The nano text editor is included in Debian-based operating systems. Because Ubuntu is based on Debian you’ll find nano pre-installed as well. The nano editor comes in handy when working in environments where you don’t have a user interface. For example, in server environments or using remote connections …

Typically we’re cloning a git repository into a dedicated directory. The cloned directory then has the name of the repository which, by default, is the repository’s slug. You may also define the directory name in which the git repository’s contents will be cloned. Recently we prepared the …

The ls command is essential when navigating a file system. ls displays files and directories in a given file system path. Yet, there’s a nuance when displaying files using the plain ls command: it’s not listing dotfiles. Dotfiles are the “hidden” files on your hard disk that start …

You may have seen JavaScript printing [object Object] when casting an object to a string. The [object Object] notation doesn’t give you information about the kind of object. You have to guess what object could cause this printing. This is where Symbol.toStringTag is helpful and this tutorial shows …

Converting plain JavaScript objects to strings results in '[object Object]'. This string representation isn’t helpful when debugging issues or looking for details. You can print details for an object when using a JSON string. But you don’t always want to print an object in a JSON …

In some situations, you need the number of days within a month. For example, when displaying statistics for each day of a month or when calculating a value with the unit “per day”. This tutorial shows you how to retrieve the number of days in a month using JavaScript. {{outline} …

Working with dates in an application requires you to think of time zones. Users are going to access your application from different time zones. They expect displayed dates to either match their personal timezone or to contain the timezone information, a la UTC+02:00. A common approach to handling …

One of our projects is a point of sale (POS) application. This POS is a web app and served in a fullscreen browser on a tablet. We can get an overview of the POS with the help of a dashboard. The dashboard displays information about sales and the tablet itself, …