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Bill’s Guide to Writing a Book

I have written six books and have three more in the outline stage. However, my sales are dismal. You probably ask, “Why should I read your guide?” Good question. In my experience, it is essential to look at several sources when attempting to understand something. Then, once you know what is going on, jump into the project. So there could be value in my words because I have made many mistakes. Or this could be useless junk. This is a three-part blog; the next two will cover publishing and marketing.

So… You have never written a book and want to write one. Where to start? Before we get into writing, there are some crucial tasks.

1) Get a Goodreads account, an Amazon account, and an Amazon author’s account. Then post book reviews for every book you ever read on both sites. Your goal will be two per day and at least 200 reviews. Important tip. Review only the books you liked. Why? Carma and getting into the mindset of being successful. In addition, this effort will prepare you for a critical task—the book blurb. Your goal will be to get into the mindset that people will read and comment on your work. Also, it would help if you got into the philosophy of creating something people want. And finally, get into the mindset about books getting excellent reviews.

2) Join Facebook/Twitter/popular online sites and write a short bio about yourself. If you already have an account, create a new page dedicated to your author’s activities. Post stuff about your writing, books, stories, and book-related interests. Important tip, post only light-hearted stuff. If you like/hate famous person X, keep it to yourself. Many potential book buyers love X. You want to make many book-buying contacts. Your goal will be to build hype. “Hey, just about to release my book.” “Wow! I will have to buy it!”

3) Join a writer’s forum like the Facebook group Writers Helping Writers. Important tip. Start by reading lots of posts before posting. I recommend at least two weeks. Then post as often as you can, even if it is just a “thumbs up” to somebody else’s comments. Another excellent post is, “That makes sense.” Your goal is to get yourself out there and gain writing tips.

4) READ A LOT. At least two hours a day. Try to read in the same area (like romance) you are thinking of publishing. This will improve your writing ability and develop style/ideas. It will also get you into the mindset you are writing for others. Read a variety of authors, including non-famous authors. Look for mistakes and think about how YOU would fix the problem.

5) Start a blog. I have one on Goodreads, Facebook, Tumblr, and Medium. Talk about how your writing is going, what books you enjoy, and what it means to be a writer. Keep it high level. No politics or other controversial topics unless it is your thing to offend people. If so, tread lightly.

6) Start thinking about marketing and do research in this area. This is a long, laborious, and expensive journey. “Writing a book is 99% self-marketing and 1% other.” -Me

7) Get a computer with Internet access and Microsoft Word. You can pick up an old copy of Microsoft Word (like 2016) for $30 on eBay. Do not use OpenOffice! Despite all the evil that Microsoft is, they make a great product. This choice avoids issues like, “It looks good on the screen, but when I print, the margins do not line up.” All professional writers use Word, which is what editors, print/ebook formatters, and publishers expect. If you do not consider yourself a professional writer (or are at least trying to be one), you must ask yourself why you are undertaking this journey. Trust me, much hard work is ahead of you, and you need the right tools. In addition, you can find the answer if you have a Microsoft Word question.

8) I strongly recommend paying for Grammarly and ProWritingAid. (Ensure you only use the Grammarly Word plug-in, not the Windows application.) These two programs will save you time, money, and adverse publicity. In addition, your blogs and book reviews should all pass through these programs. Side note. These programs may not work at all for non-Microsoft Word.

9) BACK UP YOUR WORK EVERY DAY!! The number of times I read, “My computer got stolen, and I lost five years of work.” Get a memory stick, back up (a distinct copy) ONCE A WEEK, and put the stick in a fire-proof safe. NO EXCUSES! Install a virus checker and keep your computer updated.

Let’s begin the writing process.

First off, you have a BIG decision. Is this for fun or profit? If it is for fun, the pressure is off, and you can write anything you want without consequence. Who cares if you ever make a buck? Who cares about a grammar, plot, or character mistake?! However, once you go down this path, there is no turning back because you will have a trail of shoddy work. On the other hand, if you want to write for profit and fail, you can continue writing for fun with a solid foundation.

If you intend to write for profit, you need to consider yourself a professional with a serious attitude. Also, you will need to spend big for a professional editor, copy editor, cover designer, and formatter. Stop and ask yourself if you have it inside of you.

How much and how long will it take? At least six months and $5K+ (per book). Yes, that is a lot of money. But if you are resourceful, you can find helpers, intelligent tips, and people you can beg, but there are no shortcuts.

