How to set up live reload in 5 easy steps

Manual all the way!

When you start out web developing, the appeal to do a lot of stuff manually might be appealing. However, once you step into intermediate to advanced level you will probably be constantly searching for tools to help automate your workflow. One such tool for me is Live Reload.

If you are wondering what this tool does. It enables you to see html changes instantly in your browser as you type. All this happens withou you needing to refresh your browser on every change to your markup. The reload is done by the tool automatically

Underscore js, the missing Linq for c-sharp developers

Introduction

We all have our favourite languages that we feel most comfortable with for various reasons. One such language for me is the c-sharp language. One of the primary reasons why I love the language is a really cool feature called Linq.

I simply cannot emphasize the amount of time this feature has saved me while doing work. It integrates seamlessly into my workflow and find myself almost subconsciously using it. And did I say super awesome chaining you could do as well just like in jquery.

Html5 localStorage, dead simple

Introduction

Lets get something straight, this stuff (Html5 localStorage) should be simple, dead simple, so here we go.

Storing Simple Data (e.g. numbers and strings)

localStorage.setItem(keyName, myString);

Notice the capital letter “S“ in localStorage , its necessary.

Don’t worry localStorage is a global variable in your browser, so use it freely from anywhere.

Retrieving Simple Data

localStorage.getItem(keyName);

Storing Object

localStorage.setItem(keyName, JSON.stringify(yourObject));

When storing objects, you would want to serialize your object into a string using “JSON.stringify(yourObject)” because local storage only stores simple data (i.e. numbers and strings), so you object gets converted into a json string.

What is Cross Origin Resource Sharing and when to use it?

The Problem

When developing highly ajax enabled applications using javascript, you may not always be fortunate to have both the client and server side of the application be hosted on the same domain. You might be asking, what does this mean? Good question.