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How to Use the Fullscreen API in JavaScript (and Keep the Screen Awake with the Wake Lock API)

Sooner or later, most front-end developers hit the same request: "Can this take up the whole screen?" A slide deck, a video player, kiosk dashboard, game,...

Alex Oliinyk - freecodecamp

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Python Algorithmic Trading with SnapTrade, Massive, Alpaca

We just published a comprehensive, hands-on video course on the freeCodeCamp.org YouTube channel that will teach you how to build an automated, end-to-end...

Beau Carnes - freecodecamp

How to Build a Reliable AI Assistant with the Claude API

Large language models can answer questions, summarise documents, write code, and interact with external systems. But building a reliable AI application...

Chidozie Managwu - freecodecamp

How ORMs Still Let SQL Injection Through (and How to Close the Gaps)

A lot of developers assume that once they're on an ORM, SQL injection stops being their problem. But it doesn't disappear. It just relocates. ORMs like...

Hackita - freecodecamp

How to Build an AI Résumé Screening Tool with Next.js, Supabase, and TypeSafe Jev

When we post an engineering job, we get 300 to 400 résumés in a week. Reading each one carefully takes about two minutes. That adds up to eleven hours of work...

Sharvin Shah - freecodecamp

How to Govern AI-Generated Infrastructure with Policy as Code and OPA [Full Handbook]

Modern models generate syntactically correct code nearly 100% of the time. Veracode's 2026 report puts it plainly: "Syntax is effectively solved." That reads...

Kayode Adeniyi - freecodecamp

Why Software Automation Needs a Layer Between Intent and Execution

Software automation is good at turning instructions into actions. A pipeline can deploy a release, Terraform can provision infrastructure, a runbook can...

Hugo Teijiz - freecodecamp

How to Level Up Your Portfolio in the AI Era: From Technical Writer to Developer Educator

Until recently, building a technical writing portfolio could be as simple as creating a website, adding a list of articles, describing your writing...

Casmir Onyekani - freecodecamp