Now, let’s say you use a shortcut like not having your work professionally edited. Trust me, the readers will tear you apart no matter how hard you try or how good your grammar/spelling/punctuation (or the friend you asked to check out your work). You will get 1-star reviews and harsh comments like, “A 5-year-old wrote this book.” A 1-star review is CRUSHING to an author. PAYING readers expect polished works. “If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing correctly.” -Some famous person.

What topic should you write about? Unfortunately, I cannot help in this area. Your story has to come from within you, and you need to be 150% passionate about it. This will be a long road, and you are wasting your time if you have no deep passion.

Now that you have a concept write a brief paragraph about it. Go over this paragraph several times to polish it. Important tip. Keep this paragraph; you will need it later.

Next step, show your paragraph to people and ask them what they think. If people seem apprehensive, ponder the concept. People are good at identifying a lousy concept.

Poor children’s book example, “Wilber the farting bulldozer,” Your friends should say, “I’m not sure about this.” “Parents might not want their kids reading about a farting bulldozer.” “Not a good idea.”

Now, do some research. If somebody has done the concept, start over. Copy concepts only get 1-star reviews, even if they are excellent. “This is just a poor Harry Potter re-write. What a rip-off! Don’t bother reading!”

Remember, your work needs to stand out. How much? 40%. (I have discovered that 40% is an important estimate for books and life.) Another part of your concept must have a solid story foundation that is not too far away from other books you have read. Look at the various categories on Amazon.com and ask yourself, “Which category would my work be in? What books are already there? How does my idea stand up to these books? Would readers of book X like my work?” Readers will have difficulty understanding your work if your idea is too difficult to put into a standard category.

What is your hook? What magic will make people want to “buy it now?” I often read bad book idea posts in Writers Helping Writers. “I had a messed-up life and want to write my story.” I typically reply, “What is your hook?” “My life was so bad that people will naturally want to read about me.” Writers seem to think their lives are unique. Why would I ever want to read about a nobody who had a messed-up life? Where is the hero? Why should I feel sorry for you? Where is the spunk? What did I learn? HOW DOES THIS HELP ME?!

Here is a simple book with a great hook, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. It is an exciting account of a funeral home worker and her life. Lots of info and insight. Did the author have a terrible childhood? Yes, but that was not the focus. Remember, your book must stand out. Side note. I gave the book a positive review on Goodreads and Amazon. More on that later.

Now, you have a hook, and people like your summary paragraph. Next step. Does this concept have marketing potential? My advice for answering this is to post your idea to a writer’s group and ask for their marketing opinion. Even better, pay for the opinion of a professional book person who knows the publishing industry. How do you find such a person? Ask a writer’s group for advice. If your feedback is negative, tweak the concept or start over.

Side note. The book market has radically changed. For example, in the 50-70s, western books were all the rage; now, that market is almost nonexistent. So look up your area of interest and make sure readers are interested.

You are ready to begin when you are at least 40% sure that you have a marketable concept. Start with some basic questions. How do you see the story unfolding? When are you going to introduce your main character? How is the book structured? Get the entire plot clear in your head before picking up a pen.

This next step is my most important piece of advice. When you have the entire plot, write an outline. This outline is for you, so do not get too wrapped up in making it look great. The goal is to develop a simple guide visually showing how the story flows. There are many book outline formats, including the flower method. You can also use post-its, a whiteboard, or 3x5 cards. I have found Visio to be an excellent method of organizing my thoughts.

Another outlining method is a basic description like this bulky example:

They travel around Italy. [Research towns in Italy. Find one near the coast.] X find evil man H, he is in a bad way, not good at making money, confront him, argument, X feels the evil for the first time. [chapter break] Learns H has been killing many people to steal their money. X captured by evil army W, escape. H reveals he did not find the secret and said, “Damn. What would Jake do?”

That mess was AWFUL! However, I wrote it for ME, and now I know the exact plot. And you do, too, which is the point. Notice the sample dialog, notes, and use of X, H, and W for names. Remember, the idea is to get the story’s essence and show flow. When you have completed your outline, go over it several times. Take a high-level view and pay attention to how the plot unfolds. LOOK FOR PLOT ERRORS! How did the killer get the gun? Why didn’t people hear the shot? The killer could have simply taken the subway to escape. Where was the mother during all of this?

At this outline stage, it is easy to make VAST changes, move chapters and alter the whole plot. How about we change the main character’s gender? Should I introduce the main character later? What would happen if there were two main characters? Can a reader follow this? How big is the hook? What will improve the story? What does the reader care about? What distracts the reader? Do I have too many subplots? Is this a fun story? Is this interesting? What is the side plot?

