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Using an Angular Directive to Extend a Third-Party Component

I added mode-toggling to a PrimeNG Calendar! 🤘

8 min readSep 6, 2021

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How to Unit Test Angular Code that Uses a Web API

How I made my Angular Service unit-testable when using the AudioContext API

2 min readApr 18, 2023

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Level Up Coding

How to Handle Click Events not Bubbling Up to Document

Replacing event listeners on document with custom event streams in Angular & RxJS for greater control

5 min readDec 18, 2020

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How to Upload a File from an Angular App using a JSON POST rather than form-data

Documenting my two-week struggle to get over far more hurdles than I ever expected

9 min readOct 12, 2020

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How to Pass an Element Reference Down Through a Component Tree in Angular

Using Directives and Dependency Injection to avoid unnecessary Component Inputs

7 min readSep 14, 2020

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How to Unit Test a Nested Callback Function

A simple testing pattern for a scenario that can be a little tricky

3 min readAug 15, 2020

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Michael Jacobson

Michael Jacobson

Frontend Developer working with Angular for 10+ years. I love solving problems and building cool stuff. I sweat the details because…I love the details.

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