Tutorial: How to Build Your First Reddit Bot
When working in a small team such as ours, speed is one of the undeniable assets — you may be small in numbers but you can make up for that by doing things fast. One of the ways you can gain mo
Category: Tutorials
How to Implement Device Setting-Aware Dark Mode in Modern Web Apps
Android 10 and iOS 13 both introduced a device-wide dark mode setting user can turn on and off at will. Last month we explained how to toggle the mode on and off on iPhone and Android devices. Note th
Loading Background Images Asynchronously with Lazy Load
Lazy loading images is a standard strategy for improving web page performance and user experience. By lazy loading images, a placeholder will be displayed first, and once the element enters user’s vie
How to Embed Static Google Maps to your Website without Enabling Billing - with Code Example
Back in 2018 Google Maps rolled out pay-as-you-go pricing plan, where in order to use the maps on a website, you must first enable the maps API in the Google Cloud Console, then obtain an API key and
How to capture ALL javascript errors and log them in Google Analytics
Error logging can be a challenge sometimes. Depending on what type server you are running, or if you are doing pure front-end javascript application without direct server access, your options for logg
How to Set up Subdomain Forwarding for Google Domains
At Mobile First we frequently purchase and configure custom domains. Now, there are times when you have successfully configured your custom domain and everything is working fine, but for whatever reas
Add Persistence to PWA with IndexedDB - IndexedDB Tutorial with Examples!
Web applications have multiple options for storing user information locally and these methods vary greatly in capacity and behavior. The Indexed Database API, commonly referred to as indexedDB, is a N
Getting started with Apple MapKitJS
Over the past few weeks we have been working with a web application utilizing Apple MapKit JS. The decision to choose MapKit JS was fairly simple since it offers high quality rendering, very liberal d
Creating website favicons using ImageMagick
Before publishing your website, you should perfect your site with a custom favicon. Favicon is the image that users with a web browser see in the browser’s tab, browsing history, and next to the page