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Introduction Kotlin is a JVM language that borrows from Scala in an attempt to improve Java. In contrast to Java and Scala (GWT and Scala.js), in which the to-JavaScript compiler is an independent framework, Kotlin provides a to-JavaScript compiler as an integral part of its compiler. Another difference between Kotlin compiler and other frameworks is that Kotlin provides its lib ...

Hello readers, in this tutorial, we will understand the differences between the AngularJS and the jQuery libraries. 1. Introduction For this tutorial, we will be explaining the differences and the important features of both technologies. It is very simple, but before moving further let’s take a look at AngularJS, jQuery, and their features. 1.1 What is AngularJS? Angular is a ...

When developing web apps in Visual Studio Code, I find myself using the built-in debugger to conveniently launch my web application in Chrome. Initially I was using the following launch.json configuration to launch Chrome and the debugger: "configurations": [ { "type": "chrome", "request": "launch", "name": "Launch Chrome", "url": "http://localhost:4200/home", "webRoot": "${workspaceFolder}/src" } ] This launch configuration works pretty well. It ...

WebRTC is an amazing and rather ground-breaking technology pioneered by those geniuses at Google. Enabling plugin-free connectivity between browsers, the typical application for WebRTC is that of video chat applications. However, WebRTC is not just for audio and video; it’s also capable of transmitting other high-speed data. In short, envision a future of peer-to-peer gaming, file transfer, and other true ...

One of the newer things that Rails 5+ provides is system tests. This gives us a full frontend testing experience with Capybara, which runs each of our tests through a real browser window to perfectly provide what a normal web user would experience. Having this baked in to Rails makes for an elegant way to get started and hit the ...

Introduction Working with JSON is almost inevitable regardless of the environment. In this post, we will go through different ways of serializing/deserializing (or encoding/decoding as some may call it) objects from/to JSON in Scala.js. As of the date this post is written, there are three main tools that convert objects to/from JSON: uPickle Circe scalajs-dom (using JSON.stringify() and parse()) We ...

Hello readers, in this tutorial, we will show readers how to use the jQuery library in a simple HTML application. 1. Introduction jQuery is nothing but a JavaScript library that comes with rich functionalities. It’s small and faster than many JavaScript code written by an average web developer. By using jQuery developers can write less code and do more things, ...

The web of the future is encrypted and every site should have HTTPS enabled. Resources such as cookies, images, scripts, and HTML can be exploited, so good practice in web development is to make sure every resource accessed by users on your website is encrypted. Let’s Talk About SSL Certificates As you may know, HTTPS (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure) ...

Debugging is the task of identifying and removing errors from software applications, and it’s more than just printing out values in your code. This post describes how to efficiently debug Node.js programs using the latest Google Chrome DevTools. A lot of developers use console.log in order to debug their application. But why? The answer is easy: It’s inconvenient to use ...