Making API Calls in React
Almost any production web application is going to make an API call (usually several), whether to interact with data on an external system or on […]
Pagination With React Bootstrap
I’ve implemented pagination a few times now with React Bootstrap. Each time, it was more tedious and difficult than I imagined, especially compared to implementing […]
Using TypeScript With React
JavaScript is inherently a weakly typed programming language, meaning that when you declare a variable, you don’t have to specify its type. You can just […]
React Plus Redux
Redux is a tool for managing state in JavaScript applications. Prior to writing this post, I had assumed it was only used with React, but […]
Testing JavaScript and React With Jest
Testing is a valuable skill in software development. If you take two developers that both have identical skill sets, except one knows how to write […]
Error Handling in Node.js
It’s important to understand error handling in any programming language, but especially Node.js. If your API isn’t built to handle unexpected values, the server will […]
Debugging React Apps
While developing my calculator app, there were several instances where I needed to step through my code to troubleshoot some issue. However, I didn’t know […]
Building a Calculator With React
React.js is currently the most popular library out of all the JavaScript libraries and frameworks. Additionally, it is part of one of the top tech […]
JavaScript Event Loop
JavaScript operates on a single thread, meaning it can only do one thing at a time. You would think that it would be slow because […]
Intro to Node.js
Node.js is a runtime built on Google Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine (built with C++). Traditionally, JavaScript could only be ran in the browser. Node took […]