Feb 9
2016
NW.js and Electron compared
Compare NW.js and GitHub Electron for cross-platform desktop development. Explore architectural differences, release models, and real-world use cases.
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Articles
Feb 5
2016
Pug-up your Angular markup
Streamline Angular templates using Pug (Jade) mixins and inheritance. Write cleaner, reusable markup without repetitive HTML boilerplate.
6 min read
Feb 4
2016
Be more productive with Pug
Boost your productivity with Pug. Pug compiles down to HTML and make you faster when it comes to frontend development.
7 min read
Feb 3
2016
Angular Quickie — ViewEncapsulation.Native in all browsers
ViewEncapsulation tells Angular how to render the component in the final website, this post explains how to enable native ViewEncapsulation for all browsers
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Feb 1
2016
Testing Angular Apps with Jasmine and TypeScript
Every developer should be able to write unit tests. This article explains how to write tests based on the popular testing framework Jasmine in combination with Angular and TypeScript.
4 min read
Jan 16
2016
Setting Electron App-Icons for Windows from macOS
Every app has to have a nice looking app icon. A simple task may become complex, especially if you deal with multiple platforms. This article explains how to set app icons for Electron-based Windows apps from macOS.
3 min read
Jan 8
2016
Angular Quickie - Component ViewEncapsulation and WebComponents
Angular and WebComponents? Sure! Learn how the different ViewEncapsulation settings work in Angular applications and which impact every setting does have on your resulting HTML output.
3 min read
Jan 7
2016
Angular Quickie - Local template variables
In Angular, HTML templates aren't static. By using local template variables you can make your HTML even more dynamic and more flexible. Learn how to use local template variables in Angular, now!
3 min read
Jan 7
2016
Angular Quickie — Elvis is in tha house
Angular introduces the Elvis operator. Learn how to use it in templates and how to build more efficient HTML templates for your Angular components.
2 min read
Jan 7
2016
Angular Quickie — How to structure your projects
Angular will become the next big thing for enterprise developers. That's why you should structure your source code correctly from the very beginning.
2 min read
Jan 7
2016
Building an electron app using Angular Beta0 in TypeScript
Today In contrast to my older ES2015 example, this article demonstrates how to build an Electron application using Angular2 Beta0 and TypeScript.
4 min read
Nov 16
2015
Angular goes cross platform with GitHub Electron
This post introduces a small technical demo application which has been built using Angular, ES2015 and Electron. The entire build in this new sample has been created using Gulp.js
1 min read
Oct 24
2015
Frontend Builds 7 - Conditional Build Tasks
In the seventh and last part of the "Frontend Build" article series, you'll learn how to create conditional tasks for the Build as a Service (BaaS) system.
5 min read
Oct 22
2015
Frontend Builds 6 - Configurable builds
In part five of the series you learned about Build as a Service, this post will explain how to make your own BaaS more configurable and flexible.
4 min read
Oct 21
2015
Frontend Builds 5 - Build as a Service (BaaS)
Package Gulp build configurations into reusable npm modules with Build as a Service (BaaS) to eliminate boilerplate across frontend projects.
3 min read