In this post I give an overview of Emmet and how you can use it in VS Code. What is Emmet? Emmet is an add on to a text editor that uses CSS like expressions which can speed up writing boilerplate primarily in HTML, XML and CSS but can be extended to other programming languages. […]
This annual post is one of my favorites. In last years post I mentioned that the number of technical books I read had dropped from seven in 2018 to three in 2019. For 2020 that number is zero. Since turning pro, it is the first year in which I have not read a book on […]
The ability to switch between ANSI and Oracle style joins was introduced in SQL Developer 19.2. How to use The example will show how a query using the Oracle outer join style can be changed to use the ANSI style. Highlight the SQL statement Right click to bring up the context menu and select Refactoring […]
I ran into this problem whilst writing a unit test using the Jasmine framework and this is how I solved it. The code under test I wanted a test to check the http.get method was called. Note that there is query parameter, expand=true, the importance of which will become apparent shortly. The failing unit test […]
A quick tip to save you wasting time wondering why Karma isn’t running your test. Whilst continuing to work through Joe Eames excellent Plurasight course Unit Testing in Angular I came across a problem whereby all tests in one file was not being run by Karma. I was expecting to see tests under this heading in Karma HeroesComponent (shallow tests – child component) […]
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