DatePickers are pretty much a dime a dozen these days, but if you are already using a framework that already has a DatePicker, it makes sense to use that. via GIPHY ng-bootstrap ng-bootstrap is a package of Angular components that are built using Bootstrap 4. So, if you’re already using Bootstrap and Angular, it could … [Read more…]
Regular expressions are notoriously difficult. But its just like programming. Any errors or bugs produced end up being the fault of the programmer. Good intentions give way to some small overlooked issue. via GIPHY Parsing HTML There are a lot of cool utilities for parsing HTML in C#. One of the most popular one is … [Read more…]
I like the idea of modal dialogs for certain things, especially showing error messages or confirming an action. Creating (and styling) modal dialogs can vary so much that Angular doesn’t include them out of the box. There’s a bunch of libraries out there that give you this functionality, including ones that are tied to a … [Read more…]
Sometimes, especially when you’re debugging or planning out your component layouts, it can be useful to just write out the entire object as JSON so you can see just what you’re dealing with. You can do this in Chrome’s console usually with good results, but sometimes it would be easier to see it in the … [Read more…]
Recently I wanted to have a ng-pagination control as well as a few “results per page” links to change the number of items displayed in a given page. However, ngb-pagination is always displayed as a block, so you have to fiddle around with it to get it to work. First I tried to just put … [Read more…]
I hate magic things. In programming, I mean. I try to avoid magic strings and magic numbers as much as possible because I can barely remember the thing I typed five seconds ago, let alone something that you have to maybe type five hours from now. So, I tend to use a lot of enums … [Read more…]
A quick look at the Unicode table or the ASCII character table proves that not all characters are meant for us humans to consume. Some of them are control characters – things that tell the computer what to do. Most of the time they go unnoticed, but sometimes they can cause problems, especially if you’re … [Read more…]
The HTML select tag is a dropdown. The elements of a select are defined by the option tag. The option tag also has the ability to contain values, which may be used to store useful information such as an index. However, what if you don’t need the index, but rather the text being displayed of … [Read more…]