Blog - Cameron Nokes

JQ cheatsheet

Aug 5th, 2020 · 3 min read

A cheatsheet of common jq commands

Create lodash.memoize from scratch

Jul 20th, 2020 · 6 min read

Deep dive into how lodash.memoize is implemented and the patterns it uses

How to convert HEIC image files to JPG in bash on macOS

Jun 28th, 2020 · 2 min read

We'll create a script that uses imagemagick to bulk convert HEIC files

How to know if a desktop app uses Electron

Dec 23rd, 2019 · 2 min read

Here's a way to check in macOS using Finder or bash

Sed: a 5 minute practical guide

Dec 19th, 2019 · 4 min read

While sed sometimes appears cryptic, once you understand the syntax, it's easy

Build your own event emitter using only native DOM APIs

Nov 3rd, 2019 · 3 min read

Using EventTarget and CustomEvent, we can create our own event emitter, no library needed

Cancelling async tasks with AbortController

Aug 25th, 2019 · 3 min read

AbortController is a built-in DOM class used to cancel fetches, but it can be used in other ways too

Working with JSON in bash using jq

Jul 16th, 2018 · 5 min read

jq is a powerful tool that lets you read, filter, and write JSON in bash

The 30-second guide to publishing a TypeScript package to NPM

Mar 7th, 2018 · 2 min read

There's a few steps involved, but it's not too bad

The most useful bash commands for front end development

Feb 6th, 2018 · 8 min read

While being a front end developer doesn't mean you should be a command line expert, knowing a little bit of bash has gone a long way for me

4 common mistakes front-end developers make when using fetch

Jan 8th, 2018 · 3 min read

Fetch looks like $.ajax but it isn't

AngularJS’s super secret $http caching abilities

Aug 20th, 2017 · 2 min read

How to customize $http’s built-in caching functionality

RxJS Observables vs Vanilla JavaScript

Feb 20th, 2017 · 2 min read

A quick overview of when and why to use RxJS, and how you could maybe, kind-of do the same thing in vanilla JS

How to create a hybrid Electron app

Feb 2nd, 2017 · 4 min read

Create an Electron app that loads your web app and adds native functionality to it

How to securely store sensitive information in Electron with node-keytar

Nov 21st, 2016 · 3 min read

Things like user credentials should be stored in an encrypted store

Deep dive into Electron’s main and renderer processes

Oct 27th, 2016 · 5 min read

Understanding Electron's multi-process architecture is a first step to writing good Electron apps

How to store user data in Electron

Sep 17th, 2016 · 3 min read

The 3 most common ways to persist user data with an example

How to debug native node.js addons in macOS

May 28th, 2016 · 3 min read

For me, being able to set breakpoints is a must-have for debugging