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The research explores how consumers truly feel about their online shopping experiences. The report... AutoRABIT, the Salesforce DevOps Solution vendor, has launched LearningHub. This is the latest iteration of the AutoRABIT Academy. The AutoRABIT academy ...

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AutoRABIT Introduces LearningHub to Improve the User Experience

The new platform is a comprehensive resource for learning and collaboration. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- AutoRABIT has prioritized improving the quality of its products and enhancing the user experience. The introduction of LearningHub—a ...

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AutoRABIT, the Salesforce DevOps Solution vendor, has launched LearningHub. This is the latest iteration of the AutoRABIT Academy. The AutoRABIT academy will be available until November 30 th, when the site will re-direct to the LearningHub. The ...

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With digital transformation and the move to online operations, companies are increasingly relying on Salesforce to manage many of their operations.  In this context, teams are turning to Salesforce CI/CD to automate manual workflows, which help them handle these growing workloads and quickly deliver quality work to their end-users. This article gives you a short overview of how to implement CI/CD in Salesforce DX. Components of CI/CD A development process that uses version control as the source for new development activity is used to build Salesforce CI/CD . The way you manage and coordinate concurrent work streams and multiple environments are then determined by the Git branching strategy you choose. Automation is used in this process to validate deployment packages, run tests, and move work items along the pipeline. Individual CI jobs can be set up using a solution such as AutoRABIT, Gearset or a standard automation tool such as Jenkins. The continuous integration in DevOps processes runs on a regular basis or is triggered when branches in Git merge, and they can conduct tests before deployments across version control and Salesforce environments. Salesforce DevOps Implementation of CI/CD with Salesforce DX Implementation of the Salesforce CI/CD pipeline is separated into four stages: Source Build Test Deployment Before proceeding to the next stage, each succeeding stage must be accomplished. All steps are constantly checked for faults or anomalies, and feedback is sent to the delivery team. Each development, whether a bug patch or a feature enhancement, is routed via the CI/CD pipeline in DevOps before being deployed to production. Source It is the first stage of Salesforce CI/CD workflow. Here the CI/CD pipeline in DevOps will be activated by any change in the program or a predefined flag in the code repository. This level is all about source control, including version control and change tracking. When the automated process detects a change in the central repository (commit, new version), it will start tasks like code compilation and unit testing. Build This stage of the pipeline converts the source code and all of its dependencies into an executable/runnable instance of the development. This stage addresses software builds as well as other types of buildable objects such as Docker containers. Failure in this build could suggest a fundamental problem with the underlying code. A centralized artifact repository such as yarn, JFrog, or a cloud-based solution such as Azure Artifacts can be used to centralize the storage process of building artifacts. If there are any issues with the current build, we will be able to roll back to the previous build. Test The test stage includes all automated testing to validate the software's behavior. This stage's purpose is to keep software defects from reaching end users. This stage might include a variety of methods of testing, ranging from integration testing to functional testing. This stage will also reveal any flaws in the product. Deploy This is the Salesforce CI/CD pipeline's final stage. The package is now ready to be deployed after passing all of the preceding phases. At this point, the package is deployed to appropriate environments, first to a staging environment for additional quality assurance (QA) and then to a production environment. Infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and containerization utilizing technologies such as Terraform, Puppet, Docker, and Kubernetes can all be part of the deployment stage. Conclusion New business needs and opportunities constantly increase the workload of Salesforce teams. So, teams are turning to Salesforce CI/CD to automate manual workflows, which help them handle these growing workloads and quickly deliver quality work to their end-users

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Day 24: Designing Forms and Handling User Input Validation 📋 Let's go to the basics today with by creating forms and handling user input in SwiftUI. Forms are a core part of many apps for collecting data from users. Let’s jump in! Code SwiftUI provides the Formcontainer, making it easy to create user-friendly input forms. import SwiftUI

struct UserFormView: View {
    @State private var username = ""
    @State private var email = ""
    @State private var password = ""
    @State private var errorMessage = ""

    var body: some View {
        Form {
            // Username Input
            Section(header: Text("Username")) {
                TextField("Enter your username", text: $username)
                    .autocapitalization(.none)
                    .disableAutocorrection(true)
                    .textFieldStyle(RoundedBorderTextFieldStyle())
            }

            // Email Input
            Section(header: Text("Email")) {
                TextField("Enter your email", text: $email)
                    .autocapitalization(.none)
                    .keyboardType(.emailAddress)
                    .disableAutocorrection(true)
                    .textFieldStyle(RoundedBorderTextFieldStyle())
            }

            // Password Input
            Section(header: Text("Password")) {
                SecureField("Enter your password", text: $password)
                    .textFieldStyle(RoundedBorderTextFieldStyle())
            }

            // Error Message
            if !errorMessage.isEmpty {
                Text(errorMessage)
                    .foregroundColor(.red)
            }

            // Submit Button
            Button(action: {
                validateForm()
            }) {
                Text("Submit")
                    .frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
                    .padding()
                    .background(Color.blue)
                    .foregroundColor(.white)
                    .cornerRadius(8)
            }
        }
        .navigationTitle("User Form")
    }