When you are confident, show the outline to somebody. It should be written barely well enough to get feedback. Stand firm, but do not be afraid to make bold changes.

Once you finish your work, a significant change is complex and will have consequences. For example, change the main character from a man to a woman. You can then make a he/she mistake, and readers do not tolerate basic errors. A subtler issue occurs with the character’s mindset. “She drove her pickup truck like a bad-ass boss!!” This sentence is valid dialog, but readers would think, “A woman would not say it that way.” Readers are great at picking up flaws, and their 1-star comments will be brutal.

Next, start a list of the characters and make a simple biography. Add notes and details.

Smith Family

Mom=Karen, Father=Joe, Son=James. Cat=Mr. Tumbles. Live at 1010 East Street. Joe looks like an angry Darth Vader.

As you write, add facts to the biography and periodically check facts. Also, you can copy parts of your book here, like a character description, for later reference. Then, check the fact sheet while writing. Making a mistake like calling the father Joey instead of Joe. Readers HATE basic errors. Important tip, do not have two characters with the same first name. Super confusing for the reader and editor.

To help you with this character effort, use a random name generator (available online) to develop character names. They have them for different countries, medieval times, and science fiction. My advice is to keep hitting the generate button until something pops. “Joey Potter sounds like a good name for my villain.” Do not use your family/friend names. Too confusing and can lead to issues with actual people.

This is my dialog integration format:

Tim was happy and said, “That’s good.”

“Wow, what a great day,” Tim commented. “I will have to go to the market.”

“Wow, what a great day,” he commented. “I will have to go to the market” (Did you see the lowercase “he”)

“Big dialog paragraph ending without a quote.

“Next dialog paragraph begins with a quote.”

Small paragraph. Tim was happy and said, “That’s good.” (Only integrate small amounts of dialog into a paragraph.)

Big paragraph.

Tim was happy and said, “That’s good.” (Start with a new line after a big paragraph.)

Tim was happy and said, “That’s good.”

“Sounds great,” Sally replied.”

“I will work on that.” (No need to mention who is speaking for the following three lines. My rule is one identifier per three lines of dialog.)

For thoughts, use italics instead of quotes, but treat them the same as above. (Except use “thought” in place of “said.”) Do not overuse the word “said.” Instead, use a variety of words. Commented, believed, inferred, questioned, or wondered. English experts may disagree with my format, but if you use this format, you will please 95% of your readers. This format will also make it much easier for editors to polish.

Keep in mind that your dialog has to keep the story moving. Also, remember that the reader is not a mind reader, so the dialog has to make sense in the context of non-dialog. Do not get too caught up in slang, obscure words, made-up words, or inside jokes. Dialog is critical for the story, and this is where the emotions come out. “I’m sad,” Bill said in a hurt voice.

My overall “dialog management” method is to visualize the character and imagine them speaking. Then, assign a personality in your description. For example, Bob is like Tom Hanks in the movie Castaway. Think about this movie when you write. “That’s a superb idea,” Bob said in an uplifting voice. However, in the film, Tom Hanks’s character would never say, “Golly gee, that’s goody-goody.”

If you get stuck, exercise (I get my best ideas during bike rides), talk to people, post on writing groups, and take time off. A moderate amount of red wine also helps. Top tip. Other alcohol choices do not help. Guess how I know? Another tip is to force yourself to write for a fixed time, say, two hours daily. Big tip, learn to understand when you cannot write because forcing yourself to write leads to terrible results. Also, have some other work ready (like investigating your next book), so you can switch between the two.

Yay, you finished your first draft!

Read over your work and edit. Do this at least five times with no specific goal. Then make a pass for consistency, dialog, punctuation, spelling, flow, and CHECK FACTS. Now, make two read/edit passes. Trust me. This effort will make better work and save heartache. Typically, I do 20-30 editing passes. Also, use Grammarly and ProWritingAid.

What is flow? It is how one sentence leads to the next. It is how one paragraph integrates to the next. The reader should not struggle. They should never have to stop and think about what you are saying. “Which person is talking now?” “I’m confused. Where did the killer come from?” “What does this word mean?”

One more step. You need a title. Start brainstorming and come up with at least 20. First, cross out all the titles that already exist. Then, with a friend’s help, narrow the list to one. It should be edgy, tight, and provocative.

