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NODE_ENV environment variable is commonly used to dictate how to build a javascript app. If it is set to “production”, all debug code should be stripped out.

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Nicolas Goy in The missing bit

Feb 1, 2017

Using promise and fetch with Typescript

The current Javascript ecosystem is confusing, and that’s an understatement.

I use Webpack to bundle my Typescript projects to the browser, and until now, I used Q.js and regular XMLThingyRequest.

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Nicolas Goy in The missing bit

Jan 29, 2017

File upload on android for JavaScript app

Originally published on August 4 2016.

Disclaimer: I had to implement this solution because of some imperatives (coder life…), but this is not good programming practice. Hopefully Android 5 will let us do it properly.

Nicolas Goy in The missing bit

Jan 29, 2017

Mitigating CSS gradient banding

Original story posted on Sep 16, 2016.

While working on a design that included a gradient, I noticed banding when the gradient was rendered by the browser.

Nicolas Goy in The missing bit

Jan 29, 2017

Safari performance problem with absolute positioning

Originally published on August 8 2016.

While working on a React project, I noticed abyssal performances on Safari only.

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Nicolas Goy in The missing bit

Feb 20, 2017

Selecting virtual field in Ecto

In you Ecto model, you might have some virtual fields that needs to be computed when you select from your database.

The select option of from will override the whole set of returned fields. Which means if you do something like:

Nicolas Goy in The missing bit

Mar 7, 2017

Leaving macOS, part 1: Motivations

This serie of articles is a combinaison of telling my life, rants and other pointless stories. You have been warned!

I’ve been using a Mac since the Macintosh SE 30. I was very young at the time, and I don’t remember it very well. Also, I…

Nicolas Goy in The missing bit

Jun 25, 2017

Using SVG sprites in elm with webpack

SVG sprites is the new way to use icons in web app. Actually it is not “that new”, but support now in 2017 is quite good.

It is actually quite easy to use them from elm.

Nicolas Goy in The missing bit

Mar 11, 2017

Leaving macOS, part 3: OS Candidates

This serie of articles is a combinaison of telling my life, rants and other pointless stories. You have been warned!

There are mostly three candidates here.

Windows
Linux

These were the top 10 stories published by The missing bit; you can also dive into yearly archives: 2017, 2018.

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