How getting into Open Source has been awesome for me
An anecdotal argument for contributing and using open source
useState lazy initialization and function updates
When to pass a function to useState and setState
Use ternaries rather than && in JSX
What problems can happen when you use && to conditionally render content in JSX
Application State Management with React
How React is all you need to manage your application state
Use react-error-boundary to handle errors in React
How to simplify your React apps by handling React errors effectively with react-error-boundary
JavaScript to Know for React
What JavaScript features you should be familiar with when learning and using React
How I structure Express apps
The build/dev tools and scripts I use for Node backends.
What open source project should I contribute to?
My silver bullet answer to this frequently posed question, and how to get started
When I follow TDD
Test-Driven Development doesn't always make sense, here's when it does for me.
AHA Programming 💡
The dangers of DRY, the web of WET, the awesomeness of AHA.
How I Record Educational Videos
My process for making high value-to-minute content.
Should I write a test or fix a bug?
How to prioritize tests relative to everything else.
Stop mocking fetch
Why you shouldn't mock fetch or your API Client in your tests and what to do instead.
Intentional Career Building
A challenge and ideas for you to do something to build your career.
Improve test error messages of your abstractions
How to manipulate stack traces to get beautiful error messages with Jest and your test helper functions.
Tracing user interactions with React
How to use the (EXPERIMENTAL) interactions tracing API in React.
Eliminate an entire category of bugs with a few simple tools
How you can use a few simple static code analysis tools to avoid common programming bugs.
Common mistakes with React Testing Library
Some mistakes I frequently see people making with React Testing Library.
Super Simple Start to React
The most simple React setup imaginable
Stop using client-side route redirects
Why you should stop using client-side route redirects (like the `from` prop on React Router's Redirect component) and what you should do instead.
The State Reducer Pattern with React Hooks
A pattern for you to use in custom hooks to enhance the power and flexibility of your hooks.
Function forms
When I prefer to use function declarations instead of arrow functions
Replace axios with a simple custom fetch wrapper
Axios can do a ton of stuff, but here's a simpler solution that can handle most use cases
How to test custom React hooks
Get confidence your custom React hooks work properly with solid tests.
React Production Performance Monitoring
How to set up performance monitoring for production React applications.
Should I useState or useReducer?
Two built-in React hooks that handle state, which one should you use?
Stop using isLoading booleans
Why using a status enum (or even better: a **state machine**) will help your app stay bug free
Make Your Test Fail
If you're not careful you can write a test that's worse than having no tests at all
Make your own DevTools
How creating DevTools specific for your own app can improve your productivity
An Argument for Automation
Why it can be worth spending 1 hour automating a 10 second task
Fix the "not wrapped in act(...)" warning
There are a few reasons you're getting this warning. Here's how you fix it.
Super Simple Start to ESModules in the Browser
All major browsers support ESModules now. Here's how to get started using them.
Implementing a simple state machine library in JavaScript
Let's write a state machine abstraction together to understand it better