Blog

This is my blog, where I write education material about various programming technologies and computer science concepts, and occasionally write about a new and upcoming project I've built! I post here a couple times per month, and also repost articles on the DEV community, where I interact with you all through the comments section.

I've written book reviews, articles about computer science history, posts about my latest projects, and quite a few tutorials as well. I hope you enjoy my content.

— Gabriel Romualdo, October 21, 2020

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IIFE's in JavaScript Explained in 3 Minutes

  • February 29, 2020

  • Est. 3 min read

Global variables can cause serious problems and bugs in large-scale projects and web apps. IIFE's solve this problem by wrapping code in an immediately invoked function, ...

Create a Reading Scroll Progress Bar for Your Blog in JavaScript and CSS

Create a Reading Scroll Progress Bar for Your Blog in JavaScript and CSS

  • February 5, 2020

  • Est. 4 min read

I just recently added a fun little feature on my website at xtrp.io: a progress bar when reading blog posts. The bar would show how far users have progressed in reading a...

CSS Variables Explained in 2 Minutes with an Interactive Demo

CSS Variables Explained in 2 Minutes with an Interactive Demo

  • January 27, 2020

  • Est. 2 min read

CSS variables have been around for quite some time now, but are nevertheless extremely useful. The value of a variable can be just about anything, from pixel values to co...

JavaScript `use strict` Explained in 2 Minutes

JavaScript `use strict` Explained in 2 Minutes

  • January 17, 2020

  • Est. 2 min read

In general, normal JavaScript allows for code that is badly written and includes bad syntax. But, use strict solves this problem. Introduced in ES5, the use strict direct...

I Built Daily Developer Jokes and the First Ever DEV Bot

I Built Daily Developer Jokes and the First Ever DEV Bot

  • January 12, 2020

  • Est. 1 min read

Today I am proud to release my latest project — a website and the first ever DEV bot (as far as I know), called Daily Developer Jokes. The Daily Developer Jokes bot...

Hello World in LOLCODE: A Very Peculiar Programming Language

Hello World in LOLCODE: A Very Peculiar Programming Language

  • January 11, 2020

  • Est. 3 min read

LOLCODE is an esoteric programming language, a type of programming language which is defined by the Esolang Wiki as follows: an esoteric programming language is a compute...

3 Modern CSS Features in 2 Minutes

3 Modern CSS Features in 2 Minutes

  • January 3, 2020

  • Est. 2 min read

1. Clip Paths: Clip paths allow you to clip elements into a shape, represented in CSS with the polygon, circle, or ellipse functions. Clip paths are written with the clip...

2019 Developer Rewind / Year in Review: The End of a Decade 🎉, the End of an Era?

2019 Developer Rewind / Year in Review: The End of a Decade 🎉, the End of an Era?

  • December 24, 2019

  • Est. 5 min read

The developer world is changing quickly. New tech is quickly rendering old languages and frameworks useless, and the hype for new stuff such as WebAssembly, AI, and crypt...

5 Strange Yet Funny Things That Only Happen in JavaScript

5 Strange Yet Funny Things That Only Happen in JavaScript

  • December 15, 2019

  • Est. 3 min read

JavaScript is a weird language. It's an object-oriented language, but for many years it never had classes. It was built for the browser, but now it can also run on a serv...

Windows vs MacOS vs Linux: My Story (and share yours too!)

Windows vs MacOS vs Linux: My Story (and share yours too!)

  • December 12, 2019

  • Est. 4 min read

I have used all three operating systems in my lifetime. When I used Windows it felt too bloated and I missed Bash, my Linux experience was really positive but too many ap...

How I Moved a Step Closer to Clean CSS and How You Can Too (with the BEM Methodology)

How I Moved a Step Closer to Clean CSS and How You Can Too (with the BEM Methodology)

  • December 4, 2019

  • Est. 4 min read

Around one and a half years ago, it was the summer of 2018. I was fairly new to building websites, and I was mainly writing static HTML and CSS sites and playing around w...

Building the Flipping Card Animation in Plain CSS

Building the Flipping Card Animation in Plain CSS

  • November 26, 2019

  • Est. 4 min read

The flipping card animation can not only provide functionality and ease of use to any webpage, but can also make your site feel more refined, user-friendly, most importan...

A Quick Script to Find Any Broken Links on Your Site 🎯

A Quick Script to Find Any Broken Links on Your Site 🎯

  • November 9, 2019

  • Est. 2 min read

It seems like almost every other click on the internet ends up in an "Error 404: Page Not Found" page. "Whoops, the page you're looking for does not exist," "Sorry, the r...

Celebrating the Internet at 50 Years: A Brief History of How We Got Here

Celebrating the Internet at 50 Years: A Brief History of How We Got Here

  • November 6, 2019

  • Est. 5 min read

On October 29, 1959, 50 years ago, Charley Kline, a student at UCLA, sent the first ever message over ARPANET, the predecessor of the Internet. Kline sent the first messa...

4 Great YouTubers Devs Should Check Out

4 Great YouTubers Devs Should Check Out

  • October 27, 2019

  • Est. 3 min read

I will start off by saying that I am a self-taught developer. When I started programming, the internet was the primary place I went to learn. Online tools like W3Schools ...