    // Step 3: Validate the form inputs
    func validateForm() {
        if username.isEmpty || email.isEmpty || password.isEmpty {
            errorMessage = "All fields are required!"
        } else if !email.contains("@") {
            errorMessage = "Invalid email address!"
        } else if password.count < 6 {
            errorMessage = "Password must be at least 6 characters!"
        } else {
            errorMessage = ""
            // Handle successful form submission (e.g., save data)
        }
    }
} The full series is available on my profile and the components can also be found at shipios.app/components. Happy Coding! Day 24: Designing Forms and Handling User Input Validation 📋 Day 24: Designing Forms and Handling User Input Validation 📋 Let's go to the basics today with by creating forms and handling user input in SwiftUI . Forms are a core part of many apps for collecting data from users. SwiftUI Let’s jump in! Code SwiftUI provides the Form container, making it easy to create user-friendly input forms. SwiftUI Form import SwiftUI

struct UserFormView: View {
    @State private var username = ""
    @State private var email = ""
    @State private var password = ""
    @State private var errorMessage = ""

    var body: some View {
        Form {
            // Username Input
            Section(header: Text("Username")) {
                TextField("Enter your username", text: $username)
                    .autocapitalization(.none)
                    .disableAutocorrection(true)
                    .textFieldStyle(RoundedBorderTextFieldStyle())
            }

            // Email Input
            Section(header: Text("Email")) {
                TextField("Enter your email", text: $email)
                    .autocapitalization(.none)
                    .keyboardType(.emailAddress)
                    .disableAutocorrection(true)
                    .textFieldStyle(RoundedBorderTextFieldStyle())
            }

            // Password Input
            Section(header: Text("Password")) {
                SecureField("Enter your password", text: $password)
                    .textFieldStyle(RoundedBorderTextFieldStyle())
            }

            // Error Message
            if !errorMessage.isEmpty {
                Text(errorMessage)
                    .foregroundColor(.red)
            }

            // Submit Button
            Button(action: {
                validateForm()
            }) {
                Text("Submit")
                    .frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
                    .padding()
                    .background(Color.blue)
                    .foregroundColor(.white)
                    .cornerRadius(8)
            }
        }
        .navigationTitle("User Form")
    }

    // Step 3: Validate the form inputs
    func validateForm() {
        if username.isEmpty || email.isEmpty || password.isEmpty {
            errorMessage = "All fields are required!"
        } else if !email.contains("@") {
            errorMessage = "Invalid email address!"
        } else if password.count < 6 {
            errorMessage = "Password must be at least 6 characters!"
        } else {
            errorMessage = ""
            // Handle successful form submission (e.g., save data)
        }
    }
} import SwiftUI

struct UserFormView: View {
    @State private var username = ""
    @State private var email = ""
    @State private var password = ""
    @State private var errorMessage = ""

    var body: some View {
        Form {
            // Username Input
            Section(header: Text("Username")) {
                TextField("Enter your username", text: $username)
                    .autocapitalization(.none)
                    .disableAutocorrection(true)
                    .textFieldStyle(RoundedBorderTextFieldStyle())
            }

            // Email Input
            Section(header: Text("Email")) {
                TextField("Enter your email", text: $email)
                    .autocapitalization(.none)
                    .keyboardType(.emailAddress)
                    .disableAutocorrection(true)
                    .textFieldStyle(RoundedBorderTextFieldStyle())
            }

            // Password Input
            Section(header: Text("Password")) {
                SecureField("Enter your password", text: $password)
                    .textFieldStyle(RoundedBorderTextFieldStyle())
            }

            // Error Message
            if !errorMessage.isEmpty {
                Text(errorMessage)
                    .foregroundColor(.red)
            }

            // Submit Button
            Button(action: {
                validateForm()
            }) {
                Text("Submit")
                    .frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
                    .padding()
                    .background(Color.blue)
                    .foregroundColor(.white)
                    .cornerRadius(8)
            }
        }
        .navigationTitle("User Form")
    }

    // Step 3: Validate the form inputs
    func validateForm() {
        if username.isEmpty || email.isEmpty || password.isEmpty {
            errorMessage = "All fields are required!"
        } else if !email.contains("@") {
            errorMessage = "Invalid email address!"
        } else if password.count < 6 {
            errorMessage = "Password must be at least 6 characters!"
        } else {
            errorMessage = ""
            // Handle successful form submission (e.g., save data)
        }
    }
} The full series is available on my profile and the components can also be found at shipios.app/components . shipios.app/components shipios.app/components Happy Coding! Happy Coding!

