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Implementing custom Calendar component

#tutorial, #beginners, #react, #preact, #jsx

HTML comes with a lot of ready to use and flexible elements, but date selector has a handful of limitations and the need to write your own calendar / date input emerges sooner rather than later. In this tutorial I'll walk you though implementing a calendar view and show how you can extend its functionality to fit your booking widget or dashboard filter

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Plug & Play Modular Architecture for Scalable and Maintainable Apps

#architecture, #javascript

A new project is always a joy: the code hasn't yet been bloated with deprecated features, rushed decisions and questionable dependencies. When my projects get to this state I become increasingly less productive and the urge to refactor grows exponentially, which, as you would imagine, halts any progress entirely.

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ES Modules & Import Maps: Back to the Future

#javascript, #webdev, #beginners, #esm

There was a time when creating a web page meant creating an html file, yet nowadays it seems impossible to build any frontend without the bottomless pit of node_modules, yielding a finely chewed yet hefty bundle.xyz.js. Well, I got to learn that it might not be the case soon and, naturally, I feel the urge to share it with the rest of you.

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