Articles by Jijo Bose

May 19, 2022

React 18 adds onResize event to video elements

 Before React 18, onResize handlers were ignored on video elements. React 18 now adds support for the onResize media event.

Oct 14, 2021

Private fields, methods and, accessors in JavaScript

 The class fields proposal provides private fields for classes and instances to JavaScript. With this proposal, any class element can be private.

Oct 6, 2021

Rails 7 adds SSL support for postgresql in bin/rails dbconsole

 Rails 7 added PGSSLMODE, PGSSLCERT, PGSSLKEY, and PGSSLROOTCERT to DBConsole class to load SSL-related environment variables from database config when running bin/rails dbconsole with postgresql.

Aug 3, 2021

Ruby 3.1 adds try_convert method to Integer class for implicit conversions

 try_convert for Integer will convert the object into an instance of the class via the implicit conversion method to_int and returns nil if no implicit conversion method is defined.

Jun 24, 2021

Babel 7.14 enables class fields & private methods by default in @babel/preset-env

 Starting from Babel 7.14 @babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties and @babel/plugin-proposal-private-methods plugins are enabled by default in @babel/preset-env.

Jun 8, 2021

Rails 7 ensures has_one autosave association callbacks get called once

 In Rails 7, the autosave association callbacks for the has_one are non-cyclic.

May 12, 2021

Ruby 3.1 evaluates multiple assignments from left to right

 Ruby changes the evaluation order for multiple assignments from left to right making it consistent with single assignment evaluation order.