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Intermediate code explainers
javascript
import { useState, useRef } from "react"; export function TagInput({ initialTags = [], onChange }) { const [tags, setTags] = useState(initialTags);
Building a tag input in React
controlled-inputs
state-management
keyboard-handling
Intermediate
8 steps
python
import smtplib from email.message import EmailMessage from threading import Thread
Sending welcome emails off the request thread in Flask
background-threads
app-context
email
Intermediate
8 steps
rust
use axum::{ extract::Path, http::StatusCode, routing::{get, post},
Building a REST resource in Axum
rest-api
routing
serialization
Intermediate
9 steps
javascript
import { NavLink, useLocation } from 'react-router-dom'; const NAV_ITEMS = [ { to: '/', label: 'Dashboard', end: true },
Building an accessible Sidebar in React
routing
accessibility
declarative-ui
Intermediate
6 steps
php
function fuzzySearch(string $query, array $items, int $limit = 10): array { $query = mb_strtolower(trim($query));
Building a ranked fuzzy search in PHP
fuzzy-search
string-matching
ranking
Intermediate
7 steps
python
from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin, UserPassesTestMixin from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404 from django.views.generic import DetailView
Team membership access control in Django
access-control
mixins
class-based-views
Intermediate
7 steps
typescript
type CurrencyFormatOptions = { locale?: string; currency: string; showDecimals?: boolean;
Caching Intl.NumberFormat for currency
memoization
internationalization
caching
Intermediate
9 steps
rust
use chrono::NaiveDate; use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer}; #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
Custom date parsing with serde in Rust
serde
deserialization
csv-parsing
Intermediate
7 steps
javascript
function escapeHtml(str) { return str.replace(/[&<>"']/g, (ch) => ({ '&': '&', '<': '<',
Safely highlighting search matches in text
html-escaping
regex
search-highlighting
Intermediate
7 steps
python
import uuid from pathlib import Path from fastapi import APIRouter, File, Form, HTTPException, UploadFile
Handling multipart file uploads in FastAPI
file-upload
validation
multipart-form
Intermediate
6 steps
typescript
import { Component, ChangeDetectionStrategy } from '@angular/core'; @Component({ selector: 'app-card',
Multi-slot content projection in Angular
content-projection
components
templates
Intermediate
7 steps
rust
use axum::{extract::State, http::StatusCode, Json}; use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize}; use sqlx::PgPool; use uuid::Uuid;
An atomic money transfer handler in Axum
database-transactions
atomicity
error-handling
Intermediate
9 steps
go
package security import ( "crypto/hmac"
Signing and verifying payloads with HMAC in Go
hmac
cryptography
authentication
Intermediate
5 steps
typescript
import { Injectable, NotFoundException, ConflictException } from '@nestjs/common'; import { InjectRepository } from '@nestjs/typeorm'; import { Repository, DeepPartial } from 'typeorm'; import { User } from './entities/user.entity';
Building a CRUD service in NestJS
crud
dependency-injection
repository-pattern
Intermediate
7 steps
python
from copy import deepcopy from typing import Any, Mapping
How a recursive deep merge works in Python
recursion
immutability
dictionaries
Intermediate
6 steps
php
<?php namespace App\Http\Controllers\Api;
Cursor pagination in a Laravel API
pagination
cursor
keyset
Intermediate
9 steps
javascript
import { useEffect, useRef } from "react"; import { useBlocker } from "react-router-dom"; export function useUnsavedChangesPrompt(isDirty, message = "You have unsaved changes. Leave anyway?") {
Guarding unsaved changes with a React hook
custom-hooks
navigation-guard
event-listeners
Intermediate
7 steps
go
package handlers import ( "context"
Liveness vs readiness health checks in Gin
health-checks
dependency-injection
context-timeout
Intermediate
7 steps