Using Puppeteer to crawl pages and save them as Markdown files

One of my goals for 2019 is to finally launch a redesign of this site and more importantly switch from WordPress to a Static Site. To get this rolling, I first need to have all my posts saved as Markdown.

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Angular Reactive Forms: Tips and Tricks

With every article I publish, my goal is to help you become a better and more confident coder. By default, whenever a value of a FormControl changes, Angular runs the control validation process.

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Look Ma, No Media Queries! Responsive Layouts Using CSS Grid

Not only has CSS Grid reshaped the way we think and build layouts for the web, but it has also contributed to writing more resilient code, replacing "hacky" techniques we've used before, and in some cases, killing the need to rely on code for specific resolutions and viewports. What's so cool about this era in web development is that we're capable of doing more and more with fewer lines of code.

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The (new) React lifecycle methods in plain, approachable language

What are lifecycle methods? How do the new React16+ lifecycle methods fit in? How can you intuitively understand what they are and why they are useful? If you’ve had questions on how the React lifecycle methods work — look no further.

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Advanced JavaScript Logging Using console.group()

I've always been a great fan of the Chrome Developer Tools when it comes to debugging JavaScript code. Despite a great step-by-step debugger, the browser console is still my favorite and most frequently used tool for quick inspection.

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I changed my implementation of an EXTREMELY deeply nested Angular Reactive Form and you won’t believe what happened ?

I did eventually answer the question. But then I thought why not write another detailed medium article about it.??‍♂️ So here I am, doing just that. Just have a look at the above StackBlitz. There are 2 major issues with it:

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Real Time Apps with TypeScript: Integrating Web Sockets, Node & Angular

Some time ago I implemented a simple chat application using TypeScript language only. The main goal was to write a demo to explain how you can use this programming language on the client side and on the server. The client app is using latest Angular features.

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