In this article, Jorge explains why they’re a great tool and how to create your first monorepo using Yarn with basic npm scripts, and add the required dependencies for each app.
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When you are still early on in your programming career, digging into the source code of open source libraries and frameworks can be a daunting endeavor. In this article, Carl Mungazi shares how he got over his fear and began using source code to improve his knowledge and skills. He also uses Redux to demonstrate how he approaches breaking down a library.
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In this article, Miriam takes a deeper dive into the ‘CSS Custom Properties for Cascading Variables’ specification to ask, “Why are they called custom properties, how do they work in the cascade, and what else can we do with them?”
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WordPress has a pretty robust architecture that can feel a bit too complex to run a simple blog. Let’s have a look at how Hugo can help us create a blog that is simple and fast.
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For the past few months, I’ve been building a software-as-a-service (SaaS) application, and throughout the development process I’ve realized what a powerful tool Slack (or team chat in general) can be to monitor user and application behavior.
After a bit of integration, it’s provided a real-time view into our application that previously didn’t exist, and it’s been so invaluable that I couldn’t help but write up this show-and-tell.
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Sending many transactional emails at once, if not architected properly, could become a bottleneck for the application and degrade the user experience. Part of the problem is connecting to the SMTP server from within the application, synchronously. In this article we will explore how to send emails from outside the application, asynchronously, using a combination of AWS S3, Lambda, and SES.
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Collaborating on office documents is a solved problem. Collaborating on code is still a pretty difficult thing to do. That’s because sharing just code isn’t enough. In order to really collaborate, a developer needs to be able to share their whole environment. VS Live Share is a new service that lets you do exactly that, and you might be surprised at just how much sharing you can actually do.
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What happened in the web industry in the past four weeks? To keep you up-to-date, Anselm summarizes the latest techniques, browser updates, and hot topics in one handy reading list.
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Staying up to date with the latest techniques, browser updates, and hot topics can be quite a challenge. Every month, Anselm Hannemann summarizes what’s been going on in the web industry, so you can easily catch up on everything new and important.
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Do you know Redux’s real power is beyond managing the state? Do you want to design with an understanding of how Redux works in mind? With the help of this article, Linton Ye would like to show you a full picture of Redux: what it can do, why it does its things, what the downsides are, when to use it, and how it relates to design. Even if you haven’t written a single line of code before, it’s still possible and beneficial to understand Redux. Expect plain English and doodles — no code or abstract talks.
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