Over the past year whilst developing on several small scale React apps I have experimented with multiple libraries to help with the development of the main building blocks of any FrontEnd app. The main building blocks are: Data fetching State Management — Once you have the data, managing it locally…

I have been working recently on quite a large project with many API endpoints. I have been working on the Frontend whilst another developer has been working on the backend. The Frontend stack is: React Typescript React-query (using hooks to wrap around the services created by OpenAPI) OpenAPI (to generate…

I work on many React applications and I like to have realistic tests for these apps. I am a fan of Cypress for End-to-End testing and I think its a great tool to use to give yourself a certain level of confidence in the UI features you are building. …

I would like to start this article off by declaring I am a big fan of Ryan Dahl. I think what he managed to achieve with the creation of Nodejs was incredible for the Javascript world. It changed so much for Javascript developers and opened up so many possibilities. I…

You’ll never walk alone.

Starting a new project is always exciting but when it comes to maintaining projects and their package dependencies you often find your enthusiasm dwindling. …

I have been working on a little app recently to understand authentication both from the Frontend and also the Backend. On the backend I am using Nestjs and on the Frontend I am using Nextjs. If you interested in seeing the code you can check out the Github repos below…

I have been using the Terminal for 4 years now as a Front End Developer and over that time I have come across certain tools that really helped improve my experience with it. In this article I want to share with you these tools and why I recommend them. …

I am currently working on a project and using mongodb with mongoose. I recently was implementing a new parameter into my schema on a project I was working on and I was faced with the decision about whether to use a ‘Nested Path’ or a ‘Subdocument’. See the Mongoose documentation…