Now, you have the best possible work, so give it to somebody. This is a beta read. You want them to find significant issues and make comments. (You are not looking for grammar/spelling issues. That is the job of the editor.) “This makes little sense.” “I do not think X would do this.” “Seems unrealistic.” “More explanation.” Then another five edits. There should be no plot issues, logic errors, or critical facts at this stage, and the flow is excellent.

Next, find an editor. How? Look for their reviews and ask for a sample document that they have edited. Look at their comments, questions, notes, encouragements, suggestions, (If you do not see these additional thoughts, DO NOT USE THIS EDITOR.) and how the document improved. See if you spot missed errors. Important tip. Do not treat your editor like a garbage collector. If you know your work has errors, fix them. (Like not capitalizing a state name.) You want to give the editor the absolute best possible work so they can concentrate on genuine issues. Otherwise, they will spend time fixing the simple stuff and feel they have accomplished an impressive accomplishment.

After the edit, review their edits, evaluate each one, and then make five more passes. At this stage, you have a polished work, which is the absolute best it can be. But there will be subtle issues that you cannot spot.

Next, find a copy editor. This is an $$ step, but essential. A copy editor looks for the little nitpick grammar mistakes, logic issues, and checks facts. This is the final polish; you need to check their work.

But there is an issue. You must “trust the force” and let the copy editor take control. If they make an edit and you disagree, go with their edit. This hands-off final step is super difficult. Make five more passes, but they should be super light. (On average, one word per three pages.) If you want to improve something, remember that your improvement has not been copy edited. So tread carefully and know that the professional knows better than Grammarly and ProWritingAid.

YAY, you are done! Now for the harder part, publishing your work. Then the impossible: marketing your work.

You’re the best -Bill

March 26, 2023

Hey book lovers, I published three! Please check them out.

Interviewing Immortality is a psychological thriller about a 500-year-old woman who forces a disgraced author to interview her.

Pushed to the Edge of Survival is a drama, romance, and science fiction story about two unlikely people surviving a shipwreck and living with the consequences.

Cable Ties is a classic spy novel about two hunters discovering that government communications are being recorded and asking the FBI to investigate.

These books are available in soft-cover on Amazon and eBook format everywhere.

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rickyhusband · 5 years

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mbaljeetsingh · 4 years

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How to Build an Ionic 5 Calendar with Modal & Customisation

Having a calendar component in your Ionic app could be an essential element for your whole app experience, and while there’s not a standard solution, there are a lot of free components we can use.

In this post we will use one of the best calendar components for Ionic called ionic2-calendar. Don’t worry about the name – it was updated for all versions and works fine with Ionic 5 as well!

We will integrate the component into our app and also create a simple modal so you could use the calendar sort of like a date picker as well!

Getting Started

First of all we need a new Ionic app and install the calendar. We also generate another page that we will later use for our modal:

ionic start ionCalendar blank --type=angular cd ./ionCalendar npm install ionic2-calendar ionic g page pages/calModal

To use the calendar, you need to import it into the according page module. If you also want to localisee it for a specific language, you can use the registerLocaleData from Angular and import the language package you need. In my example I simply used the German language, but there are many more available!

Go ahead and change your home/home-module.ts to this now:

import { NgModule, LOCALE_ID } from '@angular/core'; import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common'; import { IonicModule } from '@ionic/angular'; import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms'; import { HomePage } from './home.page'; import { HomePageRoutingModule } from './home-routing.module'; import { NgCalendarModule } from 'ionic2-calendar'; import { CalModalPageModule } from '../pages/cal-modal/cal-modal.module'; import { registerLocaleData } from '@angular/common'; import localeDe from '@angular/common/locales/de'; registerLocaleData(localeDe); @NgModule({ imports: [ CommonModule, FormsModule, IonicModule, HomePageRoutingModule, NgCalendarModule, CalModalPageModule ], declarations: [HomePage], providers: [ { provide: LOCALE_ID, useValue: 'de-DE' } ] }) export class HomePageModule {}

That’s the only thing you need to do upfront for your calendar component!

Creating a Basic Calendar

To setup the calendar you need an array of events (which you could e.g. load from your API) and some basic settings for the calendar like the mode and the currentDate, which basically marks today in your calendar.

The mode specifies the view of the calendar, and you can select between month, week and day view.

