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·Jan 6, 2020

Adding Dark Mode to Your React App with Emotion CSS-in-JS

Dark theme is one of the most requested features over the past few years. The most popular reason is that “it’s easier on the eyes,” followed by “it’s elegant and beautiful.” …

React

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Adding Dark Mode to Your React App with Emotion CSS-in-JS
Adding Dark Mode to Your React App with Emotion CSS-in-JS
React

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Level Up Coding

·Jul 8, 2019

How to use background script to fetch data in a Chrome extension

If you are not sure how to write a chrome extension, you may first have a look at my previous story How to use React.js to create a cross-browser extension in 5 minutes. It teaches you how to use create-react-app to build a browser extension for the new tab. The…

Chrome Extension

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How to use a background script to fetch data in a Chrome extension
How to use a background script to fetch data in a Chrome extension
Chrome Extension

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·Jun 9, 2019

How to scrape any website and build an API using cheerio.js

I was looking for GitHub trending projects API, but unfortunately, GitHub does not provide an official API for it. I decided to build github-trending-api myself using cheerio.js. In this article, I will share with you my experience using cheerio.js, …

JavaScript

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How to scrape any website and build an API using cheerio.js
How to scrape any website and build an API using cheerio.js
JavaScript

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·Feb 20, 2019

How to use React.js to create a cross-browser extension in 5 minutes

Update: this blog post was originally targeted for Chrome extension, I have recently ported to Firefox and would like to share what I have learned here as well ✨. Also Read: Part 2: How to use background script to fetch data in Chrome extension Recently I have tried to create a Chrome…

JavaScript

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How to use React.js to create a Chrome extension in 5 minutes
How to use React.js to create a Chrome extension in 5 minutes
JavaScript

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·Apr 21, 2018

Some Advanced Git Tips

Recently I learnt Git In-depth in Frontend Masters by Nina, it was about 4 hours course, I tweeted some notes while learning and I think it is nice to convert them into a blog post. Most useful git add -p will add your changes in chunks, like what SourceTree is able to…

Git

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Some Advanced Git Tips
Some Advanced Git Tips
Git

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·Apr 18, 2018

How to use Gatsby to create your blog and work on it from your phone

Recently, I decided to migrate my blog to Gatsby. Gatsby is a blazing fast static site generator based on React. The Issue Why do people love to write on platforms like Medium rather than using static site generator? There are two kinds of people: people who write on platforms like Medium and people who code the blog themselves using static site generators. There are lots of advantages to…

Github

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How to use Gatsby to create your blog and work on it from your phone
How to use Gatsby to create your blog and work on it from your phone
Github

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Jun 6, 2014

My priority A goals

What I need to focus on in my next 5 years — I was struggling for years to figure out what I want and what goals should be my top priorities. I want to build an awesome startup; I want to meet more awesome people and know more people; I want to improve my design and frontend skills; I want to win…

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My priority A goals
My priority A goals

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Jun 3, 2014

How to spend my time

The book “Get Things Done” said that people are more productive if they know what to focus in different contexts. To keep a reference, I am listing my list of things to do for different contexts. Night Night is the most important time to improve myself. Work on a project Read book Improve or learn a new skill (including languages) Exercise Write blog Plan for tomorrow Saturday Just do all the non-working stuff and relax for the whole day.

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