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Fitting an image to its element frame

Images require various sizing modes to fit in a responsive layout. Here we’ll look at the relationship between the element and visual and the basic

How I write my blog?

  In a distant memory I typed some text, pressed “Submit”, and had a blog post. Though simple, it lacked finesse; the articles lacked polish.

What is responsive layout?

A good UI design must accommodate the various device formats and resolutions that users have. Element placement cannot be absolute, but rather be constrained and

Innocent growth of technical debt

I’ve spent the last several days unravelling the mystery of the Each feature in Fuse. It’s a powerhouse feature that has managed to accumulate a

Are global variables bad?

We hear it often, “global variables are bad, avoid using them!” But is this actually good advice? Simplified blanket statements are already a bit suspicious,

What is a closure?

You’ve heard the term, you’ve probably even used them, but what exactly is a closure? It’s a combination of data and code that have become

Adding += and friends to Leaf

Yesterday I finished a rather simple Kata from Codewars: the sum of a sequence of numbers. It was straight forward to implement, but I felt

What is reactive and stream programming?

Reactive programming is a paradigm that creates permanent relationships between values. Rather than one-time calculations, a reactive expression updates its result whenever the source value

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