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How to build a shopping app with Ionic Framework and Firebase

The sixth post about Ionic framework for Pluralsight was about making use of Firebase when building a real-time shopping TODO application. You can see the post here: How to build…

Showcasing Ionic Apps For a Portfolio Without Publishing Them to App Stores

In this StackOverflow question I answered how to showcase your Ionic apps for a portfolio without publishing them to App Stores I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and…

Ionic Framework: A definitive 10,000 word guide

The fifth post about Ionic framework for Pluralsight is actually a condensed (well, if you can call a 10,000+ word article condensed ;)) article of the series so…

2nd Devz Meetup Varaždin

TBH, I wasn’t aware that something like this (meetups) exists “near” me (yeah, I hear you: “Where do you live, man?!”.), so I didn’t make it to the…

Cordova and Ionic SMS Receiver

In this StackOverflow question I answered why it isn’t possible to read SMS in Ionic application which you want to deploy to Apple’s App Store I’m a big fan…

Learn at Pluralsight for free the next six months

In this post I’ll show you how you too can learn at Pluralsight for free the next six months. As you may know, I already have (and truly…

Ionic framework 2 is in beta

Ok, true, this “news” is few days old now and I’ve been slow to post about it. Nevertheless, this is awesome news as I’m really excited about the…

Your Apple Developer Program membership has expired

TL;DR: If your Apple Developer Program expires then your apps are taken off the App Store as well  So the other day I got an email from Apple…

Wrap your web application into an executable with nativefier in a single command

In this post I’ll show you how you can quickly turn any website into an executable with nativefier in a single command. I just stumbled upon an awesome…

Why doesn’t window.something throw an error?

In this StackOverflow question I asked why doesn’t window.something throw an error I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in…

Why am I getting Unexpected token ‘\u0000’ when using npm install -g package

In this StackOverflow question I answered what to do when you get an unexpected token ‘\u0000’ error when using npm install -g to install some package. I’m a big…

What do Yeoman Generators “really” add to Ionic Projects?

In this StackOverflow question I answered what do actually Yeoman Generators add to the Ionic projects. I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute…

REWORK – Jason Fried and David Hansson

My notes from the great book REWORK by Jason Fried and David Hansson which I rated 5/5 on my Goodreads account. Yes, they merged Shelfari (which I loved)…

How to test Cordova plugins without device

In this StackOverflow question I answered which Cordova plugins you can test without the actual device. I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute…

The Way of Kings – Brandon Sanderson

My notes from the truly awesome book The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. This is a huge book, but nevertheless packed with action. As a matter of…

5 Great Places to Find Top Freelancer Software Engineers

TL;DR: This post is leaned toward how and where someone would find freelancer software engineers. Nevertheless, you can also check these sites out in order to find a…

Posting data from Ionic 2 app to a PHP server

TL;DR This is the simplest example which shows how to POST data from an Ionic 2 app to a PHP server. The tutorial covering the Ionic version 2 can be…

Makers vs Consumers – don’t hate, donate

When was the last time you contributed to some open source project? Did you ever even click on that little star on Github? Or, when was the last…

Ionic – how to handle when external api server is offline?

In this StackOverflow question I answered how to handle when external API server is offline. I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am…

Night School: Wake up to the power of sleep – Richard Wiesman

My notes from the great book Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Richard Wiesman, which will definitely banish some false presumptions that we may have: Hypnagogic myoclonic twitch…

I made it to the top of StackOverflow’s all time answerers list for Ionic tag

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow, and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). As you may know, I’m really into Ionic framework…

How to run Node.js server in Ionic mobile app?

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). In this category (stackoverflow) of posts, I will be posting my…

Work rules – Laszlo Block

My notes from the book Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Laszlo Block, which I rated 5/5 and marked as my favorite on my Shelfari account. Only when companies…

Connect to MongoDB remote server with Ionic

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). In this category (stackoverflow) of posts, I will be posting my…

Friend on a hand

Below is my submission for the Bug writing competition in original Croatian, and in my best attempt to translate to English (fixes are welcome). However, they must have…

How to check for outdated packages via npm

In this post I’ll show you the modules which help in finding the outdated packages via npm. This is an excerpt from the book Deploying Node.js by Sandro…

How to run Ionic serve permanently?

