kellyrmilliganWhy I ejected my Create react app based project…for now!I have grown to appreciate how much complexity Create react app(CRA) hides from developers doing day to day development. It has a lot of…Dec 13, 20171Dec 13, 20171
kellyrmilliganinCloudBoostWhen all you need is a click handler…I admit it, sometimes I am a lazy developer. I think that’s actually something I hear from all developers. We write code and re-use it to…Sep 13, 2017Sep 13, 2017
kellyrmilliganClient side caching strategy when requests are happening faster than they are cachedLet me begin at the beginning. Recently I was in a scenario where a list of lets just call them pins for the sake of something familiar…Aug 22, 2017Aug 22, 2017
kellyrmilliganHow to work around create react apps .envCreate React app is a great tool to use when developing react applications. Pre 1.0, you were given a .env file to have environment…Jun 28, 2017Jun 28, 2017
kellyrmilliganCreate react app — let your users know when the app has been updated with a notification!In a previous post I discussed adjusting the deployment process for create-react-app to account for not caching the service-worker.js file…Jun 8, 20172Jun 8, 20172
kellyrmilliganAdjusting cache settings for create-react-app’s service workerI recently upgraded an existing app to the newest version of create-react-app, which is a 1.0 release now and add’s a ton of great new…Jun 8, 2017Jun 8, 2017
kellyrmilliganReducing boilerplate in redux thunk actions when using the fetch apiSo, you’ve decided to use redux in your react app, check. You’ve started down the path of handling async actions with redux-thunk, check…May 10, 2017May 10, 2017
kellyrmilliganAdd your git commit to your create react app AppThere are many reasons you may want to have your git commit sha in your deployed application. You may want to send it with all requests as…Apr 28, 2017Apr 28, 2017
kellyrmilliganFetching route data during a route transition using react router 4React router 4 was recently released. It takes things to another level in terms of flexibility and new interesting ways to think about…Apr 26, 20174Apr 26, 20174
kellyrmilliganMigrating a legacy single page application with S3 and CloudFrontI recently began the process of replacing a legacy single page application. Now there are many articles on migrating legacy apps, and…Apr 20, 2017Apr 20, 2017
