Joshua LaceyI KonMari’d an old React AppSo I had this project I created a little over a year ago. Since I had basically kept it in it’s box under my bed for the whole year, I…Feb 18, 2019Feb 18, 2019
Joshua LaceyRefactoring Redux using React ContextTL;DR: Context is more modular and doesn’t lock you into app architecture mistakes made early on. Also it’s less boilerplate!Jun 25, 20189Jun 25, 20189
Joshua LaceyCreating a Chat App w/ ReactThe other day I was asked to create a chat app, which I had never done before but thought I’d give it a shot. This post is about what I did…Feb 1, 2018Feb 1, 2018
Joshua LaceyDeploy Rails App to AWSWe will be using Elastic Beanstalk. If you’re new to AWS (like me) Elastic Beanstalk is a great place to start because it basically walks…Dec 29, 2017Dec 29, 2017
Joshua LaceyUnit Testing with MochaNow that I know javascript I thought it was probably a good time to start getting into the habit of writing tests. It’s probably a good…Dec 19, 2017Dec 19, 2017
Joshua LaceyWhat’s a Regex Pt 2.This is a follow up to my previous post so if you haven’t read that one check it out. Again this tutorial is specific to the Javascript…Nov 26, 2017Nov 26, 2017
Joshua LaceyWhat’s a Regex Pt 1.This past weekend I went to a great workshop by Anthony Ferrara about Regular Expressions (regex). Rather than keep my notes from the talk…Nov 14, 2017Nov 14, 2017
Joshua LaceyCreating a Drawing App w/ ReactWhile learning React and Redux I felt that every example that was given on how React works was basically a CRUD application, some kind of…Nov 8, 2017Nov 8, 2017
Joshua LaceyinLevel Up CodingSVG React ComponentsIn preparation for a project I’m going to be working on I decided to take a look at an SVG library. I came across a talk by this grumpy guy…Oct 5, 2017Oct 5, 2017