A Beginner's Guide to Managing React State with Hooks Managing state can be one of the more complex aspects of working with React as a beginner. What data should be managed by state versus props, which components need to access state and where state ...
I’ve been experimenting with CSS Animations recently. One aspect of animation that I had a difficult time grasping was the @keyframes syntax. While I understood @keyframes as stops or points in the lifecycle of the animation, it was difficult to tran...
The first of October. The official start of spooky season. And, if you follow the tech community, the beginning of Hacktoberfest. Hacktoberfest is an annual event that encourages participation and contribution to open source projects. Sign up during...
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! Tutorial hell! It's a terrifying, terrifying place to be as a developer Or...is it? Tutorial hell is a phrase that comes up a lot. Especially as advice for new developers on how to move up in their careers. Tutorial hell is described ...
When I learned about user sessions in Sinatra. It involves setting set :sessions, true and assigning a secret key or word to that session. Which had me thinking, what is the purpose of a secret word if it can be seen in a public Github repository? 🤔...
When I’m presenting at a conference, or sharing a project on social media, I like to have a short, easy to remember URL to share. While it may not be the easiest way, what works for me is creating a URL redirect with whatever short, easy to rememb...
Uh oh. Your code doesn’t work and you have no idea why. Congratulations! Developer achievement unlocked! Hitting a wall because of broken code with (seemingly) no solution in sight will happen at least once during your journey as a developer. And tha...
Did you know you can specify a social media preview image for your GitHub projects? Neither did I. The social media preview image is different from any images you add to your repo’s folders or on your README. I was browsing the settings for one of my...
I had a moment of nostaliga the other day. I had the idea to build an app that simulated bubble wrap. That you can pop. Because that's fun, right? This post will walk through state in React and using state to render variations of a component. Set up...