Did you know that a desktop browser has almost everything you need to make video calls? A client-side web app can use the WebRTC API, which is built into modern browsers, to access a system’s camera(s), start a video stream, and connect to a remote system, all without requiring any third party plugins.

Originally published October 2018. Updated March 2023. This article describes the features and functionality of TypeScript 5.0. One of the most interesting languages for large-scale application development is Microsoft’s TypeScript. TypeScript is unique in that it is a superset of JavaScript, but with optional types, interfaces, generics, and more.

Modern times have seen an explosion in services providing a multitude of serverless possibilities, but what is serverless? Does this mean there are no servers? You’d think, but no. 

Redux-Saga is an intuitive side effect manager for Redux.

A few years ago, we created a little card game that poked fun at all the ups and downs of a typical development milestone. Players can enjoy development iterations reduced to simple card draws, with each card designed to spark laughs and conversations about past project experiences.

Let’s be honest, getting designs from your UX team into the hands of your engineering team in a way that makes sense is rarely easy. Add tight deadlines, team changes, and miscommunication to this process, and your application will likely end up looking very different than what you expected.

News about AI is everywhere right now. Whether it’s ChatGPT or Stable Diffusion, we’re using AI algorithms to generate text and images.

Use the File System Access API to read, write, and edit files on the local file system directly from the browser.

In this article, we’re going to explore a particular type of parser that is conceptually simple, super flexible, and crazy easy to test. We’ll use these parsers to help us solve a problem that many of us have been faced with and frustrated by: parsing dates.