Forms and Input Handling in iOS 18 - #30DaysOfSwift

This May, the Fed noticed that it would not decrease rates soon, and the BTC price fell below $57,000 at the beginning of May. Despite that, it's unexpectedly becoming a good time for the crypto market. The Bitcoin ETF has had record inflows since March, hedge funds report record numbers of crypto investments, and American legislators have passed anti-SEC resolutions. Other crypto regulation updates outside of the US include a new crypto bill in Turkey, a mining ban in Venezuela, regulatory uncertainty in the EU, and consultations between crypto regulators in India. Do US lawmakers unite against the SEC? The US Senate has passed a resolution against the SEC to cancel rule 129, which obligates banks to declare their crypto balances to the commission. Senators voted 60 - 38; both Republicans and Democrats supported this resolution. However, Biden has already claimed that he is going to veto it. Anyway, this is the first such case where the US Congress and Senate have agreed with each other on crypto regulation. The resolution was supported by both Republicans and Democrats, including majority leader Chuck Schumer. Lawmakers gently hint to the SEC and its chairman, Gary Gensler, that the commission doesn't have to abuse its authority over cryptocurrencies and banks. Growing numbers of investments in Bitcoin ETF In the middle of May, some big institutional investors made waves by announcing their shares in Bitcoin. Hedge fund Millennium invested about $2 billion, while Morgan Stanley invested $270 million. The State of Wisconsin Investment Board also revealed it has about $164 million in Grayscale and Blackrock Bitcoin ETF. Meanwhile, with the US CPI index for April coming in 0.1% lower than expected, Bitcoin's price surged to $67,000. Last week, according to Farside Investors, we saw $948.3 million in inflows into US spot Bitcoin ETFs. Last but not least, Pantera Capital invested in cryptocurrency TON a large sum—which is unknown but probably exceeds Pantera's investment in Solana ($250 mln). Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group) has also recorded increased institutional demand for bitcoin and plans to launch spot bitcoin trading directly. Regulatory uncertainty in the European Union Meanwhile, Europe is gearing up for the full implementation of the MiCA crypto regulation framework. Overall, this isn't the best news for the industry—there's a lot of uncertainty about how cryptocurrency companies will continue to operate in Europe. This affects not just medium-sized VASPs, but also the big players in the market. In April it became known from Tether CEO Paolo Ordoino that the company does not plan to obtain a license for USDT in the EU. Last week Kraken exchange announced that it will delist USDT for its European clients. Tether will presumably develop euro-denominated stablecoins in the EU. However, it is unknown how this will happen—so far, the capitalization of euro-denominated stablecoins has stayed relatively small. At the same time, European countries continue the implementation of their classic VASP crypto regulation frameworks, which obligate any crypto entities operating in the country to get a license/registration. For instance, French financial regulator Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has informed the public that Bybit has illegally operated in the country since 2022 because it didn't get a license from the regulator. Bybit is included in the AMF blacklist as a company, which isn't compliant with existing regulations in the country. Turkey will pass new crypto bill Last week, the ruling party introduced a crypto bill into Turkish parliament. The new legislation regulates licensing procedures for crypto entities, compliance, and AML. Local financial regulator Capital Markets Board (CMB) will be the main institution in this process. India updating crypto regulations Although pending new elections, the National Government has so far resisted its legislative initiatives to regulate cryptocurrencies—regulators are doing it instead.  Local financial regulator - SEBI has published its recommendations dedicated to crypto regulation in the country. It recommends dividing crypto activities by regulators: SEBI to regulate ICOs and securities, Central Bank - stablecoins, FIU - VASP registrations. FIU started VASP registration in the country late last year, and 28 companies were registered. Last week, the first two foreign exchanges, Binance and Kucoin, were also approved to operate in the country. Venezuela imposes a mining ban Despite the existing economic and political issues in Venezuela, cryptocurrencies are legal in the country. Also, it has regulations for mining. Unfortunately, last week, the local Ministry of Electric Power claimed that it would disconnect existing mining farms from the grid. The government explained this initiative by citing the high load on the country's electricity networks. In addition, the decision may be related to the country's anti-corruption campaign—the government had previously confiscated 2,000 devices in the city of Maracay and 11,000 mining devices in Carabobo state. It still needs to be determined whether the ban on mining in Venezuela will be temporary or permanent. Such initiatives to ban or restrict mining due to high load on power grids are not uncommon. For example, in 2021, mining was banned in Iran for four months. The Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan also imposed certain restrictions on the activities of mining operators. VanEck ETH ETF application Finally, I would like to remind you about the important event of the coming week—on May 23, the SEC is expected to rule on VanEck's Ethereum ETFs. Bloomberg's analyst Erik Balchunas commented last week that the SEC probably won't approve any spot Ethereum ETF. He suggests that according to the commission's current position, it evaluates Ethereum as a security. Indeed, the probability of rejection is quite high, but let's see what the regulator decides. If you are interested in getting more crypto regulation insights, you can watch the global crypto regulation rating here and get updates on my Telegram channel. This May, the Fed noticed that it would not decrease rates soon, and the BTC price fell below $57,000 at the beginning of May. Despite that, it's unexpectedly becoming a good time for the crypto