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). In this category (stackoverflow) of posts, I will be posting my…

hack.summit() 2016 virtual conference and hackathon

hack.summit() is a virtual event for developers presented by Pluralsight which will take place “on the wire” on February 22nd-25th, 2016. This years’ hack.summit() holds three titles: The largest…

Technical review of the book Deploying Node.js by Sandro Pasquali

I was a technical reviewer for the book Deploying Node.js: This was done via PacktPub, and I must say that this was a great learning experience and I’m…

Man’s search for meaning – Viktor E. Frankl

My notes from the bestseller book Man’s search for meaning by the nazi camp survivor Viktor Frankl, which I marked as favorite and rated  5/5 on my Shelfari account.…

How to send an email in Ionic framework application?

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). In this category (stackoverflow) of posts, I will be posting my…

57th SQL/DEV user group meeting about refactoring and transpilers

I attended our local Microsoft community user group meeting which was about refactoring and transpilers. It’s full proper title (on Croatian) was 57. sastanak SQL/DEV UG Čakovec-Varaždin. This…

Big Magic – Elizabeth Gilbert

My notes from the book Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of a bestseller book Eat, pray, love. Rejection, you think you can scare me…

I reached 5k rep on StackOverflow and this is how it helped me

Yippee, my milestone has finally been reached; I went over the magical 5000 reputation on StackOverflow. This currently places me in the top 4% this year, and in the…

How to publish the app to the Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store

edit: These posts don’t exists in their separate form anymore. Instead, they have been merged into one big post that you can read here. But, in case you…

Include an object defined outside Angular ecosystem into a factory

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). In this category (stackoverflow) of posts, I will be posting my…

Four Thousand Days – Duane Jackson

I got this awesome book from an, even more, awesome author Duane Jackson, after a discussion on Twitter where we realized that Amazon.co.uk decided that Croatia was not…

Ionic 1.2 is out!

The team from Ionic announced their new 1.2 version today. This should get you very excited because the things these guys are making are truly praiseworthy. As they say…

How to polish, create icons and splash screen images, add ads, share and test our calculator application

In my third tutorial about Ionic framework for Pluralsight, I’m going to show you how to: polish, create icons and splash screen images, add ads, share and test…

How to deploy Ionic as a website?

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). In this category (stackoverflow) of posts, I will be posting my…

UR – Stephen King

My notes from the book UR by the master Stephen King, which I marked as favorite and rated  5/5 on my Shelfari account. Why don’t you just read from…

How to create a calculator application with Ionic framework by using Ionic Creator for UI

edit: the old link is not working anymore and all four posts have now been merged into one huge post: Ionic Framework: A definitive 10,000 word guide. In…

ionic plugin add phonegap-plugin-push results in a 404 Not Found Error

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). In this category (stackoverflow) of posts, I will be posting my…

The art of being unmistakable – Srinivas Rao

My notes from (currently) free book The Art of Being Unmistakable: A Collection of Essays About Making a Dent in The Universe by Srinivas Rao, which I rated  4/5…

Firebase $authWithOAuthRedirect doesn’t call $onAuth without page refresh

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). In this category (stackoverflow) of posts, I will be posting my…

Free ebook: The Universe doesn’t give a flying fuck about you – Johnny Truant

My notes from (currently) free book The Universe Doesn’t Give a Flying Fuck About You (Epic series Book 1) by Johnny Truant, which I rated  4/5 on my Shelfari…

Use navigator.geolocation or $cordovaGeolocation in Ionic

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). In this category (stackoverflow) of posts, I will be posting my…

The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking – E. Burger and M. Starbird

My notes from the bestseller book The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking by the authors Edward B. Burger and Michael Starbird, which I rated  5/5 and marked as favorite…

