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Getting Started with JavaScript Object
2.7.2018
An object is a type of data in JavaScript. It's the only value you can pass around as variables besides primitives. For this reason, objects are really important in JavaScript.
What are obj
Build a web traffic monitor with Python
2.7.2018
In today’s tech world, it is important to know where the traffic on your website comes from because it helps content creators and website owners understand their visitors better. Website owners can
8 Effective Design Tips for Offline Applications
27.6.2018
With the seeming massive adoption of web applications, design systems to support this adoption get better. While the internet is abound in certain areas, connectivity could be limited or non-existe
How to use Error Boundaries in React 16
26.6.2018
Have you seen these in your console?
Cannot read property ‘getHostNode’ of null ????
TypeError: Cannot re
5 Most Common Dropdown Use Cases Solved with React Downshift
26.6.2018
Downshift is a library that helps you build simple, flexible, WAI-ARIA compliant enhanced input React components. Its major use case is for buildin
Debugging Node Code in VS Code
25.6.2018
Visual Studio Code has an amazing amount of functionality built in, including support for debugging applications. Although the functionality is there, it took me several tries to figure out how to
Getting Started With Google Cloud Functions and MongoDB
22.6.2018
Serverless architectures are becoming increasingly popular, and with good reason. In my experience, container-based orchestration frameworks have a steep learning curve and are overkill for most co
Building a Fancy Countdown Timer with MomentumSlider.js
20.6.2018
Nowadays there are many Javascript libraries to make it easy the task of adding sliders to a website. Most have a host of features, to adapt the slider to the particular needs of each case. However
Debugging JavaScript in Google Chrome and Visual Studio Code
19.6.2018
Learning to debug is an essential skill for taking the next step as a developer. It's important to understand and leverage the vast array of tools that exist for a given languge. Unfortunately, deb
A Quick Roundup of Recent React Chatter
12.6.2018
Like many, many others, I'm in the pool of leveling up my JavaScript skills and learning how to put React to use. That's why Brad Frost resonated with me when he posted My Struggle to Learn React."
As Brad does, he clearly outlines his struggles point-by-point:
I have invested enough time...
Build a Health Tracking App with React, GraphQL, and User Authentication
12.6.2018
I think you’ll like the story I’m about to tell you. I’m going to show you how to build a GraphQL API with Vesper framework, TypeORM, and MySQL. These are Node frameworks, and I’ll use TypeScript f
Customize Payment Solutions with Enhanced API, Sample Code and SDKs
11.6.2018
As developers build sites for merchants, we know that payment processing capabilities are important. But it’s not always easy to set up a payment solution that is not only reliable and secure, but
Writing Snapshot Tests For React Components With Jest
8.6.2018
In this tutorial, we will be looking at what snapshot tests are and how we can use snapshot testing to ensure our User Interface does not change without the team knowing about it.
To get sta
Getting Started with Yoga and Prisma for Building GraphQL Servers
7.6.2018
By now, you have probably heard a lot of buzz about GraphQL going around and how it’s going to replace REST but you don’t even know where to begin. You hear a lot of buzzwords about mutations and
Build Custom Pagination with React
6.6.2018
Often times, we get involved in building web apps in which we are required to fetch large sets of data records from a remote server, API or some database sitting somewhere. If you are building a pa
Debug JavaScript in Production with Source Maps
5.6.2018
These days, the code you use to write your application isn’t usually the same code that’s deployed in production and interpreted by browsers. Perhaps you’re writing your source code in a language t
How to Integrate MongoDB Atlas and Segment using MongoDB Stitch
5.6.2018
It can be quite difficult tying together multiple systems, APIs, and third-party services. Recently, we faced this exact problem in-house, when we wanted to get data from Segment into MongoDB so we
3 Useful TypeScript Tips for Angular
4.6.2018
These are the 3 tips I found pretty handy while working with Typescript:
Eliminating the need to import interfaces
Making all interface properties optional
Stop throw
Build Multiple Stacking Sticky Sidebars with Pure CSS and Bootstrap 4
31.5.2018
Making high performant, pure CSS sticky sidebars that stack with Bootstrap 4.
This will be a quick and pretty cool tutorial on a neat trick on how to have m
Getting Started with Live Coding in Visual Studio Code w/ Live Share
30.5.2018
Live Share for Visual Studio Code is HOT OFF THE PRESS and publically available as of May 7th 2018! Wha