market. The Bitcoin ETF has had record inflows since March, hedge funds report record numbers of crypto investments, and American legislators have passed anti-SEC resolutions. BTC Other crypto regulation updates outside of the US include a new crypto bill in Turkey, a mining ban in Venezuela, regulatory uncertainty in the EU, and consultations between crypto regulators in India. Do US lawmakers unite against the SEC? Do US lawmakers unite against the SEC? The US Senate has passed a resolution against the SEC to cancel rule 129, which obligates banks to declare their crypto balances to the commission. Senators voted 60 - 38; both Republicans and Democrats supported this resolution. However, Biden has already claimed that he is going to veto it. passed passed Anyway, this is the first such case where the US Congress and Senate have agreed with each other on crypto regulation. The resolution was supported by both Republicans and Democrats, including majority leader Chuck Schumer. Lawmakers gently hint to the SEC and its chairman, Gary Gensler, that the commission doesn't have to abuse its authority over cryptocurrencies and banks. crypto regulation. Growing numbers of investments in Bitcoin ETF Growing numbers of investments in Bitcoin ETF In the middle of May, some big institutional investors made waves by announcing their shares in Bitcoin. Hedge fund Millennium invested about $2 billion, while Morgan Stanley invested $270 million. The State of Wisconsin Investment Board also revealed it has about $164 million in Grayscale and Blackrock Bitcoin ETF. Meanwhile, with the US CPI index for April coming in 0.1% lower than expected, Bitcoin's price surged to $67,000. Last week, according to Farside Investors, we saw $948.3 million in inflows into US spot Bitcoin ETFs. invested Morgan Stanley $164 million Last but not least, Pantera Capital invested in cryptocurrency TON a large sum—which is unknown but probably exceeds Pantera's investment in Solana ($250 mln). Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group) has also recorded increased institutional demand for bitcoin and plans to launch spot bitcoin trading directly. Regulatory uncertainty in the European Union Regulatory uncertainty in the European Union Meanwhile, Europe is gearing up for the full implementation of the MiCA crypto regulation framework. Overall, this isn't the best news for the industry—there's a lot of uncertainty about how cryptocurrency companies will continue to operate in Europe. This affects not just medium-sized VASPs, but also the big players in the market. In April it became known from Tether CEO Paolo Ordoino that the company does not plan to obtain a license for USDT in the EU. Last week Kraken exchange announced that it will delist USDT for its European clients. Tether will presumably develop euro-denominated stablecoins in the EU. However, it is unknown how this will happen—so far, the capitalization of euro-denominated stablecoins has stayed relatively small. known known announced announced At the same time, European countries continue the implementation of their classic VASP crypto regulation frameworks, which obligate any crypto entities operating in the country to get a license/registration. For instance, French financial regulator Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has informed the public that Bybit has illegally operated in the country since 2022 because it didn't get a license from the regulator. Bybit is included in the AMF blacklist as a company, which isn't compliant with existing regulations in the country. included included Turkey will pass new crypto bill Turkey will pass new crypto bill Last week, the ruling party introduced a crypto bill into Turkish parliament. The new legislation regulates licensing procedures for crypto entities, compliance, and AML. Local financial regulator Capital Markets Board (CMB) will be the main institution in this process. India updating crypto regulations India updating crypto regulations Although pending new elections, the National Government has so far resisted its legislative initiatives to regulate cryptocurrencies—regulators are doing it instead.  Local financial regulator - SEBI has published its recommendations dedicated to crypto regulation in the country. It recommends dividing crypto activities by regulators: SEBI to regulate ICOs and securities, Central Bank - stablecoins, FIU - VASP registrations. FIU started VASP registration in the country late last year, and 28 companies were registered. Last week, the first two foreign exchanges, Binance and Kucoin, were also approved to operate in the country. approved approved Venezuela imposes a mining ban Venezuela imposes a mining ban Despite the existing economic and political issues in Venezuela, cryptocurrencies are legal in the country. Also, it has regulations for mining. Unfortunately, last week, the local Ministry of Electric Power claimed that it would disconnect existing mining farms from the grid. The government explained this initiative by citing the high load on the country's electricity networks. In addition, the decision may be related to the country's anti-corruption campaign—the government had previously confiscated 2,000 devices in the city of Maracay and 11,000 mining devices in Carabobo state. It still needs to be determined whether the ban on mining in Venezuela will be temporary or permanent. Such initiatives to ban or restrict mining due to high load on power grids are not uncommon. For example, in 2021, mining was banned in Iran for four months. The Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan also imposed certain restrictions on the activities of mining operators. VanEck ETH ETF application VanEck ETH ETF application Finally, I would like to remind you about the important event of the coming week—on May 23, the SEC is expected to rule on VanEck's Ethereum ETFs. Bloomberg's analyst Erik Balchunas commented last week that the SEC probably won't approve any spot Ethereum ETF. He suggests that according to the commission's current position, it evaluates Ethereum as a security. Indeed, the probability of rejection is quite high, but let's see what the regulator decides. If you are interested in getting more crypto regulation insights, you can watch the global crypto regulation rating here and get updates on my Telegram channel . here here Telegram channel Telegram channel

