Tag: JavaScript

• Generating unique, contrasting colors in JavaScript

  While working on my DOM course for LinkedIn Learning I had to solve a problem I’ve come across several times in my career. It shows up when generating graphs, or in my case when you want to show nested rectangles with contrasting colors. Like most problems, I started using the “smart friend” ​trick that I…

  November 4, 2023

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  BitTwiddling, CSS, JavaScript

• A 42-line JSON template engine.

  So, I’ve been building projects using NoSQL databases (like MongoDB and  Apache CouchDB) for several years now, and there are a lot of things I really like about them. But one need I’m always bumping up against is the ability to summarize tons of heterogeneous documents in a straightforward way. For example, I’m producing a list of users…

  October 22, 2023

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  JavaScript, JSON, Recursion, Templates