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Gokul Kathirvel

A fellow Human and frontend dev @Coinbase - loves EmberJs and trying to love ReactJs ;)

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#chrome#extension#javascript

My Intro to Chrome Extension Development - A Series

Originally published on gokatz.me Building a chrome extension is definitely a fun process! Chrome...

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#discuss#editor#devto

Grammarly won't work in dev.to?

I noticed that grammarly is enabled for the editor in dev.to? I'm not sure if this was intentional or...

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I'm back on track and you should too!

[Image from From unsplash.com] Hello again 👋 Hope you are doing safe and healthy. This...

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#discuss#documentation#react#webcomponents

Is there any direct alternative to Docsify to use React component instead of Vue?

I'm using Docsify to document a web component library. For that I need to render those UI components,...

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#javascript#documentation#webdev

Fun With forEach

So, what's a forEach? forEach is a little guy who iterates/loops through the array and exe...

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#javascript#ember#emberjs2019

EmberJS in 2019

This blog post is a result of "Call for Blog Posts" initiative by Ember.js team for curating 2019 roa...

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#discuss#extensions#meetup

Can we have an online gathering of Browser Extension developers

Hello All Devs, I have seen a lot of great articles on Browser Extensions (Chrom...

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#beginners#conferences#speaking#vue

First Time Speaker (FTS) with few tips

Cover by Edwin Andrade from https://unsplash.com FTS: First Time Speaker. Fake a...

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#vue#tailwindcss#css

Setup Tailwind@next in Vue CLI 3 project

Setting up Tailwind is really an easier process consist of few simple steps. But,...

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#testing#chromeextension#automation#javascript

Automate the UI Testing of your chrome extension

UI testing the chrome extension (or any extension for that matter) is tricky as it has its own workflow and environment to run. This post will walk you through the process of automating those test using Puppeteer, an API library to control Chrome.

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#discuss

Can I edit my old dev.to article to add a canonical URL to my recently setup personal blog?

I recently set up my personal blogging site, https://blog.gokatz.me/ and I wonder if I can add a...

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#chromeextension#javascript#flashpost#testing

Testing "install" and "update" flows in chrome extensions

Testing chrome extension wrt install and update flows may become tricky and there is a way to test in development mode. Let's walk through the steps in this tiny post

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#javascript#performance#ember

NIL pattern #perfmatters

A data loading pattern which helps to render pages as quickly as possible. Includes implementation details for Ember.js apps

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#discuss

why dev.to is not listing the names who reacted to our post 🤔 #curious

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#discuss#javascript#webdev#codingpractice

Suggestions for using `...arguments` while working with functions in javascript.

In many situations, using arguments to pass the function args would lead to bugs as we totally...

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#chrome#extensions#webdev#javascript

Automate your chrome extension deployment in minutes!

Building a chrome extension is fun! But deployment is a bit tedious as it requires few manual processes. In this post, I’ll Show you how to automate the build, upload and publish process of your chrome extension in a matter of few minutes.

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#discuss#webdev#pwa#electronjs