US Lawmakers Unite Against SEC as Crypto Regulations Tighten Globally

মার্কিন আইন প্রণেতারা SEC-এর বিরুদ্ধে একত্রিত হয়েছেন কারণ ক্রিপ্টো রেগুলেশন বিশ্বব্যাপী কঠোর হচ্ছে৷

US-Gesetzgeber verbünden sich gegen die SEC, während die Krypto-Regulierung weltweit verschärft wird

Los legisladores estadounidenses se unen contra la SEC mientras las regulaciones criptográficas se endurecen a nivel mundial

Les législateurs américains s'unissent contre la SEC alors que les réglementations cryptographiques se resserrent à l'échelle mondiale

वैश्विक स्तर पर क्रिप्टो विनियमन सख्त होने पर अमेरिकी सांसद SEC के खिलाफ एकजुट हुए

仮想通貨規制が世界的に強化される中、米国議員らがSECに対抗

암호화폐 규제가 전 세계적으로 강화됨에 따라 미국 국회의원들이 SEC에 맞서 단결했습니다.

Legisladores dos EUA se unem contra a SEC à medida que as regulamentações criptográficas se apertam globalmente

Законодатели США объединяются против SEC, поскольку правила криптовалют ужесточаются во всем мире

Kripto Düzenlemeleri Küresel Olarak Sıkılaşırken ABD Milletvekilleri SEC'e Karşı Birleşiyor

Các nhà lập pháp Hoa Kỳ đoàn kết chống lại SEC khi các quy định về tiền điện tử được thắt chặt trên toàn cầu

全球加密监管趋紧，美国立法者联合起来反对 SEC

HTML, a powerful markup language with a rich history in web development, contains a multitude of features that often remain in the shadows. These features have the potential to enhance your web development. Let's explore some of these intriguing features, shedding light on the hidden capabilities of ! HTML 1) Personalised downloads with the attribute download The attribute in HTML empowers developers to personalise downloaded file names, providing users with a more engaging and brand-oriented experience: download <a href="document.pdf" download="your-custom-name">Download PDF</a> This attribute allows users to download files with personalised names, enhancing the overall user experience. 2) Autofocus magic A subtle yet impactful feature, the attribute in HTML streamlines the user experience by automatically focusing on an input field when the page loads: autofocus <input type="text" autofocus /> This ensures that users' attention is directed to the relevant input field right from the start, enhancing the overall usability of your web page. 3) Unleash creativity with contenteditable HTML's attribute is a powerful tool for transforming any element into an editable canvas, enabling users to modify content on the fly: contenteditable <p contenteditable="true">Let the editing begin!</p> This feature is particularly valuable for building dynamic and interactive web applications that involve user-generated content, fostering a more engaging user experience. 4) Expandable sections with and details summary Crafting elegant and interactive expandable sections is effortless with the and elements: details summary <details>
  <summary>Click to reveal</summary>
  Hidden content goes here!
</details> This feature is an excellent choice for creating collapsible sections, offering a clean and organised layout for content-heavy web pages. 5) Ping for monitoring HTML introduces the ping attribute, allowing developers to enable pingback requests when a link is clicked. This is perfect for monitoring or tracking user engagement: <a href="https://example.com" ping="https://analytics.example.com">Visit Link</a> This initiates a brief HTTP POST request to the specified URL, providing valuable insights into user interactions and behavior. 6) Translation control with translate Multilingual websites benefit from HTML's attribute, enabling developers to specify whether an element's content should be translated or remain in its original language: translate <p translate="no">This stays untranslated</p> This granular control over translation is crucial for maintaining the integrity of content across diverse language settings. 7) Mysterious disappearances with hidden Conceal elements from prying eyes with the attribute: hidden <p>Visible text here.</p>
<p hidden>This text remains hidden.</p> This straightforward attribute is useful for dynamically hiding and revealing content based on user interactions or specific conditions. 8) Nested HTML with srcdoc The attribute in HTML allows developers to embed an entire HTML document within another: srcdoc <iframe srcdoc="<h1>Hello within a Hello!</h1>"></iframe> This powerful feature facilitates the creation of self-contained components or widgets within a web page, promoting modularity and reusability. 9) Spellcheck suppression Disable spell-checking on specific elements, particularly beneficial for specialised input fields: <textarea spellcheck="false"></textarea> This feature ensures that traditional spell-checking is omitted where it may not be applicable or desired. 10) Directional mastery with bdo HTML's element provides control over text direction, vital for languages that read from right to left: bdo <p>This text flows left-to-right.</p>
<p><bdo dir="rtl">But this gracefully shifts right-to-left.</bdo></p> Maintaining proper text directionality is essential for delivering a seamless reading experience across various linguistic contexts. 11) Enhance input experience with inputmode Specify the type of virtual keyboard to display on touch devices, optimising the user experience: <input type="text" inputmode="numeric" /> This feature ensures that the appropriate virtual keyboard is presented based on the expected input, enhancing usability on mobile devices. 12) attribute for text input autocapitalize The attribute controls whether text input should be automatically capitalised: autocapitalize <input type="text" autocapitalize="words" /> For example, setting the value to "words" means automatically capitalising the first character of each word, streamlining data input. 13) attribute for inert elements inert The attribute allows developers to make elements and their descendants inert, preventing user interaction: inert <div inert>
  This content is inert and cannot be interacted with.
</div> The attribute assists in controlling the interactivity of specific elements within your web page, offering more control over user interactions. inert Conclusion While this article may not cover all the lesser-known features of HTML, I hope it has introduced you to some new and exciting possibilities. Whether these facts are familiar to you or you stumbled upon something entirely surprising and valuable, I hope you found the insights intriguing.. If any of these insights caught your attention or if you have additional tips and tricks that you find very useful, please leave a comment! Keep exploring and discovering new ways to elevate your web development skills!

