Who am I?
Hi! I'm Catalin and I do a bunch of stuff. Mostly writing characters on my keyboard.
Blog
- When to use NativeScript? Learn from my mistakes.
I implemented NativeScript for a huge product, and it didn't work out that well. Here are my mistakes so you won't repeat them.
- How to stay up to date
Here are some tips and resources on how to stay up to date as a web developer
- Responsive and animated Chat UI with CSS Grid
Here's how I created a responsive UI for a Chat system. This UI looks good on all screens and has smooth transitions.
- SocketIO with Angular but without a wrapper package
Here's how to use SocketIO within your Angular app, without relying on a wrapping npm package
- Centralized navigation in Angular with a SiteNavigation Service
How to keep your app URLs maintainable in a constantly growing codebase
- I tried Turborepo and I liked it
How TurboRepo compares to my previous experiences and how to set it up with very little effort
- Organise imports with Prettier and friends
How to make sure that your imports are properly organised and separated using tools like Prettier
- Efficient Content Hydration with Angular Universal
How to make sure that the server and the browser don't do the same work twice
- User preferred language with Angular Universal
How to use Angular and Angular Universal to make sure you serve content in the correct language
- Server Status Codes with Angular
How to use different status codes like 404, 400, 301 etc. with Angular Universal
- Test Driven Development in an Angular World - Part 3
Testing the Smart Component
- Test Driven Development in an Angular World - Part 2
Testing the HttpService
- Test Driven Development in an Angular World - Part 1
How to test a component in the real world using Angular and Jest