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Add Prettier to NextJS

Out of the box [NextJS](https://nextjs.org/) comes with eslint, but this only helps with code quality and does not enforce any kind of formatting. You can heavily enhance this default config by combining it with [Prettier](https://prettier.io/) for consistent formatting ...

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Cleanup dev resources

When working on a bunch of development projects, specifically JavaScript, drives can fill up pretty fast with useless data. The most common is the well known `node_modules` which can take multiple gigabytes on some projects. Unless you're working on these day to day, it can ...

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Rails + Webpacker Deployments on Heroku

A few weeks ago I decided to take the leap and implement Webpacker into an existing Rails project. Initially this seemed like a great idea and almost too easy thanks to the [rails/webpacker](https://github.com/rails/webpacker) project. After a couple of hours I had everything ...

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Model Errors in EmberJS

Today, I spent longer than I feel comfortable admitting solving a supposedly simple problem in my EmberJS application. Since this particular issue was so frustrating and undocumented I'm going to share my experiences in case someone else comes across the same hair-pulling ...

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Free Hosting with Github Pages

I've been meaning to try out <a href="https://pages.github.com/" target="_blank">Github Pages</a> for quite a while, but never had a project that was suitable as nearly all of my work is built on a custom back end server. I also wanted to get a few old projects online to ...

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It's September already?

Where has the time gone! I've been working at my new job for almost a whole month now and it still feels like I've just started! For those of you that don't know I'm now a programmer at <a href="https://www.performancehorizon.com/" title="Performance Horizon" ...

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How to Rename a Field in MongoDB

Since <a title="MongoDB" href="https://mongodb.org" target="_blank">MongoDB</a> is technically a schema-less database, there aren't fields or columns that you are used to in things such as MySQL, and certainly no decent applications for managing data easily. Luckily, MongoDB ...

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JavaScript Racing Game Prototype

I've just finished working on the first prototype for my up and coming racing engine written in JavaScript. It's nowhere near finished, but it gets the simple concept across of where this could be taken. Right now it's not a game at all, it's simply an engine which can be ...

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Introduction to Node.js: Building a Web Server

Lately I've been looking into different technologies for making real time communication better for my sites, games and apps. <a href="https://nodejs.org" target="_blank">Node.js</a> has been around for a while now, but it still doesn't seem to be picking up any traction in ...

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Pixel Perfect Collision Detection in JavaScript

I'm working on a simple game to refresh my canvas knowledge. I decided to built the game entirly in JavaScript, which isn't easy to do due to the fact it isn't designed for that purpose. There are no nice little helpers like drawing, object rendering, and most importantly ...

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