


Testing the Web Share API
A week or so ago I discovered the Web APIs list on MDN.
From: Raymond Camden
Working Code Podcast - Episode 123: Negative 10x Developers
Ben Nadel and the crew talk about how to be a negative 10x engineer by wasting time and wreaking havoc with large documents and massive meetings....
From: Ben Nadel

An interesting pair of anniversaries for my blog: 600 posts, over 17 years this month
After I posted my last entry, I happened to notice that it was exactly my 600th post here at carehart.

New updates released for Java 8, 11, 17, and 20 as of Apr 18 2023
It's that time again: there are new JVM updates released today (Apr 18, 2023) for the current long-term support (LTS) releases of Oracle Java, 8, 11, and 17, as well as the current interim update 20.
Selecting Portions Of A Turbo Stream Template With Custom Actions
Ben Nadel demonstrates how to create custom Turbo Stream actions that allow only portions of the template to be extracted and applied to the live page....
From: Ben Nadel
Learn With Code Samples Updated
I just updated the Learn With code Repository with all the code samples for my Angular 13, 14, and 15 book updates. Go Get The Updated Code Go Get The Latest Books Thanks everyone for the continued support of my writing endeavors.
From: Jeffry Houser's Blog
Calva, Joyride, and Portal
Back in December, 2022, I described my original Calva, Joyride, and Portal setup.
Accessing Stimulus Controllers From A Given DOM Element In Hotwire
Ben Nadel demonstrates how to access a Stimulus controller from a given DOM element in Hotwire....
From: Ben Nadel

Need Help with ColdFusion?
As folks know, I love it when yall send me questions via email.
From: Raymond Camden
Building Resilient Feature Flags That "Fail Open" In ColdFusion
Ben Nadel demonstrates how to code resilient feature flag logic so that features can "fail open" at the end of development in ColdFusion....
From: Ben Nadel

Using the Cookie Store API
Today while browsing a list of web APIs over at MDN, I ran across one that surprised me - the Cookie Store API.
From: Raymond Camden
Associating Submit Buttons With Any Form Using Button Attributes In Native HTML
Ben Nadel demonstrates that any button can submit any form, regardless of where it is on the page, by using the form attribute....
From: Ben Nadel
Working Code Podcast - Episode 122: Coding Hot Takes
Ben Nadel and the crew talk about using 1Password Secretes Automation, building sites in React JSX, and missing IE11 guard rails....
From: Ben Nadel

Copying AWS EC2 Tags to EBS Using PowerShell
These days when creating an EC2 instance in the AWS console UI, by default, the tags are duplicated across Elastic Block Service (EBS) and Elastic Network Interface (ENI) attached resources being created.
From: Chris Tierney

Using Speech Synthesis and Recognition with Alpine.js
Recently, I worked on two interesting (imho!) articles for our blog at work on integrating web APIs with the Adobe PDF Embed API.
From: Raymond Camden
Listen For Stimulus Custom Events Outside Of Hotwire
Ben Nadel demonstrates that custom Stimulus events are "native" events; and, can be listened to outside of the Hotwire application....
From: Ben Nadel
Using navigator.sendBeacon() To Publish Analytics Back To ColdFusion
Ben Nadel demonstrates how to use the navigator.sendBeacon() method to publish analytics data efficiently and predictably back to the ColdFusion server....
From: Ben Nadel

Links For You
Today's Links For You is a special one, not just because it's my birthday, but.
From: Raymond Camden
Using Public Class Fields To Bind Event Handlers In JavaScript
Ben Nadel demonstrates that Fat-Arrow functions can be used to define Class methods in JavaScript (by specifying them as public class properties)....
From: Ben Nadel
Using A Transient CSS Stylesheet To Remove Scrolling On Body While Modal Is Open
Ben Nadel demonstrates how to temporarily disable scrolling on the body by injecting and then removing a transient CSS stylesheet....
From: Ben Nadel

ColdFusion Summit East 2023 Recap
The 2023 CF Summit East Conference wrapped up yesterday — it was a fun, albeit short, trip. I’m already on a flight back hope; sadly no time for tourist things on this trip (tho my sushi dinner with Minh Vo yesterday was fantastic so I’ll take that as a win).
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training

Poor Man’s Storage Data Wipe On Windows 10/11
The usual person in the tech industry will inevitably have a storage medium you “must” secure before letting it out of your possession.
From: Chris Tierney

Be Aware of Mura CMS Security Issues
Mura CMS was a popular open-source content management system (CMS) written in ColdFusion.
From: Chris Tierney

Working with CloudCannon and Eleventy - My Experience
I've been working with the Jamstack (in its various iterations and names) for many years now.
From: Raymond Camden