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The HTML5 Input Event

In the DOM a special event occurs on an <input> or <textarea> element known as the change event [1] [2]. The change event gives a developer the ability to catch input changes. However, it falls short when instant feedback is needed because it will only trigger once the input has lost focus. Immediate feedback could be handled using the keydown or keyup events. Those events are costly (happening often and requires the code to keep state to know of changes actually occurring) and are potentially buggy due to extra logic needed.

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Setting up Ansible for multiple environment deployments

Ansible is a tool for automating the task of installing software via SSH. You can run it against a server, a VM or even a desktop; anything that can be a target of SSH! If you haven’t had the chance to use Ansible then go get a basic understanding before attempting to follow the things I will talk about.

The goal of Ansible is to be able to setup a server the same way, every time (immutability). This fits well with code development and the need to have production-like servers. Ansible does not smooth the transition between different environments, however. In fact, there is a special variable (environment) that has nothing to do with the concept that I’m writing about, making it a confusing thing to describe.

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