Let’s go through the basic functions we add to our class:

next/back: Move the calendar view to the next month/week/day based on the current mode using the viewchild we added

onViewTitleChanged: Will be called by the calendar and reflects the current title of your view. This could also be customised with a special formatter as well!

onEventSelected: Called when you click on an entry in the calendar. In our case we simply present an alert with the information of the event.

createRandomEvents: Fill the calendar with some dummy data for testing, copied from the demo code.

removeEvents: Removes all events

You can either completely set the eventSource array to a new value, or otherwise also push single events to the source. We will see how the second part later in combination with our modal.

For now though go ahead and change the home/home.page.ts to:

import { CalendarComponent } from 'ionic2-calendar/calendar'; import { Component, ViewChild, OnInit, Inject, LOCALE_ID } from '@angular/core'; import { AlertController, ModalController } from '@ionic/angular'; import { formatDate } from '@angular/common'; import { CalModalPage } from '../pages/cal-modal/cal-modal.page'; @Component({ selector: 'app-home', templateUrl: 'home.page.html', styleUrls: ['home.page.scss'], }) export class HomePage implements OnInit { eventSource = []; viewTitle: string; calendar = { mode: 'month', currentDate: new Date(), }; selectedDate: Date; @ViewChild(CalendarComponent) myCal: CalendarComponent; constructor( private alertCtrl: AlertController, @Inject(LOCALE_ID) private locale: string, private modalCtrl: ModalController ) {} ngOnInit() {} // Change current month/week/day next() { this.myCal.slideNext(); } back() { this.myCal.slidePrev(); } // Selected date reange and hence title changed onViewTitleChanged(title) { this.viewTitle = title; } // Calendar event was clicked async onEventSelected(event) { // Use Angular date pipe for conversion let start = formatDate(event.startTime, 'medium', this.locale); let end = formatDate(event.endTime, 'medium', this.locale); const alert = await this.alertCtrl.create({ header: event.title, subHeader: event.desc, message: 'From: ' + start + '<br><br>To: ' + end, buttons: ['OK'], }); alert.present(); } createRandomEvents() { var events = []; for (var i = 0; i < 50; i += 1) { var date = new Date(); var eventType = Math.floor(Math.random() * 2); var startDay = Math.floor(Math.random() * 90) - 45; var endDay = Math.floor(Math.random() * 2) + startDay; var startTime; var endTime; if (eventType === 0) { startTime = new Date( Date.UTC( date.getUTCFullYear(), date.getUTCMonth(), date.getUTCDate() + startDay ) ); if (endDay === startDay) { endDay += 1; } endTime = new Date( Date.UTC( date.getUTCFullYear(), date.getUTCMonth(), date.getUTCDate() + endDay ) ); events.push({ title: 'All Day - ' + i, startTime: startTime, endTime: endTime, allDay: true, }); } else { var startMinute = Math.floor(Math.random() * 24 * 60); var endMinute = Math.floor(Math.random() * 180) + startMinute; startTime = new Date( date.getFullYear(), date.getMonth(), date.getDate() + startDay, 0, date.getMinutes() + startMinute ); endTime = new Date( date.getFullYear(), date.getMonth(), date.getDate() + endDay, 0, date.getMinutes() + endMinute ); events.push({ title: 'Event - ' + i, startTime: startTime, endTime: endTime, allDay: false, }); } } this.eventSource = events; } removeEvents() { this.eventSource = []; } }

With that in place we are ready for a basic view of our calendar.

We add some buttons to later trigger our modal and also the dummy functions to fill and clear the array of events.

Besides that we can use a cool segment from Ionic to easily switch between the three different calendar modes, which works by simply changing the mode property!

Additionally we add the helper functions to move left and right in the calendar (which also simply works by sliding the view!) and in the center the title of the current view that we see, which will be updated once we change to another month (or week, or day..).

The calendar itself has a lot of properties that we can or should set. The ones we use are:

eventSource: The array of events which will be displayed

calendarMode: The view mode as described before

currentDate: The today date

onEventSelected: Called when we click on a day with event

onTitleChanged: Triggered when we change the view

start/step: Additional settings for the different views

Now we can go ahead with our home/home.page.html and change it to:

<ion-header> <ion-toolbar color="primary"> <ion-title> Ionic Calendar </ion-title> <ion-buttons slot="end"> <ion-button (click)="openCalModal()"> <ion-icon name="add" slot="icon-only"></ion-icon> </ion-button> </ion-buttons> </ion-toolbar> </ion-header> <ion-content> <ion-segment [(ngModel)]="calendar.mode"> <ion-segment-button value="month"> <ion-label>Month</ion-label> </ion-segment-button> <ion-segment-button value="week"> <ion-label>Week</ion-label> </ion-segment-button> <ion-segment-button value="day"> <ion-label>Day</ion-label> </ion-segment-button> </ion-segment> <ion-row> <ion-col size="6"> <ion-button (click)="createRandomEvents()" expand="block" fill="outline"> Add random events </ion-button> </ion-col> <ion-col size="6"> <ion-button (click)="removeEvents()" expand="block" fill="outline"> Remove all events </ion-button> </ion-col> </ion-row> <ion-row>  <ion-col size="2"> <ion-button fill="clear" (click)="back()"> <ion-icon name="arrow-back" slot="icon-only"></ion-icon> </ion-button> </ion-col> <ion-col size="8" class="ion-text-center"> <h2></h2> </ion-col>  <ion-col size="2"> <ion-button fill="clear" (click)="next()"> <ion-icon name="arrow-forward" slot="icon-only"></ion-icon> </ion-button> </ion-col> </ion-row> <calendar [eventSource]="eventSource" [calendarMode]="calendar.mode" [currentDate]="calendar.currentDate" (onEventSelected)="onEventSelected($event)" (onTitleChanged)="onViewTitleChanged($event)" startHour="6" endHour="20" step="30" startingDayWeek="1" > </calendar> </ion-content>

The standard calendar should work now, and you can also see how it looks per default with some random events!

Adding Events with Calendar Modal

Although the component is meant for something else, I thought it might look cool inside a custom modal as some sort of date picker – and it does!

Therefore we will add a new function to our page that presents our modal and catches the onDidDismiss event, in which we might get back a new event that we then add to our eventSource.

Here we can see the different of pushing an event – we also need to call loadEvents() on the calendar component in order to update the data!

Since we assume that we add an all-day event in our example, I manually set the end time to one day later here. Feel free to use custom times or add another ion-datetime to the modal in your example to pick an exact time!

Now go ahead and change the home/home.page.ts to:

async openCalModal() { const modal = await this.modalCtrl.create({ component: CalModalPage, cssClass: 'cal-modal', backdropDismiss: false }); await modal.present(); modal.onDidDismiss().then((result) => { if (result.data && result.data.event) { let event = result.data.event; if (event.allDay) { let start = event.startTime; event.startTime = new Date( Date.UTC( start.getUTCFullYear(), start.getUTCMonth(), start.getUTCDate() ) ); event.endTime = new Date( Date.UTC( start.getUTCFullYear(), start.getUTCMonth(), start.getUTCDate() + 1 ) ); } this.eventSource.push(result.data.event); this.myCal.loadEvents(); } }); }

We’ve also added a custom class to the modal to make it stand out more like an overlay. To use the styling, we need to declare it inside the global.scss like this:

.cal-modal { --height: 80%; --border-radius: 10px; padding: 25px; }

Now we got a nice looking modal and only need some more input fields and the calendar component once again.

Like before, we need to add it first of all to the module file, so in our case change the cal-modal/cal-modal.module.ts to:

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'; import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common'; import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms'; import { IonicModule } from '@ionic/angular'; import { CalModalPageRoutingModule } from './cal-modal-routing.module'; import { CalModalPage } from './cal-modal.page'; import { NgCalendarModule } from 'ionic2-calendar'; @NgModule({ imports: [ CommonModule, FormsModule, IonicModule, CalModalPageRoutingModule, NgCalendarModule ], declarations: [CalModalPage] }) export class CalModalPageModule {}

Since we now don’t want to display any events, we need only a handful of functions.

We need an empty event object that will be passed back to our initial page inside the dismiss() function of the modal, and we need to react to the view title changes and click events on a time slot.

To store it correctly, we also need to transform the data we get inside the onTimeSelected() to a real date object!

Now open the cal-modal/cal-modal-page.ts and change it to:

import { Component, AfterViewInit } from '@angular/core'; import { ModalController } from '@ionic/angular'; @Component({ selector: 'app-cal-modal', templateUrl: './cal-modal.page.html', styleUrls: ['./cal-modal.page.scss'], }) export class CalModalPage implements AfterViewInit { calendar = { mode: 'month', currentDate: new Date() }; viewTitle: string; event = { title: '', desc: '', startTime: null, endTime: '', allDay: true }; modalReady = false; constructor(private modalCtrl: ModalController) { } ngAfterViewInit() { setTimeout(() => { this.modalReady = true; }, 0); } save() { this.modalCtrl.dismiss({event: this.event}) } onViewTitleChanged(title) { this.viewTitle = title; } onTimeSelected(ev) { this.event.startTime = new Date(ev.selectedTime); } close() { this.modalCtrl.dismiss(); } }

The last missing piece is the modal view with some items as input fields and the calendar component just like before, but this time without any events!

