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Let's talk about extracting names from email addresses using JavaScript. This can be useful when you're dealing with bulk data and need to personalize your communication. For instance, you might want to send out a mass email to your users but address each one by their name. Let's see how...
Scott Robinson
If you've been working with JavaScript, you've probably come across the term export default and wondered what it is or how it works. This Byte is meant for developers with a basic understanding of JavaScript, who are looking to deepen their knowledge of the language's intricacies. We'll be taking a...
When dealing with real-time, interactive, or dynamic applications, you may need to run a function every N seconds in TypeScript. In this Byte, we'll go over exactly how to do that. Why Use Time-Interval Function Calls? There are a lot of different scenarios where you might want to execute a...
Ever wondered how to manage sensitive data like API keys, database credentials or configuration settings in your Node.js applications? The answer lies with environment variables. This Byte will give a brief intro to environment variables, why they are important, and then we'll explore how to read them in Node....
In programming, we often need to deal with dates and times, which can be represented in a few different ways, like an object (via Date), a string (i.e. "2023-10-04T00:00:00.000Z"), or a timestamp (i.e. 1696377600000). In this Byte, we'll explore how to convert a...
Welcome to this Byte! We're going to take a closer look at the infamous npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: 'make' failed with exit code: 2. This error message might seem like a jumble of words and symbols, but it's actually a cry for help from your npm installation. We'll...
In this Byte we'll try to help you understand and fix a common npm error - "npm ERR! code ENOTEMPTY". If you've been working with Node.js and npm, chances are you've encountered this error at some point. But don't worry, we'll do our best to demystify it...
These days, developers tend to store and transmit massive amounts of data using JSON, which could also include dates. In order to properly use them, these strings then need to be parsed as JS Date objects. But how do we go about doing that? That's exactly what we'll be exploring...
In this Byte we'll talk about rounding numbers, specifically to two decimal places. We'll look at why and how to do it, along with some of the quirks and features of JavaScript that make it interesting. Rounding in JavaScript JavaScript, like many other programming languages, provides tools to perform mathematical...
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