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Written by Tony Lea - 1 minute read
I had a scenario where I needed to validate an HTML string to make sure it is correctly structured. In this quick tutorial I will show you an example of how to check if an HTML string is valid using some simple javascript. 🤓 Quick Example Here is a q...
Written by Tony Lea - 6 minute read
Sidecar is an awesome Laravel package that will allow you to run Lambda functions directly from your Laravel application. Meaning you can run Node, Python, Ruby, Java, Go, and many others through a Lambda function from inside Laravel. Truly Mind-blow...
Written by Tony Lea - 1 minute read
Larcon Online 2022 is happening tomorrow 🍾 and it will be streaming FREE on YouTube, so there's no reason you shouldn't tune in, check out all the awesome talks, and get your nerd on 🤓 {% giphy https://giphy.com/embed/3KC2jD2QcBOSc %} You can find th...
Written by Tony Lea - 3 minute read
What is a Javascript Proxy? Glad you asked because in this quick tutorial I'm going to teach you what they are and how to use them. But first, a quick definition. A Javascript Proxy is simply an object that listens for changes. Using a proxy you can ...
Written by Tony Lea - 2 minute read
The Beautify VSCode plug-in is amazing for formatting and cleaning code. With a quick call to the plugin-in we can transform nasty looking HTML into a beautifully structured format 💅 The only thing that I hate is when it breaks up specific elements ...
Written by Tony Lea - 2 minute read
In this tutorial I will show you how to create simple modals in Laravel Livewire. We are going to make use of an awesome package called LivewireUI Modal. This package allows you to create some re-usable, extendable, and super sleek looking modals in ...
Written by Tony Lea - 2 minute read
Using the new AlpineJS event system in version 3.0 we can easily set data from outside the component by using custom events. I had previously written an article where I showed you how to get and set data outside of the AlpineJS component scope using ...
Written by Tony Lea - 2 minute read
When TailwindCSS v3 is released, we will have some awesome new utility classes to include in our pages. One of which is the the scroll-snap utilities. This will allow you to easily add simple scroll snapping to elements when a user scrolls the page. ...
Written by Tony Lea - 5 minute read
ThreeJS is one of the most popular libraries for displaying 3D content on a webpage. You can see a lot of examples of the cool stuff you can create, by checking out their homepage. In this quick tutorial, I'll show you how to get started using and lo...
Written by Tony Lea - 2 minute read
Last week, TailwindCSS version 3.0 alpha-release was announced with some really cool features and updates! {% giphy https://giphy.com/embed/oF5oUYTOhvFnO %} In this quick post I'll highlight some of those awesome new features. Just-in-Time, all the t...