Front End

You though computer science has no place in webdev? Here's a fun coding challenge

Why react-hook-form is my new favorite form library

Build a new design system in a couple afternoons

Wormhole state management

Using scopes for elegant JAMStack permissions

Screw web performance, just wait a little 😈

Add granular role-based access to your JAMStack app

Why you should build a form generator

Lemme guess, every project involves 1 or 2 forms and they're all the friggen same. You got forms coming out the wazoo. Render fields. Connect to state. Add field validation. Detect submit. Add form validation. Send fetch request. Repeat.

How tests uncover hidden complexity in simple code

The surprising performance boost from changing gif embeds

Configuring your JAMStack app for prod vs. dev

Mocking and testing fetch requests with Jest

Connecting Gumroad to Auth0 for paywalled JAMStack apps

How GraphQL blows REST out of the water

Let's have a look at hyow GraphQL makes queries so much easier and more pleasant than REST

A promises gotcha that will catch you out

Towards a Gatsby+Suspense proof-of-concept

Experimenting with the new React Concurrent mode

Is hot dog taco?

What if I told you modern tools let you build and launch a small webapp in 30 minutes? Complete with SSL, a .com domain, a database, a documented API, CDN hosting, fast static initial loads, and a hydrated SPA? That's the challenge I posed at Silicon Valley Code Camp this weekend. The audience didn't believe me, so it was time to perform some magic. 🧙

useReducer + useContext for easy global state without libraries

useAuth – the simplest way to add authentication to your React app

The unreasonable difficulty of adding a feature to a Textarea

How to drive React state with D3 transitions for complex animation

A Drilldown Piechart with React and D3

TypeScript's biggest flaw and how you can use ducks to fix it

Is JavaScript really getting too complex?

Getting the CSS out of rendered React components

Svelte takes the best of React and the best of Vue to make something awesome

Custom markdown extensions with Remark and HAST handlers

Trying the new ResizeObserver and IntersectionObserver APIs

BrowserStack – a less painful way to test weird browsers