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Math.floor, Math.random, and Jurassic Park

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In JavaScript, the Math object is something developers work with a lot. And two methods in particular, Math.floor() and Math.random(), are often utilized together. Let’s take a quick look at both to see how we might use them to create a random text engine. The Math.random() method generates a number...

  • JavaScript

Show my password, please

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Stop me if this sounds familiar: you’re logging into a site or app on your phone, carefully entering your password, you tap the sign-in button, and… “Incorrect password, please try again.” Ohhh, snap! You didn’t enter the wrong password, you simply tapped a wrong key. It’s something you likely would’ve...

  • JavaScript
  • UX

Splitting a border around another element

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This is one of those “Can you do that, no you can’t do that, but can you really do that?” moments. Splitting the border of an element around another element. Although, I should put quotes around “splitting”. You’re not actually splitting a border, but rather creating the appearance of it....

  • CSS
  • HTML
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