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Remove event listener once it's invoked in JavaScript

July 28, 2020 — The usual way of adding event-listener on certain elements is using the addEventListener method on the element. For instance, if you want to register a click event on an element with id checkoutBtn, you can do it like so.

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Freeze scroll on arrow key up or down using JavaScript

July 27, 2020 — I was working on implementing the Konami code easter egg on this blog and there was this need where I need to stop the scrolling only when the previous two presses by the user are ArrowUp.

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How I implemented a Konami easter egg on my blog

July 24, 2020 — So, the other day, I was going through my Twitter feed and I saw this tweet. This user had explored an easter egg on the newly designed Stripe.com’s website.

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Using JavaScript-style Promises in PHP

July 23, 2020 — If you’re familiar with JavaScript, you might have worked with or at least heard about Promises at some point of time.

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Check if the specific service provider is loaded or not in Laravel

July 20, 2020 — Sometimes, you want to load some stuff based on the fact that the certain service provider is loaded in the providers array of config/app.php or not.

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Push to newly created branch without creating an upstream branch in Git

July 19, 2020 — Git is a lot easier when you make the best out of it. For instance, setting a simple Git config can make your life a lot simpler and smoother.

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Using Chrome DevTools as a secret code editor

July 14, 2020 — That’s right! You can even use Chrome DevTools as your “Adhoc” code editor. Now, why would you do that, you ask? Well, there are a few reasons.

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Make function parameters required in vanilla JavaScript

July 14, 2020 — You might be aware of how to set default values for function parameters in JavaScript. For instance, if you want to set the default value for a parameter, you can do it like so.

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Proposed named arguments in PHP 8

July 10, 2020 — Update: Named parameters have been accepted to be included in PHP 8. A 2/3 majority in voting from members was required and it got the required votes! Here’s the RFC that got accepted.

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Lesser known Composer tricks and tips you should know

July 9, 2020 — The Composer dependency manager is currently the de-facto way of managing dependencies in your PHP projects. All the modern PHP development can’t be imagined without Composer. But do you know there are a lot of things that you can do with Composer other than just installing and updating dependencies?

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