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Published in JavaScript in Plain English

·Jan 30

Honey, Where’s My Array Element?

Finding matching elements between two related Arrays. — Last week, my team had an extended discussion about a pull request that involved a check to see if one array had an element that matched an element of a different array. In this case, one array had the full information (for items that might or might not be selected)…

JavaScript

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Honey, Where’s My Array Element?
Honey, Where’s My Array Element?
JavaScript

5 min read


Published in CodeX

·Jan 22

Why I Use RTK Query for API Calls in React

The RTK Query part of the Redux Essentials tutorial is phenomenal, but since it’s part of a much larger suite of documentation, I feel like the gem that is RTK Query is getting lost. What is Redux A lot of people think of Redux as a state management library, which it is. To…

React

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Why I Use RTK Query for API Calls in React
Why I Use RTK Query for API Calls in React
React

10 min read


Published in CodeX

·Dec 11, 2022

Why I’m a React Developer

In Spite of Everything I’ve been extremely critical of the direction the React team has taken in the past few years. Several people have asked me why I still use React if this is how I feel. This is a long-form article, but for the impatient, here’s the TL;DR version: …

Technology

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Why I’m a React Developer
Why I’m a React Developer
Technology

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Published in CodeX

·Oct 9, 2022

Can We All Just Admit React Hooks Were a Bad Idea? Part 3

A Case Study When I wrote the first two parts of this series, I predicted that in this post I would show examples from bloggers who feel confident enough that they understand hooks to provide advice to others and show how following their advice is problematic. Can We All Just Admit React Hooks Were a Bad Idea? Part 1 SOLID reasons why hooks are a bad ideamedium.com Can We All Just Admit React Hooks Were a Bad Idea? Part 2 According to the React teammedium.com

React

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Can We All Just Admit React Hooks Were a Bad Idea? Part 3
Can We All Just Admit React Hooks Were a Bad Idea? Part 3
React

21 min read


Sep 29, 2022

My Medium Posts that are not Behind the Paywall

It’s the end of the month and you’ve used all your free member-only stories. Here are a few posts that are not member-only to tide you over till the 1st (or stretch your stories into next month). Paid vs. Unpaid Posts Medium authors that are part of the Partner Program have the choice to…

Medium

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My Medium Posts that are not Behind the Paywall
My Medium Posts that are not Behind the Paywall
Medium

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Published in CodeX

·Sep 9, 2022

Everything You Thought You Knew About React Functional Components Is Wrong

In fact, there’s no such thing as a React Functional Component — I’ve had a lot of people respond to parts my series, “Can We Just Admit React Hooks are a Bad Idea?”, and I’ve come to the conclusion that I skipped over some important concepts that are keeping people from understanding my main points. I didn’t do it on purpose —…

React

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Everything You Thought You Knew About React Functional Components Is Wrong
Everything You Thought You Knew About React Functional Components Is Wrong
React

14 min read


Published in Atlas UP

·Sep 7, 2022

What’s Your Story, Morning Glory?

I’ve watched at least part of every January 6th hearing, and they all begin with several witnesses swearing to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. I always wonder how anyone can make that vow. Don’t get me wrong — I’m not one of those people…

Storytelling

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What’s Your Story, Morning Glory?
What’s Your Story, Morning Glory?
Storytelling

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Published in CodeX

·Aug 29, 2022

How Training Dogs Makes Me a Better Front-End Lead

Behavior is Lawful — Trigger warning: contains discussion of behavioral psychology, and I acknowledge that this technology has been abused with some people. If that’s you, you might want to skip this post. I’ve been training dogs as a hobby off and on since I was fifteen. In that time, I’ve changed a lot…

Leadership

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How Training Dogs Makes Me a Better Front-End Lead
How Training Dogs Makes Me a Better Front-End Lead
Leadership

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Published in CodeX

·Aug 18, 2022

RTK Query Endpoint Selectors with Arguments

Sometimes the obvious isn’t. The Redux team helped me find the answer. — I’ve said before that I think that RTK Query helps a lot with the problems created by React hooks, primarily by doing so much for you that you don’t need to pass small pieces of state back and forth in useMemo, useEffect, and useState. So I’ve been diving into it…

React

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RTK Query Endpoint Selectors with Arguments
RTK Query Endpoint Selectors with Arguments
React

5 min read


Published in CodeX

·Jul 31, 2022

Can We All Just Admit React Hooks Were a Bad Idea?

Part 2: According to the React team If you haven’t read Part 1, you might want to check it out now: Can We All Just Admit React Hooks Were a Bad Idea? Part 1: SOLID reasons why hooks are a bad ideamedium.com I also seriously want to thank everyone who pushed me over the 100-follower threshold. You’re the reason I’m blowing out my Saturday writing this vs. going to Whole Foods…

React Hook

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Can We All Just Admit React Hooks Were a Bad Idea? Part 2
Can We All Just Admit React Hooks Were a Bad Idea? Part 2
React Hook

15 min read

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