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Today, I want to share with you a solution to a problem I encountered recently: how to rerender a Svelte component on demand and, in particular, how to rerender it when I want to run a function prop again. The specific scenario involved using a Datepicker Svelte component with two instances of it. My goal was to set a starting date and an ending date. When the starting date was clicked, the datepicker displayed, and the same happened when the ending date was clicked....

One common requirement on a web page that contains a form is to reset it back to its original state. In the past, many forms included a “reset” button, but nowadays it is used less frequently. The reset button is represented by an input element with the type attribute set to “reset”: <input type="reset"> However, it is also possible to reset a form programmatically using JavaScript. All you need is a reference to the form element:...

I regularly use Gitbook, a Node.js software that converts a set of markdown files into an ebook. Recently, while trying to generate a PDF using the command gitbook pdf ., I encountered a strange error: ➜ ebook git:(master) ✗ gitbook pdf . /usr/local/lib/node\_modules/gitbook-cli/node\_modules/npm/node\_modules/graceful-fs/polyfills.js:287 if (cb) cb.apply(this, arguments) ^ TypeError: cb.apply is not a function at /usr/local/lib/node\_modules/gitbook-cli/node\_modules/npm/node\_modules/graceful-fs/polyfills.js:287:18 The error message “cb.apply is not a function” left me wondering about its meaning and why it occurred at that moment....

After configuring prettier for Astro by installing the necessary package, I encountered an error related to my package.json file. Surprisingly, the error pointed to a line that did not exist within the package.json file. To resolve this error, I discovered that an empty tailwind.config.js file was the cause. By adding a pair of empty curly brackets to this file, the issue was successfully resolved. Here is the updated and corrected tailwind....

Prettier is a popular tool for formatting JavaScript files, but sometimes it can cause formatting problems with HTML files. One common issue is when Prettier rearranges the structure of your HTML code in an undesirable way. Fortunately, there is a solution to this problem. To resolve the issue, you can configure Visual Studio Code (VS Code) to use the default HTML formatter instead of Prettier. Here’s what you need to do:...

In this article, we will discuss a common issue in Next.js when serializing Date objects to JSON and learn how to fix it. If you have worked with Next.js and a database, you may have encountered this problem. When fetching data in the getServerSideProps() or getStaticProps() functions, you may receive an error when dealing with fields that contain a date value. For example, let’s consider fetching data using Prisma: export async function getServerSideProps() { let cars = await prisma....

In this blog post, I will walk you through the process of fixing the “Cannot update a component (App) while rendering a different component” error in React. This error can be quite confusing, but with the right approach, it can be resolved. The Error Here’s the error message that you might come across while working on a React/Next.js application: Cannot update a component (`App`) while rendering a different component The Problem The error occurs when you are trying to update a component’s state (App) while rendering a different component....

In this blog post, I will explain how I successfully resolved the error message “dangerouslySetInnerHTML did not match” in a React application. This solution applies not only to Next.js projects but also to any React code. When attempting to print the HTML content of a prop using the dangerouslySetInnerHTML attribute, I encountered the following error in the browser console: Warning: Prop `dangerouslySetInnerHTML` did not match. Initially, I found it perplexing because the HTML string would momentarily appear and then disappear....

If you encounter the “ReferenceError: document is not defined” error in a Node.js or Next.js environment, there are steps you can take to resolve it. The document object is specific to browsers and is not accessible in server-side JavaScript environments. To learn more about the document object, refer to the detailed DOM Document Object Model guide. In the case of Node.js, there is no direct workaround for this issue. It is essential to identify the specific section of code where the document object is being accessed and investigate why it is being used in a server-side context....

I’ve discovered that listening to fan noises while sleeping greatly improves my sleep quality. So, I decided to download a fan noise audio track from YouTube using the youtube-dl tool. Here’s the command I used: youtube-dl ciD52cwJGCs --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --prefer-ffmpeg; However, I encountered an error message after downloading the file: ERROR: ffprobe/avprobe and ffmpeg/avconv not found. Please install one. To fix this issue on my Mac, I followed these steps:...