write markup, styles and logic once and reuse it around your website or web app! In this article, we are going to look into the technologies which power Web Components and create a custom HTML element from scratch!
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Hey guys! In this article, we are going to compare websites and web applications! As a beginner web developer, say you have built a simple portfolio site using HTML, CSS and some JavaScript. Does that make your portfolio a website, a web application or both? Let’s find out!
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If you are a web development geek like us here at GeekyMinds, you must have heard the term PWA a lot. PWA stands for Progressive Web App. Why are Progressive Web Apps so important for the web developers and what’s in it for the common user? Let’s find out!
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Hey geeks! This week we are looking into Promises in JavaScript! Let’s say you are building a weather app. You have access to an awesome weather API you found on the web and you have decided to use it in your app. In order to accomplish the task, you have to use AJAX or Fetch API.
Consider that fetching the weather may not be instantaneous, i.e, it takes time. How does Fetch API make sure your app doesn’t stop working in the time the weather info arrives? By using Promises! Let’s dive into Promises in JavaScript and find out what it is all about.
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