Ehhhh… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ — I’ve seen so many articles and talks in the last six months titled, “WebAssembly: The Death of JavaScript”. Many different languages have threatened JavaScript’s existence, yet nevertheless, it persisted. So that leaves us with a few questions: What the heck is WebAssembly and how is it going to kill JavaScript…

Utilizing Brad Frost’s Atomic Design principles to better architect React applications — If you’re not familiar with Brad Frost’s Atomic Design principles, stop right now and go read about it on his blog or buy his book. It’s a fantastic design system that, when implemented correctly, can cause the elements of your application’s user interface to stitch together beautifully and simply. What is Atomic Design, Briefly?

And How to Make Them Scale — React is one of the most popular JavaScript frameworks currently being used. With over two million weekly downloads of React from npm, there’s no doubt that there are tons of React applications out there. With some major companies using React (Facebook, Airbnb, American Express, AMC Theatres, and many more), these…

At some point in your redux development, side effects are going to happen. How you deal with the side effects are imperative to creating an application that is easier to maintain, extend, refactor, debug, and test. There are quite a few side effect handling libraries (redux-thunk, redux-saga, redux-effect, redux-loop, etc.)…

Where are they? — It’s hard to spot us. Sometimes, you see long, flowing hair from a distance. You approach. Slowly, they turn, and to your dismay, you see the beard. Alas, it is not a female in tech but Jim from IT. …

A brief overview of two major testing frameworks and a little bonus called Enzyme — With the growing popularity of JavaScript frameworks such as React, Angular, and Vue, testing your client-side code is becoming even more vital. When it comes to test frameworks, there are two major contenders in 2018: Jest and Mocha. …