CategoryTechniques

April 8, 2020 — In this article, we will create a set of API endpoints using Express from scratch in ES6 syntax, and cover some development best practices. Find out how all the pieces work together as you create a small project using Continuous Integration and Test-Driven Development before deploying to Heroku. Read more…

March 27, 2020 — You don’t need to know your trees from your dangling blobs. If you use Git every day and feel like it’s a juggling act, then here are some tricks and tips to help make your life a bit easier. Read more…

March 20, 2020 — Making your tables sortable in React might sound like a daunting task, but it doesn’t have to be too difficult. In this article, we’re going to implement all you need to sort out all of your table sorting needs. Read more…

December 2, 2019 — Development workflows can easily get out of hand and start causing confusion and friction within teams — especially as they get bigger in size. Thanks to git and the hooks it provides, we have a great variety of automation that can make our lives easier. Read more…

November 27, 2019 — Arguably the worst way to teach the fundamentals of programming, is to describe what something is, without mention of how or when to use it. In this article, Ryan M. Kay discusses three core concepts in OOP. Read more…

July 22, 2019 — In JavaScript, the Number type cannot safely represent integer values larger than 2⁵³. This limitation has forced developers to use inefficient workarounds and third-party libraries. BigInt is a new data type intended to fix that. Read more…

July 18, 2019 — In this article, Jorge explains why they’re a great tool and how to create your first monorepo using Yarn with basic npm scripts, and add the required dependencies for each app. Read more…

July 1, 2019 — In this article, Miriam takes a deeper dive into the ‘CSS Custom Properties for Cascading Variables’ specification to ask, “Why are they called custom properties, how do they work in the cascade, and what else can we do with them?” Read more…

June 27, 2019 — This tutorial will help you transform an app that doesn’t work offline into a PWA that works offline and shows an update available icon. You’ll also learn how to precache assets with workbox, handle dynamic caching as well as handle updates to your PWA. Read more…

February 15, 2019 — For the past few months, I’ve been building a software-as-a-service (SaaS) application, and throughout the development process I’ve realized what a powerful tool Slack (or team chat in general) can be to monitor user and application behavior. After a bit of integration, it’s provided a real-time view into our application that previously didn’t exist, and it’s been so invaluable that I couldn’t help but write up this show-and-tell. Read more…