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Build a Family Tree maker using React Hooks and Microstates
Taras Mankovski — November 06, 2018
If you use React, you probably know about the React Hooks RFC that was introduced at ReactConf. It’s an exciting proposal because it promises to bring the power of class components to function components. It also a convention for creating React extensions that feel like first-class APIs in the React ecosystem. React Hooks API and Microstates bring expressiveness of React function components to a whole new level.
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Four reasons to use append() instead of Object.assign() and Object spread
Charles Lowell — September 18, 2018
Object.assign is just a special case of a universal concept in functional programming. By opting to use a universal function to back this universal concept, you can inherit all kinds of awesome for free.
Read articleKubernetes for the Kubernewbie - The Journey
Elrick Ryan — August 09, 2018
Learning Kubernetes, especially with no background in Ops, is challenging but full of reward. This will take you along the journey of our k8s enlightenment and deployment
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JSConf 2018 Recap
Robert DeLuca — August 05, 2018
JSConfUS is back after a three-year hiatus and Robert had the chance to attend. He covers his favorite talks he saw while there!
Read articleWCAG 2.1: What does it actually mean?
Robert DeLuca — July 14, 2018
WCAG 2.1 has officially been put in place as a standard but what does that mean? What was added? How does this impact my site or app? In this post we break down everything new in WCAG 2.1 and put in simple terms so you can walk away armed with the knowledge of making your site more accessibile.
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Functional Rephrasing Using an Async Function Functor
Charles Lowell — July 03, 2018
Once you know that they're there, Functors pop up in all kinds of surprising places. Here we take a simple exploration of how the JavaScript async function construct is actually a Functor and how we can use that for great good.
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Big Testing in React
Wil Wilsman — June 13, 2018
When we write and develop our applications, it's with the intent that somebody will use it. We write tests so we can be assured that everything in our app works as expected and is bug free. But how confident are you in your tests?
Read articleConnecting a Slack Channel to Gitter
Robert DeLuca — April 30, 2018
Slack communities for open source projects have become very popular over the past couple years. Slack has taken hold because it makes collaborative chat really easy and accessible for the masses. Something IRC wasn’t able to achieve.
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