Articles

Over the past 11 years, I’ve written 183 articles. Here’s the complete list.

2022

Keyboard Shortcuts for Jumping and Deleting in iTerm2 — Jun 5
Assertion Functions in TypeScript — Feb 13

2021

Optional Chaining: The ?. Operator in TypeScript — Aug 2

2020

How to Squash the First Two Commits in a Git Repository — Nov 1
Nullish Coalescing: The ?? Operator in TypeScript — Aug 6
Declaring Global Variables in TypeScript — Apr 14
Concatenating Arrays in JavaScript — Mar 31
The Omit Helper Type in TypeScript — Mar 28
Fast Searching with ripgrep — Mar 19

2019

Const Assertions in Literal Expressions in TypeScript — Dec 15
Read-Only Array and Tuple Types in TypeScript — Sep 16
The --showConfig Compiler Option in TypeScript — Aug 27
Setting the Node.js Version for an Azure DevOps Build — Aug 6
The unknown Type in TypeScript — May 15
Importing JSON Modules in TypeScript — Apr 20
Passing Generics to JSX Elements in TypeScript — Mar 25
Mapped Type Modifiers in TypeScript — Feb 10
Conditional Types in TypeScript — Jan 9

2018

JavaScript Promises in Depth — Dec 16
Using Promise.prototype.finally() in TypeScript — Nov 27
Syntax Highlighting for yarn.lock Files in Visual Studio Code — Nov 15
Per-File JSX Factories in TypeScript — Jul 8
Strict Property Initialization in TypeScript — May 20
Numeric Separators in TypeScript — Feb 16
JSX Fragment Syntax in TypeScript — Feb 9
Optional catch Binding in TypeScript — Jan 30
Code-Splitting a TypeScript Application with import() and webpack — Jan 14
Dynamic import() Expressions in TypeScript — Jan 14

2017

Spelling Correction in TypeScript — Dec 8
Weak Type Detection in TypeScript — Dec 1
Advanced Static Types in TypeScript — Nov 9
String Enums in TypeScript — Oct 27
Downlevel Iteration for ES3/ES5 in TypeScript — Jun 30
Type-Checking JavaScript Files with --checkJs in TypeScript — Jun 16
Global Antiforgery Token Validation in ASP.NET Core — Jun 11
The --strict Compiler Option in TypeScript — Jun 9
Generic Parameter Defaults in TypeScript — Jun 2
Mixin Classes in TypeScript — May 26
Asynchronous JavaScript with async/await — May 5
Null-Checking for Expression Operands in TypeScript — Mar 10
Dotted Properties and String Index Signatures in TypeScript — Mar 3
Detecting the Operating System in .NET Core — Feb 28
The object Type in TypeScript — Feb 24
Untyped Imports in TypeScript — Feb 17
Literal Type Widening in TypeScript — Feb 4
Improved Inference for Literal Types in TypeScript — Jan 27
Mapped Types in TypeScript — Jan 20
TypeScript vs. Flow — Jan 13
keyof and Lookup Types in TypeScript — Jan 6