How to get nested object property with pluck in Lodash

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). In this category (stackoverflow) of posts, I will be posting my…

Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! – Richard P. Feynman

My notes from the bestseller book Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) by the author Richard P. Feynman himself (winner of the Nobel Prize in…

How to design a two column button in Ionic framework

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). In this category (stackoverflow) of posts, I will be posting my…

M is not for minutes in PHP date function

Ah, it was one of those days when you’re too smart for your own good and you don’t check the docs and falsely assume that m must definitely be…

My new post about Ionic on Pluralsight

I haven’t posted in three weeks now, but there’s a good reason for it – I was preparing a post for Pluralsight on the topic of Ionic. This…

Ekobit DevArena X 2015

Post moved here: http://www.nikola-breznjak.com/blog/miscellaneou/ekobit-devarena-10-2015/

How to test Cordova plugins in Ionic without a device?

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). In this category (stackoverflow) of posts, I will be posting my…

Ekobit DevArena X 2015

I just came home from the ever so slightly awesome Ekobit DevArena X conference. As I usually do, I’ll share my notes that I took in my notebook and…

How to set up live Markdown preview on Windows with Sublime Text and Markmon

If you write on the web, you must have come across the awesome Markdown: a text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers. Markdown allows you to write using an…

Proof of heaven – Dr. Eben Alexander

My notes from the bestseller book Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife by Dr. Eben Alexander, which I rated  4/5 on my Shelfari account: A man…

The ONE Thing – Gary Keller

My notes from the bestseller book The ONE Thing by Gary Keller, which I marked as favorite and rated 5/5 on my Shelfari account: Pam Rose – My life…

Why am I getting Unexpected token ‘\u0000’ when using npm install -g package

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). In this category (stackoverflow) of posts, I will be posting my…

Ionic is wordpress for mobile apps

As the official blog post nicely states mobile just changed forever How come? Well, as the post says Google started indexing iOS 9 apps that support the HTTP deep…

Build an app for distribution with Ionic Package

As just announced on the official blog post IonicPackage now lets you build an iOS app for distribution on Windows machine. This indeed is a huge news. However, don’t…

How to override a function when creating a new object in the prototypal inheritance?

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). In this category (stackoverflow) of posts, I will be posting my…

It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want to Be – Paul Arden

My notes from a book It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want to Be: The world’s best selling book by Paul Arden, which I rated…

How to use ECMAScript 6 features in Ionic framework?

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). In this category (stackoverflow) of posts, I will be posting my…

List globally installed Node.js packages on your machine

To list globally installed Node.js packages on your machine you can run the following command: ls `npm root -g` and it will just list globally installed packages, like…

The Chimp Paradox by Dr. Steve Peters

My notes from a book The Chimp Paradox by Steve Peters subtitled “The Mind Management Program to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence, and Happiness”, which I rated 4/5 on…

Subversion ignored files for Ionic Framework

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). In this category (stackoverflow) of posts, I will be posting my…

The winner of my Grammarly prize draw

A month ago I started a Grammarly prize draw. I added all of the emails in the random.org and here are the top 5: I’ve listed 5 in…

The passionate programmer by Chad Fowler

I rated the book The passionate programmer by Chad Fowler as favorite on my Shelfari account and shortly reviewed it as: Trully a classic in our field! Those of you…

How to open current folder in Explorer from Command prompt on Windows

To open current folder in Explorer from Command prompt on Windows use the following command: explorer . The dot (.) represents the current directory. This is usually useful for…

Android/iOS app with Django as backend

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). In this category (stackoverflow) of posts, I will be posting my…

How to open current folder in Finder from Terminal on Mac OS X

To open current folder in Finder from Terminal on Mac OS X use the following command: open . The dot (.) represents the current directory. This is usually…

Where to get .xap file in Windows using ionic build?

