javascript - Grant Winney

7 Results tagged on "javascript":

Mar 05, 2018

The gotchas of the var keyword in JavaScript

I wasted several hours debugging a problem in some JavaScript code, and now it's time to share the pain. The issue stemmed from my misunderstanding of how variable scoping works. The MDN docs on the var statement helped clear things up, but here's a few examples to demonstrate the problem....

chrome javascript browser extension programming

Feb 25, 2018

Automatically adding links next to all headers on the page (a Chrome extension)

Ever needed to link directly to one section of a webpage? You can, as long as there's a header (or another element nearby like a div) with an ID assigned to it. Getting the ID isn't tough, but it's a bit of a pain. It doesn't have to be that hard....

ghostblog javascript

Feb 03, 2018

Creating a Table of Contents for your blog

A table of contents is nice to have, and convenient for your visitors, so I wrote a script that should work for any blog (with some minor adjustments). Here it is, along with some specific notes for using it in a Ghost blog....

chrome javascript browser extension programming

Aug 16, 2017

Making Your First Chrome Extension

We all have our favorite web browser with our favorite extensions loaded, but have you ever considered writing your own? In the past few months I've created a couple extensions to suit my own needs. Here's what I've learned!...

chrome javascript jstree browser extension programming

Jan 04, 2017

Creating My First Google Chrome Extension – Part 3

Creating your own browser extension is a great way to extend its functionality, not to mention it's a great feeling of satisfaction to write and share it with others. Let's see how to get started....

chrome javascript jstree browser extension programming

Dec 03, 2016

Creating My First Google Chrome Extension - Part 2

Creating your own browser extension is a great way to extend its functionality, not to mention it's a great feeling of satisfaction to write and share it with others. Here I'm continuing development of my first extension....

chrome javascript browser extension programming

Nov 20, 2016

Creating My First Google Chrome Extension - Part 1

Creating your own browser extension is a great way to extend its functionality, not to mention it's a great feeling of satisfaction to write and share it with others. Let's see how to get started....

Experience gets you far, but finding good tools and services can get you much further. Here are some of my favorites:

DigitalOcean is a versatile, affordable cloud provider. You can serve up a blog (like this one!), deploy a wiki, try out ansible, or do something much bigger. They host the annual Hacktoberfest too.

Cloudinary is an image and video management platform, which freed me from my dependency on YouTube to host videos on this site.