2016

Object Rest and Spread in TypeScript — Dec 23
External Helpers Library in TypeScript — Dec 16
Compiling async/await to ES3/ES5 in TypeScript — Dec 9
Typing Functions in TypeScript — Dec 2
Built-In Type Declarations in TypeScript — Nov 25
The never Type in TypeScript — Nov 18
More Literal Types in TypeScript — Nov 10
Tagged Union Types in TypeScript — Nov 3
Read-Only Properties in TypeScript — Oct 31
Acquiring Type Declaration Files in TypeScript — Oct 23
Announcing TypeScript Weekly — Oct 21
Control Flow Based Type Analysis in TypeScript — Sep 30
Non-Nullable Types in TypeScript — Sep 28
Death to Confusing ECMAScript Version Names — Aug 31
Function Overloads in TypeScript — Aug 18
Simulating Latency in ASP.NET Core — Aug 6
Generating Route URLs in ASP.NET Core MVC — Jul 21
Securing Authentication Cookies in ASP.NET Core — Jul 19
Removing Elements from JavaScript Arrays — Jul 16
Speeding Up Babel Transpilation with Compact Mode — Jul 12
Bundling ES2015 Modules with TypeScript and Rollup — Jun 27
ES2015 Destructuring for Assignments — Jun 27
Using a TypeScript Nightly Build Within Visual Studio Code — Jun 17
Bundling and Tree-Shaking with Rollup and ES2015 Modules — Jun 12
Programmatically Opening a File Dialog with JavaScript — May 31
Type Queries and typeof in TypeScript — May 31
The && and || Operators in JavaScript — May 25
Getting the Web Root Path and the Content Root Path in ASP.NET Core — May 22
Deserializing JSON Strings as JavaScript Date Objects — Apr 28
Analyzing the JavaScript Examples in Gary Bernhardt's "Wat" Talk — Apr 25
Variables and Types in JavaScript — Apr 18
Inline Route Constraints in ASP.NET Core MVC — Mar 31
String Literal Types in TypeScript — Mar 31
Chrome Developer Tools: "Store as Global Variable" — Mar 20
How to Remove WebKit's Banana-Yellow Autofill Background — Mar 20
Dracula, a Bloody Good Dark Theme — Feb 29
Getting Started with ECMAScript 2015 — Feb 24
The some() and every() Array Methods in JavaScript — Feb 10
ECMAScript 2016: Array.prototype.includes() — Feb 3
Semicolons after Function Declarations in JavaScript — Jan 29
Use Cases for JavaScript's IIFEs — Jan 19
Disassembling JavaScript's IIFE Syntax — Jan 13
Function Definitions in JavaScript — Jan 6

2015

Constant Variables in JavaScript, or: When "const" Isn't Constant — Dec 31
Top 5 Blog Posts in 2015 — Dec 31
Tag Helpers in ASP.NET Core MVC — Dec 14
Generating Default TypeScript Configuration Files with tsc --init — Dec 2
View Components in ASP.NET Core MVC — Nov 26
The Exponentiation Operator in JavaScript — Nov 24
The Comma Operator in JavaScript — Nov 17
Typing Destructured Object Parameters in TypeScript — Nov 13
Inlining CSS and JavaScript Bundles with ASP.NET MVC — Oct 25
Matching Digits in .NET Regex — Oct 21
Inlining Angular View Templates with ASP.NET MVC and Razor — Oct 20
Parsing Markdown in .NET — Oct 11
Better tabindex Handling with Razor — Oct 10
Taming Whitespace with Editorconfig — Sep 5
npm, ECMAScript 2015, and Babel — Aug 13
Sharing Line Highlights in GitHub Files — Jul 25
TypeScript 1.5 Is Released — Jul 20
Tasty Links #5 — Jul 7
The Curious Case of Switch Statements in JavaScript — Jun 25
Destructuring Regular Expression Matches in ECMAScript 2015 — Jun 24
Returning Object Literals from Arrow Functions in JavaScript — Jun 9
Detecting Unminifiable Angular Code — May 31
Build 2015: My Favorite Sessions — May 22
Tasty Links #4 — May 16
Implicit Function Chaining in Lodash — May 14
Lodash and ECMAScript 2015 — May 11
The Era of Transpilers — May 5
Merging Two Gulp Streams — May 2
Introducing the gulp-iife Plugin — Apr 10
Tasty Links #3 — Apr 9
Detecting Minified JavaScript Code — Apr 8
Combining Settings Objects with Lodash: _.assign or _.merge? — Mar 30
Adding a Fixed Header to a UIScrollView — Mar 21
Angular 2 and TypeScript — Mar 6
Tasty Links #2 — Mar 5
5 macOS Shortcuts You Need to Know — Mar 4
Bundling and Minifying an AngularJS Application with ASP.NET MVC — Feb 22
Open Loops Cause You to Be a Worse Programmer — Feb 13
Tasty Links #1 — Jan 31
My Favorite Tech-Related Books — Jan 23
Bundling and Minification: an Introduction — Jan 10
Top 5 Blog Posts in 2014 — Jan 5

