Select components are everywhere on the internet. The little dropdowns are the core of the web as we know it and have been with us since HTML 2.0 Specification was published in 1995. As powerful as they are, their functionality is limited. They are unable to show pictures or other…

History of Gravepassing — my entry for js13kgames 2022. — This year I decided to participate in the js13kgames game jam. It’s a yearly, month-long competition to create a game in JavaScript from scratch that will fit 13kb (zipped). It does not sound like plenty of space, but with enough creativity, a lot can be achieved. …

The majority of the languages have some mechanisms for generating random numbers. Unfortunately, that is not the case in CSS. This might not be a problem for most websites, but when dealing with a more generative approach (which CSS is really great for) we have to resort to JavaScript to…

CSS evolved like no other technology during its lifespan. The tool that started in 1994 as a simple way of styling basic documents on an early internet, became a language offering animations, matrix transformations, variables, several layouting systems, and much more. Because of the constant ecosystem changes, it is hard…

Using strongly typed language has a lot of benefits. But TypeScript is not a magical tool — the stronger types you provide, the better results you will get. …

In the last couple of weeks MIDIVal got plenty of new updates: @midival/core got 0.0.17 release with fixed onConnected / onDisconnected handlers @midival/node got 0.0.2 release with Virtual Ports, onConnected / onDisconnected listeners and new examples in the repository to get you started @midival/react-native was released! MIDIVal has now brand…

TypeScript is a great tool to ensure your code is correct and you are not passing incorrect data around. Unfortunately, there are still cases when we can’t guarantee that the types are correct — especially when dealing with primitives like strings or numbers. In almost every modern application we use…

The new version of MIDIVal just landed bringing an easier way to use MIDI Clock in your app. If you didn’t come across MIDIVal before, it is a library that simplifies communication with MIDI devices from your JavaScript / TypeScript code by providing a high-level interface. It allows you to…

The new version of Omnibus is out with set of new helper functions. You can now delay, filter, skip duplicates as well as debounce and throttle your events. In this article I will give a quick rundown of how you can use those in practice. If it’s the first time…