You might have noticed the strange modalReady variable already. I couldn’t make the calendar work correctly when deployed to a device, since I assume the view wasn’t rendered correctly and something internally broke.

By hiding it until the view has finished loading we can easily fix this, and in reality you actually won’t even notice it!

Warp up the implementation with the code for the cal-modal/cal-modal.page.html:

<ion-toolbar color="primary"> <ion-buttons slot="start"> <ion-button (click)="close()"> <ion-icon name="close" slot="icon-only"></ion-icon> </ion-button> </ion-buttons> <ion-title></ion-title> <ion-buttons slot="end"> <ion-button (click)="save()"> <ion-icon name="checkmark" slot="icon-only"></ion-icon> </ion-button> </ion-buttons> </ion-toolbar> <ion-content> <ion-item> <ion-label position="stacked">Title</ion-label> <ion-input tpye="text" [(ngModel)]="event.title"></ion-input> </ion-item> <ion-item> <ion-label position="stacked">Description</ion-label> <ion-input tpye="text" [(ngModel)]="event.desc"></ion-input> </ion-item> <calendar *ngIf="modalReady" [calendarMode]="calendar.mode" [currentDate]="calendar.currentDate" (onTitleChanged)="onViewTitleChanged($event)" (onTimeSelected)="onTimeSelected($event)" lockSwipes="true" > </calendar> </ion-content>

Now you are able to open the modal, set a date and some information and our initial page will create the event and add it to the source for the calendar!

Customising the Calendar View

Because the last time we used the component a lot of you asked about customisation, let’s add a few more things today.

First, we might wanna get rid of the list below the month view in our modal, since the calendar has no events in that place anyway.

There’s no setting to hide it (at least I didn’t find it) but we can hide the list by using the correct CSS class and access the encapsulated calendar component like this in our cal-modal/cal-modal.page.scss:

:host ::ng-deep { .monthview-container { height: auto !important; } .event-detail-container { display: none; } }

Using CSS is one way to customise it, and another great way to change the appearance of the calendar is using custom templates for specific parts of the calendar.

Let’s for example change the look and color of a cell inside the calendar so it has a more rounded, different color and also shows the number of events on that specific date.

We could do this by creating a template and passing it to the monthviewDisplayEventTemplate property of the calendar like this inside the home/home.page.html:

As you can see we also added our own CSS rules in there, which we could now define either for our own template or additionally some rules for the calendar itself (following the style like we did in the modal) right inside the home/home.page.scss:

.indicator-container { padding-left: 0.5rem; padding-bottom: 0.4rem; } .event-indicator { background: var(--ion-color-success); width: 5px; height: 5px; border-radius: 5px; display: table-cell; } :host ::ng-deep { .monthview-primary-with-event { background-color: white !important; } .monthview-selected { background-color: var(--ion-color-success) !important; } } .with-event { background-color: var(--ion-color-primary); border-radius: 15px; }

Now the view looks a lot different, and this hopefully gives you an idea how you can customise basically every part of this great component!

Conclusion

There are not a lot of components that exist since years and get updates for all major Ionic versions, but this calendar is one of them. Kudos again to the creator!

If you are looking for an alternative, also check out my post on the Angular calendar.

You can also find a video version of this tutorial below.

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Rode Wireless Go Review

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I recommend the Rode Wireless Go. I’m happy with the form factor, quality, and audio results. Key wins for me:

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The Node.js Community was amazing in 2017! Here's the proof:

Let me just start by stating this:

2017 was a great year for the Node.js Community!

Our favorite platform has finally matured to be widely adopted in the enterprise, also, a lot of great features have been merged into the core, like async/await & http2, just to mention a few.

The world runs on node ✨🐢🚀✨ #NodeInteractive http://pic.twitter.com/5PwDC2w1mE

— Franziska Hinkelmann (@fhinkel) October 4, 2017

Not only the developers who contribute to Node make this platform so great, but those who create learning materials around it were also exceptional.

In our final article of 2017, we collected a bunch of longreads which were created by the Node community. We used data from Reddit, Hacker News, Twitter & Medium to search for the most read, most shared & liked stuff out there. We intentionally omitted articles written by RisingStack (except 1, couldn't resist) - if you're interested in those, please visit our top15 of 2017 post!