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). In this category (stackoverflow) of posts, I will be posting my…

Spell or high water – Scott Meyer

My notes from a book Spell or high water by Scott Meyer, which I rated 4/5 on my Shelfari account and which I think every programmer will enjoy. Bash scripts, hidden…

How to add Logout link to WordPress WooCommerce

First, find the text that says something like Login or register. A tool like AstroGrep, if you’re on Windows, may be of great help if you don’t know…

How to populate select in Ionic Creator

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). In this category (stackoverflow) of posts, I will be posting my…

How to Manage Front-End JavaScript and CSS Dependencies with Bower on Ubuntu 14.04

I recently wrote a tutorial for DigitalOcean titled How to Manage Front-End JavaScript and CSS Dependencies with Bower on Ubuntu 14.04. You can view the tutorial published on their site,…

Father Forgets – W. Livingston Larned

I stumbled across this rather touching poem Father Forgets by W. Livingston Larned when I was reading the book How to win friends and influence people by Dale Carnegie (you…

How to retain Ionic sidebar on every page?

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). In this category (stackoverflow) of posts, I will be posting my…

How to win friends and influence people – Dale Carnegie

My notes from a classic How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, which I rated 5/5 on my Shelfari account and put to my all time Favorites…

Ionic announces Ionic Market – make money with the framework you love

Ionic publically announced Ionic Market on their blog. On the market (http://market.ionic.io/) you can buy (and even sell): project starters (Firebase, Parse, Heroku, etc…) plugins (swipable cards, timepickers, maps,…

What have I learned from writing 200 posts?

TL; DR This is my 200th post on this blog. I wrote some additional ones for other “high roller” sites, which you can see below along with my other…

The Martian – Andy Weir

My notes from a best seller book The Martian by Andy Weir, which I rated 4.4/5 on my Shelfari account. The book was made into a movie, starring Matt…

Check network information change with Ionic framework

TL;DR In this tutorial, I’m going to quickly show you how to get network information change with Ionic framework. What do I mean by network information change? Well,…

Grammarly is my best investment in a while

edit: The prize draw is over and the winner was announced here. TL;DR Grammarly is awesome, you should check it out It has a free version you can…

Ionic announces Ionic Lab – a GUI tool replacement for Ionic CLI

From the official blog post, Ionic just announced a new shiny tool called Ionic Lab; which is a GUI tool that tends to be a replacement for the well…

How to redirect users if there is no Internet connection in Ionic framework?

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). In this category (stackoverflow) of posts, I will be posting my…

Ghost in the Wires – Kevin Mitnick

My notes from an awesome book Ghost in the Wires by Kevin Mitnick, which I rated 5/5 on my Shelfari account: If you ask for a piece of sensitive…

Use Ionic or Cordova?

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). In this category (stackoverflow) of posts, I will be posting my…

npm ERR! peerinvalid The package node-inspector does not satisfy its siblings’ peerDependencies requirements

Recently I was reinstalling ionic and cordova with: npm install -g cordova ionic but I got the following error: E:\IonicTesting>npm install -g cordova ionic npm WARN engine [email protected]:…

How to add excerpts to your WordPress blog homepage in a TwentyThirteen theme and not break the Codeproject importer

As you may know, CodeProject has a thing called Technical blogs which lets you publish your post on their site too, and thus widening the range of potential…

Show Interstitial Ad via AdMob in Ionic every 2 minutes

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). In this category (stackoverflow) of posts I will will be posting…

Choose Yourself! – James Altucher

My notes from the book Choose Yourself! by James Altucher: Learned man aims for more, but the wise man decreases, and then decreases again. The thing that really…

Reference the inputs created with ng-repeat in angular based on the number of variable options

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). In this category (stackoverflow) of posts I will will be posting…

How to add a subdomain for Nodejs application on DigitalOcean

When I was preparing this post I bought a domain just for testing purposes called nikola-dev.com and I wanted to have Node.js apps running on this VPS (behind a…

EDGY Conversations – Dan Waldschmidt

My notes from an awesome book EDGY Conversations by Dan Waldschmidt, which I rated 5/5 on my Shelfari account: Success is not about what you do, it’s about what…

