Author Archives: Wesley Smits

11 Visual Studio Code Extensions You Don’t Need
Web Development

11 Visual Studio Code Extensions You Don’t …

Recently I decided to take a critical look at my VS Code setup and look for improvements in my workflow and get rid of no longer used extensions. I found out that I had a bunch of extensions installed that …
Getting Started with the JavaScript URL Object
Web Development

Getting Started with the JavaScript URL Object

If you’ve been a developer for some time you will have undoubtedly worked with URLs before. It’s funny and frustrating at the same time how such a simple thing as URL manipulation can become so messy and prone …
7 Reasons Why TypeScript is Better Than Vanilla JavaScript
Web Development

7 Reasons Why TypeScript is Better Than Vanilla …

Before I used TypeScript on actual projects I used to think it was a waste of time. I thought it would cost a lot of effort to document a type on every variable and function and make custom types and …
How to Use the FormData Object
Web Development

How to Use the FormData Object

The JavaScript FormData interface gives us a way to create an object of key-value pairs representing form fields and their values. It uses the same format a form would use if the encoding type were set to “multipart/form-data". …
How to Use The Native JavaScript Web Share API
Web Development

How to Use The Native JavaScript Web …

The native Web Share API lets you allow users to share text, links, and files to other apps installed on the device in the same way as platform-specific apps. Let’s take a look at how to use this new …