I'm sure we left a bunch of amazing articles out - so if you'd like to get attention to an exceptional one you read, please let us know in the comments section.

Also, keep in mind that this post is not a classic "best of" list, just a collection that shows how amazing the Node community was in 2017! I figured that a big shoutout to the developers who constantly advocate & teach Node would be a great way to say goodbye to this year.

So, here come the proof I promised in the title:

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The Node.js package manager, npm, pairs incredibly well with Docker to create a microservices architecture that allows each API, function and application to operate smoothly and independently.

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Also, shoutout to the Node Foundation who started to assemble and distribute these pretty interesting use-case whitepapers on a regular basis!

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Build a Node.js API in Under 30 Minutes achieves the same result, but it uses ES6 as well.

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Understanding Node.js Event-Driven Architecture

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Node.js Streams: Everything you need to know

How JavaScript works: inside the V8 engine + 5 tips on how to write optimized code

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6 Reasons Why JavaScript’s Async/Await Blows Promises Away (Tutorial)

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..just to mention a few.

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If you'd like to start learning Node, you can count on the commmunity to deliver free, high-quality resources that can speed up your journey!

One particular author - Adnan Rahić - received a huge amount of praise for releasing crash courses for different topics on Medium. Here they are:

A crash course on testing with Node.js

A crash course on Serverless with Node.js

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What do we mean under miscallaneus topics? Well, those are topics that go beyond the "traditional" use cases of Node.js, where the authors describe something interesting & fun they built with it.

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Chatbots were a hype topic too, and there was no shortage of blogposts describing how to build them using different languages.

Building A Simple AI Chatbot With Web Speech API And Node.js was one of the most praised articles. In this post Tomomi Imura walked us through building a chat-bot which can be controlled by voice. Yep, it's pretty cool.

We also recommend to check out Developing A Chatbot Using Microsoft's Bot Framework, LUIS And Node.js too, which is the first part of a series dealing with the topic.

What other fun projects did you see? Add them to the comments section!

9. The community can attend great conferences, like Node Interactive!

Node Interactive Vancouver was a major event which provided great opportunities for it's attendees to meet with fellow developers & learn a lot about their favorite subject.

Fortunately every prezentation is available on YouTube, so you can get up-to-date even if you couldn't participate this year (just like us.)

The 10 most watched right now are:

Node.js Performance and Highly Scalable Micro-Services by Chris Bailey

New DevTools Features for JavaScript by Yang Guo

The V8 Engine and Node.js by Franzi Hinkelmann

High Performance JS in V8 by Peter Marshall

The Node.js Event Loop: Not So Single Threaded by Bryan Hughes

Welcome and Node.js Update by Mark Hinkle

Take Your HTTP Server to Ludicrous Speed by Matteo Collina

WebAssembly and the Future of the Web by Athan Reines

High Performance Apps with JavaScript and Rust by Amir Yasin

TypeScript - A Love Tale with JavaScript by Bowden Kelly

Of course this list is just the tip of the iceberg, since there are 54 videos upladed on the Node Foundations' YouTube channel, and most of them are really insightful and fun to watch.

10. Node.js is finally more sought after than Java!

Although Ryan Dahl recently stated in an interview that..

for a certain class of application, which is like, if you're building a server, I can't imagine using anything other than Go.

.. we have no reason to doubt the success of Node.js!

Mikeal Rogers, one of the core organizers of NodeConf, community manager & core contributor at the Node Foundation stated that Node.js will overtake Java within a year in a NewStack interview this summer!

We are now at about 8 million estimated users and still growing at about 100 percent a year. We haven’t passed Java in terms of users yet, but by this time next year at the current growth, we will surpass. - Mikeal.

Mikeal is not alone with his opinion. There is hard data available to prove that Node is becoming more sought after than Java.

According to the data gathered by builtinnode, the demand for Node.js developers has already surpassed the demand for Java devs by the summer of 2017 in the Who is Hiring section of Hacker News!

Since Node was already adopted and is being advocated by the greatest tech companies on Earth, there's no doubt that it will remain a leading technology for many years ahead!

We hope that the Node community will continue to thrive in 2018 as well, and produce a plethora of exellent tools & tutorials.

At RisingStack, we'll keep on advocating & educating Node in 2018 as well, for sure! If you're interested in the best content we produced in 2017, take a look!

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