A complete guide on dark mode — Dark mode is a color scheme that uses light-colored text, icons, and UI elements on a dark background. The opposite color scheme is called light mode. These are reasons for users to choose dark mode: Light on the dark mode requires less energy to display. Science shows that negative polarity…

Exploring bun.js using Create React App (CRA) — What is Bun? A bun is an unsweet bread roll typically filled with savory fillings, such as hamburger. Baozi, or bao, is a yeast-leavened-filled bun in various Chinese cuisines. There are many variations in fillings (meat or vegetarian) and preparations, though the buns are most often steamed. Bao typically looks like the above…

Evaluation of Deno modules — We have introduced Deno, a runtime for JavaScript, TypeScript, and WebAssembly that is based on the V8 JavaScript engine and the Rust programming language. Here is an interesting timeline, comparing Node.js …

A full guide on Fresh web framework that is written for Deno — What is Fresh? Fresh is a full-stack modern web framework for JavaScript and TypeScript developers. It is designed to create high-quality, performant, and personalized web applications. Fresh 1.0 was release on June 28, 2022. Fresh is a new style web framework that is written for Deno, a runtime for JavaScript, TypeScript, and WebAssembly…

A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript — What is Deno? Deno (pronounced as dee-no) is a runtime for JavaScript, TypeScript, and WebAssembly that is based on the V8 JavaScript engine and the Rust programming language. It has secure defaults and a great developer experience. The name is an anagram of node, and it is also an acronym of DEstroy NOde. …

Babel configuration for styled-components — styled-components is a popular library to style React applications. We have introduced what it is and how to use it. We have also explored 7 ways to inherit styles and 12 coding examples of ampersand usages. In this article, we are going to talk about how to control class names…

Ampersand usages for CSS classes, pseudo classes, pseudo elements, and elements — styled-components is a popular library to style React applications. We have introduced what it is and how to use it and provided 7 ways to inherit styles using styled components. In this article, we are going to talk about ampersand usages. In styled-components, & (ampersand) is used to refer to…

An in-depth look at styled-components coding techniques — styled-components is a popular library to style React applications, with over four million weekly downloads. It adopts the CSS-in-JS approach, which bundles each JavaScript component with all its belonging CSS rules and dependencies. Combined with code splitting, it only loads the least amount of code necessary. In styled-components, CSS styles…

Exploring textures from outside and inside 3D objects — We have written about three.js fundamentals, 3D modeling, color textures, and environment textures via reflection and refraction. In this article, we are going to apply textures outside and inside 3D objects, and explore examples to travel in and out of 3D objects. We reused the Create React App working environment…