We code the web

AngularJS has been around for a while. Although AngularJS 2.0 is going to have a completely different api, it’s current api is kinda settled and mature. But it’s starting to get old. 6 years is quite a lot for a front-end framework and the competition is moving fast. But still AngularJS is a solid and complete framework with a big community behind it. Controllers have become the staple component of an Angular application, but should they be?

I am mainly a front-end developer, but I’ve also programmed quite some C# .NET software. I learned a lot about the SOLID principles, TDD, DRY etc.. and in my opinion these principles are a bit unrecognized in the front-end world. Should they get more attention?

Lately a good friend of mine showed me this plugin for Sublime Text called Hayaku. I had never heard of it so I asked him what it was. It’s like Emmet for CSS. Hey, I know Emmet, it makes writing HTML and CSS easier, so what’s this about?

Props are the mechanism React uses to let components communicate with each other. A parent component can pass it’s child(ren) named prop values, which the child can then use in its internal logic.

I have always been very picky about a good folder structure. I enjoy working in a neatly structured project. How do we go about this in a front-end application?

The Javascript world has grown, a lot. Instead of a simple scripting language, it is now used as a full blown programming language for the web. Not to forget it’s server side capabilities with NodeJS. ECMAScript 6 brings some features to make Javascript a more ‘mature’ language. A good example is the new let and const variable types.

Generating id’s, no matter the concern, it always comes in handy. Check out this little fella!

SASS lists are great, and with multidimensional lists you can get a key-value-like experience, but not completely..