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Weekly newsletter of AmitMerchant.com - Issue #6

Amit Merchant
Amit Merchant
@amit_merchant
Hey everyone! In case you missed it, here are some hot new articles on AmitMerchant.com from the past couple of weeks.
Also, in case you don’t know, I’m also running a YouTube channel where I post micro-videos related to JavaScript, CSS, Git, and everything in between. I’ll link my latest video down below.
Feel free to subscribe to it if you like the content! I would really appreciate that! 🙂

Check if a PWA is opened as a standalone app or not
Learn how can you detect that a PWA is in standalone or browser mode. Handy if you only want to render things in standalone mode.
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Simple blinking cursor animation using CSS
The other day I was feeling a little nerdy (like all the cool kids) and so, I attempted to add this cool-looking blinking cursor at the end of my blog’s tagline like so.
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Always destructure your component props in React.js
While working with React.js components, there are two ways using which you can retrieve/access the component props.
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Dry running Composer update without actually updating dependencies
A simple trick to simulate the “composer update” command to check what will get updated when the command is actually run.
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🎥 Here are some latest videos from my YouTube channel
The Only VS Code Markdown Extension You Will Ever Need
The Only VS Code Markdown Extension You Will Ever Need
Deep and Shallow Cloning Objects in JavaScript
Deep and Shallow Cloning Objects in JavaScript
Follow Your Favorite Website or Blog Right From Chrome's New Tab
Follow Your Favorite Website or Blog Right From Chrome's New Tab
đź”— And here are some interesting articles I read from around the web
How to Use TypeScript with React Components
How to use TypeScript to type React components: validate props, mark props as optional.
dmitripavlutin.com
Understanding How Facebook Disappeared from the Internet
DNS issue itself, but failing DNS was the first symptom we’d seen of a larger Facebook outage.
blog.cloudflare.com
Custom styling radio buttons and checkboxes
My friend Scott O’Hara just published a fantastic article on how to customize checkbox and radio button styles.
gomakethings.com
Conditional Border Radius In CSS - Ahmad Shadeed
A really cool trick used by Facebook to render conditional border radius on their web version!
ishadeed.com
And finally, check how my blog's design evolved over time!
Until next time! đź‘‹
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