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panda-code.hashnode.devFrailty, thy name is TypeScriptI have a growing love-hate relationship with TypeScript. I'm in favor of strongly-typed languages, they can save you a lot of grief, and they (typically) make the code easier to read for the next guy. Even if the "next guy" is just you a year later. ...Aug 9, 2022·2 min read
panda-code.hashnode.devMove the cursor to the END of your ContentEditableI needed to automatically focus a contenteditable div after the user had been granted permission to make edits - that part was pretty easy, however the cursor ends up at the start of the text in the div. Unacceptable! I did some googling and the most...Aug 3, 2022·1 min read
panda-code.hashnode.devPrevious Sibling Selector in CSSSorry, no previous sibling selector exists in CSS; so in pure CSS you can't target the sibling before an empty element - or can you? Rearrange the display order using flexbox and the order property and then use the next-sibling selector. Technically ...Jul 27, 2022·2 min read