2014

How to Set Up Sublime Text for a Vastly Better Markdown Writing Experience — Dec 16
Tame Your Wild CSS with CSScomb — Dec 6
Advanced JavaScript Logging Using console.group() — Nov 25
Working with Sass Stylesheets in ASP.NET MVC Applications and Visual Studio — Nov 16
Welcome .NET to the Open Source Space! — Nov 13
Working with Favicons in ASP.NET MVC Applications and Visual Studio — Nov 10
Using the IndentedTextWriter Class to Output Hierarchically Structured Data — Oct 26
Asynchronously Bootstrapping AngularJS Applications with Server-Side Data — Oct 22
Designing Extension Methods in .NET for Composition — Oct 13
The State of Modern Web Development — Oct 12
Switching To the en-US Keyboard Layout — Sep 22
Passing Swift's Operator Functions to Higher-Order Functions — Sep 17
Playing with Closure Expressions and Operator Functions in Swift — Sep 14
Implementing a Custom Forward Pipe Operator for Function Chains in Swift — Sep 13
Parametrized Localization in ASP.NET — Aug 18
Learn the Basics of F# with Project Euler — Aug 11
My 8 Favorite ReSharper Shortcuts — Aug 10
Numbers and Numeric Types in Swift — Aug 5
Combining Modifiers in C#: "protected internal" and "override sealed" — Jul 10
Stop Cheating the Type System — Jul 2
Fun with Custom C# Collection Initializers — Jun 26
A Little HtmlHelper for Implementing Adaptive HTML Images in ASP.NET MVC — Jun 12
Why Using the Greedy .* in Regular Expressions Is Almost Never What You Actually Want — Jun 3
Preventing Ghost Borders When Resizing Images with System.Drawing — May 28
Using TypeScript's Type Definition Files to Get Tooling Support for Plain JavaScript — May 20
Implementing an Exception Helper Class for Parameter Null Checking — May 16
Using QueueBackgroundWorkItem to Schedule Background Jobs from an ASP.NET Application in .NET 4.5.2 — May 7
Partially Applying Functions in JavaScript Using Underscore.js — May 6
Practical Use Cases for the RegexOptions Flags — Apr 10
Bootstrapping AngularJS Applications with Server-Side Data from ASP.NET MVC & Razor — Mar 25
Little Gems of the Enumerable Class: Empty, Range, and Repeat — Mar 10
How to Configure a SQL Server Alias for a Named Instance on a Development Machine — Feb 9
Passing .NET Server-Side Data to JavaScript — Feb 5
Managing My Reading List with Feedly & Pocket — Jan 28

2013

Measuring Execution Times in JavaScript with console.time() — Nov 22
Advanced JavaScript Debugging with console.table() — Nov 13
Generating External JavaScript Files Using Partial Razor Views — Jul 7
Using Integer Document IDs in RavenDB Indexes — May 6
Conditionally Serializing Fields and Properties with Json.NET — Apr 15
Keep Your Visual Studio and ReSharper Settings In Sync Between Multiple Development PCs — Jan 9

2012

Step Up Your Game with Weekly Regular Expression Challenges — Oct 17
Setting Up FluentSecurity to Use Ninject for Dependency Resolution — Jul 1
A Review of Douglas Crockford's "JavaScript: The Good Parts" — Jan 31

2011

Securing an ASP.NET MVC Application Using FluentSecurity — Dec 5
Introducing the ExtraLINQ NuGet Package — Sep 19
Why Enumerable.Except() Might Not Work the Way You Might Expect — Aug 8
ExtraLINQ: Additional Extension Methods for LINQ to Objects — Jul 31
How to Build Absolute Action URLs Using the UrlHelper Class — Jun 30
Running Multiple ASP.NET Applications Using Forms Authentication on the Same Server — Jun 23