React Hooks Mini Crash Course

Want to learn hooks, but you've been too busy? ⏲ Add state to function components by calling useState and pass in the initial value.

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How to CI and CD a Node.JS Application Using GitHub Actions

This article will cover the following: Use Docker instead of bare metal deployment, Use GitHub actions for continuous integration of your app, Use GitHub actions for continuous deployment by pushing the Docker image to a Docker registry (Docker Hub)

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I just don’t want to be a software developer anymore

It’s an easy story for me to tell. When I was 10 there was nothing more exciting to me than playing around with the old broken computers my dad, who worked in tech, would give me. I became a teenage game modder and hobby web developer.

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VuePress: Documentation Made Easy

11 min read Vue, Tools, Workflow Share on Twitter or LinkedIn One of the most overlooked aspects of creating and/or maintaining any software library is good documentation. Luckily for you, a new tool on the market is here to make it easy for you to create great documentation for your projects.

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8 Contract Clauses You Should Never Freelance Without

Do you have a contract when you begin a freelance project? If not, then you should. Working without a contract is an invitation to be taken advantage of. A contract helps streamline your work around a schedule as well as all those clarified details of what was agreed between you and the client. More importantly, it prevents you from double work and headaches down the line.

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Styling Links with Real Underlines

Before we come to how to style underlines, we should answer the question: should we underline? In graphic design, underlines are generally seen as unsophisticated. There are nicer ways to draw emphasis, to establish hierarchy, and to demarcate titles. That’s clear in this advice from Butterick’s "Practical Typography".

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Good Practices for Testing React Apps

Alright, hot off the heels from reading GOOS, I have some insights on creating testable React apps. First and foremost, start every feature with an end-to-end test. An end-to-end test is basically a test from the user’s perspective (click here, wait, confirm this text is displayed, etc.

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