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How to resolve a stucked "file:" dependency in npm

Posted 2 months ago

by chuacw
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In npm, after running the npm link command to enable your package to be linkable, it's possible to get stuck in a dependency hell, where in the dependency...
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Repairing snap on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Posted 6 months ago

by chuacw
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sudo apt install snapd sudo snap install snap-store sudo snap refresh --beta core22 sudo snap refresh --stable core22 sudo snap remove core24 sudo snap...
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The anatomy of a Firefox add-on

Posted over 1 year ago

by chuacw
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This month, I've learnt how to build a Firefox add-on, and learnt that if one desires to do so, there's practically no difference between a Firefox...
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Building the foundation to access blockchains in Delphi

Posted over 1 year ago

by chuacw
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Since late June, I've been building a framework to access any JSON RPC technologies in Delphi. I'm pleased to announce that the JSON RPC framework...
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Preparing for writing Move contracts

Posted over 1 year ago

by chuacw
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Since early April, I've discovered 2 new blockchains, Sui and Aptos. Both Sui and Aptos uses the Move language ( Sui variant ), and both of which uses...
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RAD Studio plugin: WelcomePage Favourites Editor

Posted over 1 year ago

by chuacw
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The WelcomePage Favourites Editor is an integrated plugin that you can add to the WelcomePage. After installation of the WelcomePage Favourites Editor...
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RAD Studio plugin: Android Log Viewer

Posted over 1 year ago

by chuacw
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The Android Log Viewer is an integrated plugin that launches automatically when it has detected that you've launched a debugging session. After installation...
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A Plugin Common RTL for Delphi and many plugins built on it...

Posted over 1 year ago

by chuacw
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Over the past few years, I've been building a RTL for building plugins in RAD Studio, with many classes and functionality. With the latest RAD Studio...
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Using MSBuild to compile disables debugging

Posted over 1 year ago

by chuacw
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In RAD Studio, checking the "Use MSBuild externally to compile" causes debugging to go into assembly mode, instead of the source. In order to...
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Undocumented procedural type compatibility

Posted over 1 year ago

by chuacw
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Recently, I stumbled upon a new undocumented procedural type compatibility in Delphi. Since Delphi 10.3, "reference to procedure" is compatible...
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Notes on how to handle Ctrl+Click in the RAD Studio IDE

Posted over 2 years ago

by chuacw
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The OTA provides a way for an IOTACodeInsightManager100 to handle GotoDefinition. Before Denali, the IDE would use the Syntax Highlight information for...
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How to make Windows Terminal the default terminal on Windows 10/2022

Posted over 2 years ago

by chuacw
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Open up regedit, and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths Create a new key named cmd.exe and set its default value...
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Why use an Assertion Function in TypeScript

Posted over 2 years ago

by chuacw
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Recently, I was working on a developing a server that responds to JSON RPC calls using TypeScript. Many of the methods in the RPC server follows this template...
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Delphi RTL for TypeScript

Posted over 2 years ago

by chuacw
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Since early 2019, when I've started working on TypeScript, I've missed some routines from the Delphi RTL. While TypeScript, which transpiles to...
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How to force a configuration variable to be false/true

Posted over 2 years ago

by chuacw
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require("dotenv").config(); const FORCEUPDATE = String(process.env.UPDATESILENCE_FORCEUPDATE) == "true" The dotenv module makes the...
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Tip of the day for Grafana

Posted over 2 years ago

by chuacw
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💡Regular expressions in Grafana for silencing alerts have to match the entire value of the field for it to work. A partial match wouldn’t work....
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Notes of a discussion over usage of PowerShell vs Bash

Posted over 3 years ago

by chuacw
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For me, I’ll choose the best tool to use, and in this case, for me, it is PowerShell. I’ve used bash over many years, and PowerShell only less...
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A self-contained TypeScript library demo

Posted over 3 years ago

by chuacw
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In case I forget, I've created a self-contained TypeScript library demo on my Github repo. It's a simple TypeScript project, and very minimal....
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Calling functions dynamically in TypeScript and JavaScript

Posted over 3 years ago

by chuacw
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TypeScript functions to determine if a Javascript method exists, and call it via its name, together with the arguments. function functionExists ( funcName...
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Setting up a TypeScript project and debugging it in VSCode

Posted over 3 years ago

by chuacw
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One of the things I keep forgetting is how to set up a TypeScript project and debugging it in VSCode. This blog post will remind me how to do so. In a...
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Updating PowerShell help

Posted over 3 years ago

by chuacw
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Normally, when you need to update PowerShell's help, you just run the command Update-Help. However, since PowerShell v7, an error has crept in when...
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Querying Bitquery for calls to a smart contract from a specific address

Posted over 3 years ago

by chuacw
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Some time ago, I learnt GraphQL, for use on Bitquery , as a way of querying the blockchain for specific transactions that I've initiated to a particular...
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Embarcadero releases RAD Studio 10.4.2 patch

Posted over 3 years ago

by chuacw
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Embarcadero has released patches for the RAD Studio 10.4 product . The patches consist of a compiler patch, a general patch and a RTL patch. These patches...
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How to integrate Node.js with IIS

Posted over 3 years ago

by chuacw
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I had the opportunity to work with many Node.js applications in the past, and those applications were generally launched in the general manner. Node appname...
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Random notes on TypeScript

Posted over 3 years ago

by chuacw
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How to add properties to existing objects in TypeScript declare global { interface Window { MyNamespace: any; } } window.MyNamespace = window.MyNamespace...