Unlocking HTML's Hidden Powers

A Roadmap for User Empowerment in the Dark Pattern Landscape

Protocol-oriented programming is one of the most powerful and flexible tools for competent composition and distribution of responsibility in Swift. In one of the previous articles, protocol-oriented programming was used to manage the state and build a safe sequence of state transitions without additional checks. If you have not read , then it is recommended to read as material that will show one of the ways to use this wonderful approach. the previous article In this article, we’ll explore another way to use protocol-oriented programming. As a bonus — we’ll write our extension for programming UI components in UIKit that mimics the experience. SwiftUI What is the task before us? As we all know, all graphical components in UIKit are direct descendants of UIView, each with its own unique properties. A protocol-oriented approach will help us to endow each of the heirs with their own unique properties while making it possible to combine these properties in case we want to use the properties of the parent and the properties of the child. In addition to the protocol-oriented approach, we will also use the design pattern to bring the SwiftUI declarative syntax experience to UIKit. Decorator Let’s start with the simplest. Select several basic UI classes with which we will start: — all graphical components are inherited from it UIView — all , and so on are inherited from it UIControl UIButton UISegmentedControl Final UI components like , , and so on UILabel UITextField The inheritance diagram can be seen below: Let’s start our task by creating an interface: protocol Stylable {} This protocol is the basis for all subsequent extensions for our case. Since all graphical components somehow inherit from to cover all components — it is enough to extend with this protocol: UIView UIView extension UIView: Stylable {} Some of the most used properties for customizing a are , , , , . Moreover, these properties are often used not only to configure the , but also for its descendants. UIView cornerRadius backgroundColor clipsToBounds contentMode isHidden UIView Let’s extend the possibilities of for all classes and their descendants: Stylable UIView extension Stylable where Self: UIView {
    @discardableResult
    func cornerRadius(_ value: CGFloat) -> Self {
        self.layer.cornerRadius = value

        return self
    }

    @discardableResult
    func backgroundColor(_ value: UIColor) -> Self {
        self.backgroundColor = value

        return self
    }

    @discardableResult
    func clipsToBounds(_ value: Bool) -> Self {
        self.clipsToBounds = value

        return self
    }

    @discardableResult
    func contentMode(_ value: UIView.ContentMode) -> Self {
        self.contentMode = value

        return self
    }

    @discardableResult
    func isHidden(_ value: Bool) -> Self {
        self.isHidden = value

        return self
    }
} Let’s check what this extension gave us: let customView = UIView()
    .backgroundColor(.red)
    .clipsToBounds(true)
    .cornerRadius(20)

let customButton = UIButton()
    .backgroundColor(.red)
    .clipsToBounds(true)
    .cornerRadius(20)

let segmentedControl = UISegmentedControl(items: ["One", "Two"])
    .backgroundColor(.red)
    .clipsToBounds(true)
    .cornerRadius(20)

let scrollView = UIScrollView()
    .backgroundColor(.red)
    .clipsToBounds(true)
    .cornerRadius(20)

let textField = UITextField()
    .backgroundColor(.red)
    .clipsToBounds(true)
    .cornerRadius(20) As we can see, thanks to the extension, we can declaratively change properties not only for but also for its descendants. UIView Let’s move on to configuring the . For all of its descendants, one of the most used customizable things is tap, properties — , , . UIControl isEnabled tintColor isUserInteractionEnabled Let’s extend the possibilities of for all classes and their descendants: Stylable UIControl extension Stylable where Self: UIControl {
    @discardableResult
    func action(_ value: (() -> Void)?, event: UIControl.Event = .touchUpInside) -> Self {
        let identifier = UIAction.Identifier(String(describing: event.rawValue))
        let action = UIAction(identifier: identifier) { _ in
            value?()
        }
        
        self.removeAction(identifiedBy: identifier, for: event)
        self.addAction(action, for: event)
        
        return self
    }
    
    @discardableResult
    func secondAction(_ value: ((Bool) -> Void)?, controlEvent: UIControl.Event = .valueChanged) -> Self {
        let identifier = UIAction.Identifier(String(describing: controlEvent.rawValue))
        let action = UIAction(identifier: identifier) { item in
            guard let control = item.sender as? UIControl else {
                return
            }
            value?(!control.isTracking)
        }
        
        self.removeAction(identifiedBy: identifier, for: controlEvent)
        self.addAction(action, for: controlEvent)
        
        return self
    }
    
    @discardableResult
    func isEnabled(_ value: Bool) -> Self {
        self.isEnabled = value
        
        return self
    }
    
    @discardableResult
    func isUserInteractionEnabled(_ value: Bool) -> Self {
        self.isUserInteractionEnabled = value
        
        return self
    }
    
    @discardableResult
    func tintColor(_ value: UIColor) -> Self {
        self.tintColor = value
        
        return self
    }
} After the extension for , an additional customization option became available for all its descendants: Stylable UIControl let customButton = UIButton()
    .backgroundColor(.red)
    .clipsToBounds(true)
    .cornerRadius(20)
    .tintColor(.red)
    .action {
       print(#function)
    }
    .isEnabled(true)
    .isUserInteractionEnabled(true)

    
let segmentedControl = UISegmentedControl(items: ["One", "Two"])
    .backgroundColor(.red)
    .clipsToBounds(true)
    .cornerRadius(20)
    .tintColor(.red)
    .action {
       print(#function)
    }
    .isEnabled(true)
    .isUserInteractionEnabled(true) It is worth noting that when calling the action method using a class method, you should initialize this component lazily to ensure that the class (self) is initialized before the component is initialized. lazy var customButton = UIButton()
    .backgroundColor(.red)
    .clipsToBounds(true)
    .cornerRadius(20)
    .tintColor(.red)
    .action { [weak self] in
         self?.actionTest()
    }
    .isEnabled(true)
    .isUserInteractionEnabled(true)
    
private func actionTest() {
    print(#function)
} Let’s also extend with some of the most popular custom properties: UITextField extension Stylable where Self: UITextField {
    @discardableResult
    func text(_ value: String?) -> Self {
        self.text = value

        return self
    }

    @discardableResult
    func font(_ value: UIFont) -> Self {
        self.font = value

