On every website I have worked on there were pieces of data that I wanted to save locally for the user, from a username that was logged in, to settings and preferences. So, for each site, I recreate (or copy and paste) the same code. For the older one it was a cookie, but now […]
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I know those of us that have been using other strongly typed languages like C# for years want to use I to prefix interfaces. We have been doing so for years, so why stop now? Well, you don’t have to stop, but if you were the population that wasn’t willing to change you probably wouldn’t
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When most people start using Typescript, they run into the inevitable question: Class or Interface? Is there actually a difference? So I sent out to answer the question. If you want the longer version of this with all of the examples and code, visit here. Syntax: This is a simple, but necessary to understand difference: Interface
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When you move to React as an experienced developer, there are two things, that I would say, are the hardest parts to get used to. The first is the JSX/TSX. Figuring out the syntax, how it works and fits into your code and how to get used to it being mixed into your class and
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Sometimes React just doesn’t seem to let you do what you want. You want to have a parent call a function in a child when it wants to, and React, as wonderful is at is, just doesn’t seem to support that. Enter: Double Pointer. This method should only be used if the other options are
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With most languages and frameworks, the paradigm looks like this: Parent creates child, child does stuff, parent asks child what it did or child raises an event and tells the parent it did something. The parent then does whatever it needs to and lets the child keep doing whatever it wants. It’s easy to bring
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When most people start using Typescript, they run into the inevitable question: Class or Interface?: How do I choose which one to use? How does it affect my design? How does it affect my end code that runs? Is there actually a difference? I realized that the answer was not obvious and after nearly 10,000
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