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How to Build a Code Graph in TypeScript Using VS Code's Language APIs

Modern codebases are becoming increasingly difficult to navigate. This isn't necessarily because developers are writing more code themselves. It's mostly...

Otobong Peter - freecodecamp

The Node.js and Express.js Handbook for Beginners – Servers, Routes, Routers, and Views Explained

Node.js is a runtime environment for executing JavaScript outside the web browser. From small scripts to large-scale back-end applications, Node.js provides...

Oluwatobi Sofela - freecodecamp

How to Build a Real-Time Word Counter Tool with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Whether you're writing an essay, a tweet, or a blog post, keeping track of your word and character count is very important. In this tutorial, you'll build a...

Bansidhar Kadiya - freecodecamp

Mobile

Build and Publish a Full-Stack Mobile App with AI

Building a production-ready mobile application used to require a dedicated team of frontend, backend, and DevOps engineers. With modern AI tools, an...

Beau Carnes - freecodecamp

Other

How to Add shadcn Charts to a Next.js App Without Writing Recharts Boilerplate

Charts look like a small task on a ticket. Then you open the Recharts docs and remember how much setup every chart needs: a config object for labels and...

Ash - freecodecamp

How to Stop Your Android App from Draining the Battery with Wake Locks

A wake lock is one of the simplest APIs in Android and one of the easiest to misuse. Acquiring one takes a single line of code. Forgetting to release it can...

Nikheel Vishwas Savant - freecodecamp

How to Debug a Stuck Kubernetes Rollout with a Hands-On Lab

You update a Deployment, run kubectl rollout status, and wait. The command times out. But when you send a request to the Service, it still answers. So did the...

Praneeth Kodumagulla - freecodecamp

Healthcare AI Won't Work Until You Fix Your Data

Building AI for clinical settings is harder than it looks. It takes more than picking a good model or tuning the right parameters. When engineers enter a...

Manish Shivanandhan - freecodecamp

Does No Screen Mean Better Data? The 101 on Screenless Wearables

Smartwatches have made health data easier to access. A quick glance at your wrist can reveal your heart rate, step count, sleep duration and even estimated...

Reetain Raina - freecodecamp

How CSS content-visibility Works and How It Can Improve Rendering Performance

What happens when a page has 150 content-heavy cards, but the user can only see the first few? You might expect the browser to only worry about what's...

Ayman Eldawy - freecodecamp

Under Autumn’s Spell (October 2026 Wallpapers Edition)

October is just around the corner, which means it’s time for some new desktop wallpapers! Designed by the community for the community, they’re here to brighten your screens, and...

Cosima Mielke - smashingmagazine