Jason ArnoldAn easy way to test using “premium” API dataThis article is about using “premium” API data in Audacity’s FEND (Front-End Nanodegree) Program which I recently completed (this was when…Oct 14, 20183Oct 14, 20183
Jason ArnoldA pithy perusal of POST, PUT, and PATCHOne of the concepts that is difficult for me to keep straight is the differences between the HTTP methods of POST, PUT, and PATCH. They…Nov 14, 20176Nov 14, 20176
Jason ArnoldBasic intro to React Router v4I recently started working on a React project that called for one component being hidden until a button was clicked on another component…Sep 18, 20176Sep 18, 20176
Jason ArnoldA moment with Moment.jsOne of the trickier things to deal with in JavaScript is formatting of dates. If you are wanting a human-readable calculation of a…Sep 6, 20171Sep 6, 20171
Jason ArnoldA simple intro to Javascript imports and exportsCode (and most anything) is easier to manage when it is in small, bite-size chunks. This is the thinking behind keeping functions to only…Jun 30, 201729Jun 30, 201729
Jason ArnoldincodeburstA quick intro to React’s props.childrenWhen I was first learning React, one of the concepts that I just couldn’t wrap my head around was this.props.children (or props.children if…Jun 20, 201723Jun 20, 201723
Jason ArnoldincodeburstBinding functions in ReactOne of the reasons to use React for development, and I think one of the reasons for its popularity is that it relies heavily on all of the…Jun 15, 201725Jun 15, 201725
Jason ArnoldMy ‘Well, DUH!!!’ moment with React arraysUpdate 6/27/17: After it was pointed out to me that React frowns on using index numbers for keys, I rewrote parts of this post.Jun 9, 20171Jun 9, 20171
Jason ArnoldHosting a static site with Amazon Web ServicesI recently had the joyous task of choosing a new web host. The contract with my old host was coming to an end, prices were going up, and…Jun 1, 20172Jun 1, 20172
Jason ArnoldUsing the spread operator in React setStateI’m currently building an app using React.js and ran into an issue that had me stumped. When a button in the app is clicked, I needed a…May 25, 201713May 25, 201713
