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Compound Components
Keep it flexible, keep it working
React
Context, Composition, and Flexibility
React
Algorithms: Insertion Sort
Data Structures and Algorithms
Algorithms: Bubble Sort
Data Structures and Algorithms
JSX was a Mistake
React
Capture Phase Event Handling in React
React
Why Use useReducer
?
React
Patterns for Functions with Conditionals
JavaScript
Software Engineering
Refactoring
Updating State with a Component
Not with a State Updater Function
React
JavaScript
Conway's Game of Life
JavaScript
React
The Simulation Pattern
JavaScript
Computer Science
The Wrapped State Setter Pattern
JavaScript
React
Parametric Design
JavaScript
React
The “Folded Code” Test
JavaScript
Software Engineering
My Course Platform
How and Why I Built It
Career
Thoughts
How I Would Use a UI Library
React
JavaScript
What is a Factory Function?
JavaScript
Computer Science
Careful with Context Composition
React
Comparing `useRef` and `useState`
React
JavaScript
What is a Closure?
JavaScript
Computer Science
Prefer Function Updaters in State Setters
React
JavaScript
Dependency Injection and Default Parameters
or One Way to Make Your Programs More Flexible
JavaScript
Discriminated Unions and Destructuring in TypeScript
React
JavaScript
TypeScript
Prefer Declarative State Updaters
or Don't Pass Around Naked State Setters, Please
React
How I Structure My React Projects
React
What are “Magic Values”?
JavaScript
Software Engineering
`useMemo` and Stable Values
React
Symbolic Logic
or Algebra meets Logic
Software Engineering
Set Theory
A Primer
JavaScript
Computer Science
What is a Tuple?
JavaScript
React
React Hooks
Conditional React Hooks
React
React Hooks
Debounce and Throttle Callbacks with React Hooks
React
React Hooks
How to Use React Context Effectively
React
React Hooks
JavaScript
Facade Pattern
or why this pattern might save your bacon
JavaScript
React
Computer Science
Software Engineering
useEncapsulation
or Why Your React Components Should Only Use Custom Hooks
JavaScript
React
React Hooks
Computer Science
Encapsulation
or the Primary Purpose of Functions
JavaScript
React
Computer Science
Refactoring
Use Old School State
or Bringing Back the Callback
React
JavaScript
Helpful Debugging Hooks
React
React Hooks
JavaScript
Headlight Vision
or The Challenge of Only Driving at Night
Thoughts
Pattern Matching in JavaScript
...well, sort of...
JavaScript
Generator Functions
JavaScript
Multiple Boolean Props are a Code Smell
JavaScript
React
Mental Model of Use Effect
or Don't Use the Dependencies Array as a Conditional
JavaScript
React
React Hooks
Tic-Tac-Toe in React
React
JavaScript
Using `React.memo` to Avoid Unnecessary Rerenders
React
JavaScript
Memoization: What, Why, and How
Trading Space for Time
JavaScript
React
Computer Science
The Three Kinds of React State
React
Adding Guards to a `useReducer` Finite State Machine
React
React Hooks
State Machines
Break Out Your Component Logic with Hooks
React
React Hooks
Refactoring
Adding Infinite States to a `useReducer` Finite State Machine
React
React Hooks
State Machines
Can a State Machine be a String?
A Superfluous Experiment in Brevity
React
State Machines
How to Use `useReducer` as a Finite State Machine
React
React Hooks
State Machines
Guidelines for State Machines and XState
React
State Machines
Managing Cyclomatic Complexity
Data Structures and Algorithms
Computer Science
Recursive React Components
React
Computer Science
Data Structures and Algorithms
Enumerate, Don't Booleanate
React
State Machines
The Future of Second Career Devs
How to Render an Object in React
Building a `Log` Component
React
How to Add Algolia Search to a Gatsby Site
Gatsby
React
Graphs Are Everywhere
Computer Science
Data Structures and Algorithms
When `else`s Make Your Code Worse
or An Example on How Small Refactors Can Improve Your Code
Refactoring
Software Engineering
A Plea for Imagination
aka Learn to Remix
Thoughts
Just Enough FP: Composition
Functional Programming
JavaScript
Just Enough FP: Pointfree
Functional Programming
JavaScript
Just Enough FP: Argument Order
Functional Programming
JavaScript
Just Enough FP: Partial Application
Functional Programming
JavaScript
Just Enough FP: Currying
Functional Programming
JavaScript
Just Enough FP: Immutability
Functional Programming
JavaScript
Just Enough FP: Pure Functions
Functional Programming
JavaScript
Just Enough FP: Higher Order Functions
Functional Programming
JavaScript
Just Enough Functional Programming Course Launch
Functional Programming
JavaScript
Your Own Gathering
Thoughts
Firebase and Gatsby, Together At Last
or How I Fixed an Unexpected Snafu
Firebase
Gatsby
React
State Machines: The XState Visualizer
State Machines
State Machines: Our First XState Machine
State Machines
State Machines: What Are They?
State Machines
Why I Rewrote My Blog With Gatsby
Or How to Respond When Your WordPress Blog Gets Hacked
Gatsby
React
The Importance of Competing Thoughts
Thoughts
The Role of Timing In a Job Hunt
Career
How to be More Successful on Your Next Web Developer Job Hunt
Career
3 Tips for Changing Your Career to Coding
and One Bonus Tip! (Why Keep You in Suspense, Right?!)
Career
Let Me Tell You About This Cat
Thoughts
From Pastor to Programmer
or Telling My Story Once and For All
Thoughts
Not All “Just JavaScript” is the Same
Thoughts
How to Write Your Own JavaScript DOM Element Factory
A Basic HyperScript h() Function
JavaScript
My Mock Interview Experience with Rick Altherr from Google
or Practice Without the Pressure
Career
Make Your Own Charts in React Without a Charting Library
React
Data Visualization
SVG
How I Stumbled Upon Normalizing Redux State
and later learned it's a real thing
JavaScript
Redux
ShevyJS
JavaScript
What I Love About React #1
Renders with Ternaries
React
What is Most Important to a Web Developer?
the Tech, the Product, or the People
Career
Renderless Components
or How Logic Doesn't Always Need a UI
React
Redux
Zeno's Paradox of Infinite Loop Scrolling
or Everything Moves but You
JavaScript
Head Scratcher #1
Making a 2D Array by Sorting an Array of Objects
React
How to Dynamically Render React Components
React
Loading State Trick for Stateless Functional Components in React
React
How To Use Client Side Libraries in a Universal JavaScript App
React
State Snapshots in Redux
Redux
Why I Think Opening External Links In New Tabs Is a Bad Idea
Thoughts
JavaScript: External Links in New Tabs
JavaScript
Intro to D3.js and Data Visualization
D3
Data Visualization
Using && and || in Bash Scripts
Bash
My Favorite Git Aliases
Bash
Bash Shortcut: Copy your Present Working Directory to your Clipboard
Bash
Bash Shortcut: How to Make Directory and Change Directory in One Command
Bash
Small Gripe: Target=“_blank”
Thoughts