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To help services understand the type of data they are receiving, they may want to know what type of content they're receiving, also known as MIME type. We can't always tell from the content itself what type it is, which is why we give this content type hint. For a...
Scott Robinson
When making the switch from CommonJS modules to ES modules, there are a few differences you'll notice. One error you'll likely run into is "Uncaught ReferenceError: __dirname is not defined in ES module scope". This error is exactly what it sounds like, the global __dirname variable is not...
A common error you'll run into, especially when transitioning from writing JavaScript in the Node runtime to writing JavaScript in the browser, is "Uncaught ReferenceError: require is not defined". The two environments have different ways of importing modules, so trying to import code in the browser like you...
A common error we see, especially among people who are new to JavaScript, is that they try to use the import statement when CommonJS is being used, which only uses the require statement. This results in the error "Uncaught SyntaxError: cannot use import statement outside a module". If...
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When working with APIs we oftentimes want to send data to the server for processing. For example, if we have a list of to-dos and want to add to it, perhaps through a form submission, we use POST HTTP requests to send a request with a payload for processing and...
Joel Olawanle
Relative paths are convenient in that they specify the path of a file relative to the current working directory. However, they can also cause some issues due to ambiguity, and having the absolute path of a file is needed to be more explicit and avoid errors. Here we'll see how...
In React, or any frontend framework, oftentimes you'll need to conditionally render one or more components or some HTML. There are a number of ways to achieve this, a few of which we'll see here. If you want to handle the conditional statement within the JSX code, then using the...
Working with visuals is an excellent way to keep our interface interactive and to capture the user's attention. Having objects animated on our screen creates a unique experience and increases interactivity. In this article, we will learn how to style hover in React using CSS, as well as how to...
It's always a good idea to have visuals on a website or web application because they help engage a user, but when these images are so large that a user has to scroll through, distorting the entire page, it achieves the opposite effect. In this article, we will learn how...
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