Hi, I'm Kyle Shevlin, a software engineer and online instructor. This is where I share all the content I create. I mostly write articles and create courses, focusing on breaking concepts down to their fundamentals.
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TypeScript is great at preventing bad things from happening, but it can prevent us from having some good things, too. When writing the types for functionality is onerously more difficult than writing the functionality itself, we might miss out on the good things that could have been.
A couple years back, I came up with what I hope is a clever name to a common problem I see in React components, but I never took the time to write about it. I call it YAP (Yet Another Prop) Syndrome, and once you recognize it, you'll see it every where.
Compound components are nothing new in React, but it's an advanced pattern that not everyone takes the time to learn. I want to break down how I build compound components, and make it easy for you to do the same.
Let's learn how to use React Context and composition to get out of a sticky situation our designers put us in.
Let's improve upon our bubble sort algorithm with insertion sort and learn how to reduce unnecessary comparisons.
Sorting algorithms can be a lot of fun to learn, so let's learn and visualize the bubble sort algorithm in JavaScript.
JSX makes writing UIs feel really familiar for frontend devs, but it can obfuscate a key detail of which we should remain aware.
Did you know you can declaratively handle events in the capture phase in React? I sure didn't until recently. Let's learn how.
Do you know why you might use useReducer instead of useState? There are a few key questions you can ask yourself to make that decision.
Let's explore two common function patterns for managing the complexity of conditional code.
Have you ever wanted to create a component like Head from next/head or Helmet from react-helmet that would update some state by using the children of a component? It's simpler than you might think.
Learn how to build Conway's Game of Life with JavaScript, React and the simulation pattern.
The “simulation pattern” is a useful tool for anyone's programming repertoire. Let's learn how to use it on almost any state problem that advances by discrete increments.
Sometimes we want to add functionality that happens with every call of a state setter. Learn how to wrap that state setter to add it.
Parametric design is the process of using adjustable parameters to modify and influence a design. Add it to your box of tools.
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