        return self
    }

    @discardableResult
    func textAlignment(_ value: NSTextAlignment) -> Self {
        self.textAlignment = value

        return self
    }

    @discardableResult
    func textColor(_ value: UIColor) -> Self {
        self.textColor = value

        return self
    }

    @discardableResult
    func capitalizationType(_ value: UITextAutocapitalizationType) -> Self {
        self.autocapitalizationType = value

        return self
    }

    @discardableResult
    func keyboardType(_ value: UIKeyboardType) -> Self {
        self.keyboardType = value

        return self
    }

    @discardableResult
    func isSecureTextEntry(_ value: Bool) -> Self {
        self.isSecureTextEntry = value

        return self
    }

    @discardableResult
    func autocorrectionType(_ value: UITextAutocorrectionType) -> Self {
        self.autocorrectionType = value

        return self
    }

    @discardableResult
    func contentType(_ value: UITextContentType?) -> Self {
        self.textContentType = value

        return self
    }

    @discardableResult
    func clearButtonMode(_ value: UITextField.ViewMode) -> Self {
        self.clearButtonMode = value

        return self
    }

    @discardableResult
    func placeholder(_ value: String?) -> Self {
        self.placeholder = value

        return self
    }

    @discardableResult
    func returnKeyType(_ value: UIReturnKeyType) -> Self {
        self.returnKeyType = value

        return self
    }
    
    @discardableResult
    func delegate(_ value: UITextFieldDelegate) -> Self {
        self.delegate = value

        return self
    }

    @discardableResult
    func atributedPlaceholder(
        _ value: String,
        textColor: UIColor,
        textFont: UIFont
    ) -> Self {
        let attributedString = NSAttributedString(
            string: value,
            attributes: [
                NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: textColor,
                NSAttributedString.Key.font: textFont
            ]
        )

        self.attributedPlaceholder = attributedString

        return self
    }
} Thanks to this extension, customizing has become even easier. To customize the GUI, the methods of its parents are available, as well as its own methods: UITextField lazy var textField = UITextField()
     .placeholder("Placeholder")
     .textColor(.red)
     .text("Text")
     .contentType(.URL)
     .autocorrectionType(.yes)
     .font(.boldSystemFont(ofSize: 12))
     .delegate(self) It’s worth noting that, similar to capturing self in the ’s action method, assigning a delegate, also requires to be lazy-initialized. UIControl textField By analogy, the rest of the graphical components are expanded with properties that will be used for customization. As a bonus for my readers, I’ve compiled some of the most requested properties in this . You need to copy the files to your project; they are ready to use. repository Don’t hesitate to contact me on if you have any questions. Also, you can always . Twitter buy me a coffee Also published . here