How to add a comment field to MEAN.js Article example

If you happen to like the image above, and you’re thinking to yourself how cool it would look like as a sticker, take a look at a few…

My new Lenovo Apple laptop with a custom hood

Update: Before I got rid of the Lenovo laptop, it looked like this: TL;DR: Stickers can be seen here on StickerMule. If you happen to signup up via this link,…

cordova-plugin-whitelist Error 404 not found

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). In this category (stackoverflow) of posts I will will be posting…

How to get your MEAN stack up and running in less than a minute

Over the past year I’ve tried lots of options for hosting my MEAN applications, and finally I’ve settled for DigitalOcean. It’s true what they advertise – that you…

Using nginx as a reverse proxy in front of your Node.js application

This is a straight to point short tutorial on how to set up NGINX as a reverse proxy in front of a Node.js application, and although this is not…

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen Covey

My notes from the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey: The significant problems we face can not be solved with the same level of…

Cracking the Creativity Code Part 1 – Discovering ideas

I just finished a free course on Coursera called Cracking the creativity code and here are my notes from these very good lectures. The course is based on the…

Ionic View Manage Apps

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). In this category (stackoverflow) of posts I will will be posting…

Adding AdMob to Ionic framework application step by step

In case you’re looking for a way to implement Google AdMob ads in Ionic framework 3, then check out this tutorial: How to make money with Google AdMob…

My blog listed along side the cool blogs from high rollers like Atwood, Spolsky, Skeet, Resig, Irish, Beck, Fowler…

A new cool project by Kilim Choi that lets you make a pull request with your engineering blog, that got quite a few stars on Github (4k+ currently). And,…

Ionic Analytics Alpha

From an official blog post, Ionic Analytics Alpha gives you all the data you need to better understand and optimize your push notifications, deployments, and much, much more.…

Posting data from Ionic app to PHP server

TL;DR This is the simplest example which shows how to POST data from an Ionic app to a PHP server. The tutorial covering the Ionic version 2 can be…

Using PM2 to run your Node.js apps like a pro

Previously I wrote about running Node.js apps with Nodemon and Forever but nowdays I’m using the ever so slightly more professional PM2. Running your Node.js application by hand is, well,…

How to properly set the BasedOn in XAML style

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). In this category (stackoverflow) of posts I will will be posting…

Infobip Dev Days 2015

Here are my notes from an awesome 4th Infobip Dev Days 2015 conference: [toc] Introduction Presenter: Izabel Jelenić, Co-founder, CTO infobip – 600+ employees (122 devs) Worldwide A2P SMS…

Ionic Deploy Alpha enables app update on the fly

Yesterday (10.06.2015) Ionic announced the Deploy Alpha which enables you to update your app without having to wait for the review & approval. They say that Ionic Deploy…

Soft Skills: The Software Developer’s Life Manual by John Sonmez

[18.09.2015] edit: I honestly can’t believe it! This awesome book is now also available as an audiobook! Now I’ll be able to listen to this ever so slightly awesome…

How to hide the cursor in Awesomium

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How to market your app as an indie developer

A video worth watching if you’re wondering how you should market your App. Also, a cool link I just stumbled upon today is the one on GitHub: App launch…

Vimeo video playback speed increase

Lately I’ve been watching some videos from Vimeo and it really annoyed me that it doesn’t have a video playback speed  increase option (since, well, you can listen…

The Rosie Project – Graeme Simsion

The quotes I noted from the book The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion. This book was actually recommended  by Bill Gates, and here’s what he said about it: This…

How to select all rows which have a field equal to {}

I’m a big fan of Stack Overflow and I tend to contribute regularly (am currently in the top 0.X%). In this category (stackoverflow) of posts I will will be posting…

Progwriter [programmer + writter] by Azat Mardan

My notes from the book Progwriter [programmer + writter] by Azat Mardan: It’s better to have fewer features with no bugs than lots of features with bugs. Marketing…