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5 Reasons Why I Quit My Job And Started Freelancing
6/12/2019 Michael Hoffmanncareerfreelancing
I recently quit my job and decided to start a new chapter in my life as a freelancer. This idea was in my head for about one year but to be honest, back in these days I was not brave enough to go step. In this blog post, I want to tell you my main…
NestJS - The missing piece to easily develop full-stack TypeScript web applications
4/15/2019 Michael Hoffmanndevelopment
I think we all know this problem: You need to develop a new web application and therefore you need to implement the core of the application in the backend and frontend. Both can be time-consuming and if, in the beginning, you choose wrong…
Why I Switched From Visual Studio Code to JetBrains WebStorm
2/14/2019 Michael Hoffmanndevelopmenttools
As I started my first JavaScript project in 2015 I used JetBrains WebStorm which is an IDE (integrated development environment) for JavaScript development. I was already used to JetBrains IDEs as I worked before with Android Studio which is based on…
How I Built A Custom Stepper/Wizard Component Using The Angular Material CDK
12/25/2018 Michael Hoffmanndevelopment
Update 12.02.2018: Meanwhile I have created a PR to the Angular Material repository and added there an official guideRecently I had to refactor a quite complex legacy Angular component and I want to share my experiences with you.The Legacy…
The Engineering Behind My Portfolio Website
12/12/2018 Michael Hoffmanndevelopment
I created my first personal website in 2017 when I launched my first smartphone game. I use Google Analytics in this game and it is therefore necessary to provide a link to a privacy policy website from inside the game. I used WordPress and a free…
Why A Good Frontend Developer Should Care About Web Accessibility
11/24/2018 Michael Hoffmanndevelopment
Back in 2017, when I started frontend development, I heard an interesting talk with the title “Aesthetics of the invisible” from my former colleague Francesco Schwarz. It was all about accessibility in websites and the corresponding blog post starts…
How I Write Marble Tests For RxJS Observables In Angular
11/12/2018 Michael Hoffmanndevelopment
I am a really passionate Reactive Extensions user and mostly use them in RxJS which is integrated into the Angular framework.In Angular, I often use observables in my services and need therefore to write tests for these asynchronous data streams…
Sticky Footer in GatsbyJS using Flexbox
9/20/2018 Michael Hoffmanndevelopment
I have recently developed some static websites based on GatsbyJS which have a sticky footer. A sticky footer is always positioned on the bottom of the page, even for sparse content.Unfortunately, I had some struggle to solve this and I, therefore…
Run Automated Electron App Tests Using Travis CI
9/6/2018 Michael Hoffmanndevelopment
Last year I developed the Standup Picker which is an Angular application running in an Electron shell.As I released new versions while older versions were already in use, I wanted to gain more confidence while releasing newer versions of my…
With These Tips You Will Rock Every Technical Job Interview
8/16/2018 Michael Hoffmanncareer
In my previous company I got the opportunity to be one of 20 so called “candidate interviewers”. This meant that I participated in technical interviews; an essential part of this company’s application procedure. I participated in about 30 interviews…
My Definition Of A Senior Developer
7/22/2018 Michael Hoffmanncareer
During my time as a software developer I met and worked with many other developers. Some of them just started their apprenticeship, some started their first job after university, some already had multiple years work experience and some even had 1…
How I Increased My Productivity With Visual Studio Code
5/31/2018 Michael Hoffmannproductivitydevelopment
In this post I will describe how I increased my productivity by learning how to use Visual Studio Code in a more efficient way.But in general, always consider this advice as it is really important:Learn your IDE/Editor so that you are able to use it…
Lessons Learned: My First Smartphone Game
5/22/2018 Michael Hoffmanndevelopment
In 2017 I have released my first smartphone game “Supermarket Challenge” for iOS and Android. I learned a lot of stuff during the game development and wanted to share my experiences with you.Why did I develop a gameI play and love video games since I…
How I Built My Website With Hugo And Netlify
5/19/2018 Michael Hoffmanndevelopment
End of last year I started working on my private portfolio website and started to research how to easily build and deploy such static websites.The ToolsHugoI discovered Hugo which is a very popular open-source static site generator. It is amazingly…
My Development Setup
5/15/2018 Michael Hoffmannsetup
In the past, I stumbled upon many interesting tools by investigating the development setups of other developers. Therefore, I thought I could also present you my setup.I change up things sometimes, so this page will serve as a living document and a…
My First NPM Package: github-traffic-cli
5/12/2018 Michael Hoffmanndevelopment
Since I published my first projects on GitHub I really enjoyed viewing the traffic on my repositories. It is really interesting to see how many people visit or clone my repositories.Unfortunately it costs a lot of time to click through all available…
My First Visual Code Extension
5/11/2018 Michael Hoffmanndevelopment
I am really a big fan of Visual Code and use it as my main IDE for software development. The available selection of extensions (see the Extension Marketplace) is amazing.As I started using Visual Code I found every extension I was looking for. But…

5 Reasons Why I Quit My Job And Started Freelancing

NestJS - The missing piece to easily develop full-stack TypeScript web applications

Why I Switched From Visual Studio Code to JetBrains WebStorm

How I Built A Custom Stepper/Wizard Component Using The Angular Material CDK

The Engineering Behind My Portfolio Website

Why A Good Frontend Developer Should Care About Web Accessibility

How I Write Marble Tests For RxJS Observables In Angular

Sticky Footer in GatsbyJS using Flexbox

Run Automated Electron App Tests Using Travis CI

With These Tips You Will Rock Every Technical Job Interview

My Definition Of A Senior Developer

How I Increased My Productivity With Visual Studio Code

Lessons Learned: My First Smartphone Game

How I Built My Website With Hugo And Netlify

My Development Setup

My First NPM Package: github-traffic-cli

My First Visual Code Extension