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This is a series on secondary market liquidity for digital securities (or security tokens). In this post, I will focus on issuing digital securities on the Stellar blockchain, leveraging Stellar’s internal decentralized exchange (DEX) for liquidity, and the possible legal implications thereof. Almost 600 years ago, Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press. An invention that caused immense economic, political and religious upheaval in Western and Central Europe — his invention allowed ideas and concepts to reach larger audiences and spread more easily. In modern times, we would say that Gutenberg effectively ‘disrupted’ human communication. In the following 300 years, ideas and printed texts raged through Europe without a regulatory framework to support them. Causing many disputes, debates (and probably physical fights) over ownership of written content, business ideas, and experiments. The printing press It was no earlier than 1710 that the first copyright act passed in Great Britain, in the Statute of Anne — This was the first statute to provide copyrights regulated by governments instead of private entities. Numerous historical examples have displayed the gap between technology and regulation. Regulators simply can’t keep up with the pace of technological inventions. Naturally, as we invent more rapidly, the gap between inventions and regulations grows larger and deeper. That being said, I want to emphasize that I am not trying to roast the regulators and law-creators; I do understand that these law-creating processes take a lot of time and resources. Exploring Secondary Market Liquidity for Digital Securities I will rather focus the narrative on digital securities (also referred to as ), and more specifically on — something (still prone to regulatory uncertainty) everyone involved in the digital security industry is anticipating for. If you are new to the concept of digital securities, I would advise you to read by or my earlier which puts the concepts into perspective with regards to the “blockchain industry” in general. security tokens secondary market liquidity this post Stephen McKeon post Hopefully, this series will help issuers, investors, legal parties, exchanges, software providers, and financial institutions to better comprehend what must happen to realize our collective dream: frictionless and democratized finance. Issuing a Digital Security on Stellar Stellar’s protocol proves to be valuable with regards to scalability, programmable flexibility, and security in comparison to other blockchain protocols. Furthermore, the Stellar protocol provides a user-friendly environment to issue digital securities. Read more about those perceived benefits in this post. Issuers of digital securities are tempted to use Stellar because they suppose that the digital securities can be instantly traded on Stellar’s internal Decentralized Exchange (DEX), and thus provide potential liquidity to investors. But what will happen when the digital securities are traded on the DEX? To illustrate the simplicity of the issuing process, we will issue the FundMeUp digital security (FMU token) and make it tradeable on the DEX in 7 simple steps. (The steps are almost identical to by Stellar’s founder Jed McCaleb): this post In this example, I do not show the function for verification of identity and source of income of an investor (KYC/AML) before allowing him/her to hold the FMU asset. In practice, Stellar’s <Allowtrust> function could ensure that no ineligible account can hold the digital security. 1. Created an issuing account and funded it with 33 Lumens (XLM) 2. Created a distribution account and funded it with 42 Lumens (XLM) 3. Created a ‘trustline’ from the distribution account to the issuing account for the ‘FMU’ asset with a limit of 5000 units 4. Transacted 5000 FMU tokens from the issuing account to the distribution account. This payment is practically creating the ‘FMU asset’ 5. An example of information that could be published about the ‘FMU asset’. This information could be linked to the issuing account by creating an IPFS file and signing it with the public key or by creating a Stellar anchor. Please note that the information above serves as an example and is not published on the Stellar blockchain because there is no legal documentation supporting the ‘FMU asset’ 6. Lock the issuing account by setting its master weight to ‘0’. This is to ensure there will be no point in the future at which extra ‘FMU assets’ will be created. 7. By creating a sell order from the distribution account, the ‘FMU asset’ is effectively broadcasted to the Stellar DEX. Anybody can now trade and buy the asset. You can view the active market via Stellarterm here: https://stellarterm.com/#exchange/FMU-GADF55V6VUNEVLF5GZF3LHUWDQQNCJ2UYZANGZO37G2E76CZPNE5VOQG/XLM-native We make the following assumptions: This was a real issuance; I am really selling economic ownership certificates of FundMeUp via a digital security offering. I have the correct legal structure ( for this particular case under Dutch law) in place. ‘STAK’, would be suitable I have published the legal documents (prospectus or legally compliant alternatives under the prospectus-exemption). I have an investor-onboarding process in which I perform KYC/AML checks. FundMeUp, as an issuer, has ensured that everything it does, concerning the issuance of economic ownership certificates, is legally compliant. Moreover, the economic ownership certificates (and thus the tokens representing them), issued by a Stichting Administratiekantoor (STAK) are among persons and institutions. freely exchangeable But are they also freely exchangeable in Stellar’s internal Decentralized Exchange? Before we can try to grasp the answer to that question, we must understand this: Multilateral and Bilateral trading in the Netherlands Autoriteit Financiële Markten The Dutch finance authority (AFM) distinguishes between security-trades that happen on a designated platform and trades that occur directly between two persons or entities (also referred to as over-the-counter trading). Frankly, the AFM also makes distinctions within the trading-platform category — but we’ll leave that out of scope here. The following definitions are important for the argument of this article: Multilateral trading Happens via a trading system that facilitates the exchange of financial instruments. In most cases, the Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) or Regulated Market (RM) matches the demand and supply of a specific asset in an orderbook. Bilateral trading Happens directly between two people. Which means there is no middle-man or facility involved to manage the trade. Any (digital) environment that fosters the exchange of securities between multiple people and/or identities . should have an MTF or RM license An entity that fosters/helps to create the exchange such a license, is effectively . without violating the law Trading digital securities on Stellar’s DEX Trading on the Stellar DEX is : Holders manage the storage and safe-keeping of assets in their own wallets and interact with each other . The blockchain network is the ‘middle-man’ that facilitates the matchmaking of buy and sell orders and the blockchain network is also the ‘facility’ that takes care of clearing and settling. bilateral trading directly Old Stellar icon Especially, in the case of Stellar, whereby the exchange is part of the blockchain protocol, it will be difficult, for the regulators, to appoint someone for creating an environment in which securities can be traded without an MTF or RM license. Which brings us to the following question: Who will the regulators (AFM in this case) chase when digital securities are traded on the Stellar DEX? Will they attempt to bring down the whole Stellar network and thereby punish a great international collective, compromise their assets and penalize them for something they were not involved in? Will they penalize the front-ends that enable convenient interaction with the Stellar DEX such as StellarX , Stellarport and Stellarterm ? Or will they penalize the issuer for issuing an asset which is tradable on a network that does not hold an MTF or RM license? That would be strange because the issuer has complied to every law when issuing assets (economic ownership certificates) which are freely exchangeable by Dutch law. Filling up the gap between Legal and Tech Digital ownership of assets, which can be exchanged directly and peer-to-peer, brings up a lot of unanswered questions. Questions of which the answers are not yet embedded in legal frameworks. One could say that the challenge in secondary market liquidity for digital securities is a “light version” of the example of Gutenberg’s printing press. The printing press again In Gutenberg’s time, people could already print books and texts long before copyright laws were in place. Similarly, we can already and it digitally via institutions, or directly peer-to-peer, but we haven’t built the regulatory framework to support such frictionless exchange of assets yet. proof ownership exchange So, to come back to where we started: what is preventing secondary market liquidity for security tokens, with regards to trading digital securities on the Stellar DEX? Chahkouh Canyon in Iran — shot by Farnoosh Abdollahi ‘The good old gap between inventions and regulations’ would be a simple and straightforward answer to that question — If regulators would implement a more robust understanding of what implies, they would understand that trading via Stellar’s DEX is which does not require any license. For anyone that is familiar with the central feature of public blockchain networks: “your keys, your assets”, it would make perfect sense that this kind of trading is labeled bilateral trading. But, as far as I am aware, most regulators do not perceive it as such. I guess we should wait for the first regulatory intervention to find out what happens when digital securities are traded via the Stellar DEX. Until then, we remain in regulatory uncertainty about trading digital securities (or security tokens), directly, peer-to-peer. digital ownership bilateral trading Feel free to connect with me on — and get in touch! Linkedin

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