Create a React app with zero configuration using Parcel

We have all experienced the pain of getting started with React. You spend hours to configure webpack before you can start actual coding. Create React App was created to make it easier and quicker to get started. The problem with creat react app is that it hides the webpack config.

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Getting started with Firebase Authentication on React Native

There’s no two ways about it, Authentication is hard to do right. Fortunately, with the introduction of a new breed of Authentication-as-a-Service providers like Firebase and Auth0, you’re never going to have to worry about Authentication ever again.

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The meaning of life in a world without work

As technology renders jobs obsolete, what will keep us busy? Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari examines ‘the useless class’ and a new quest for purpose Most jobs that exist today might disappear within decades.

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Levelling Up for Junior Developers

If you are a junior developer starting out in the web industry, things can often seem a little daunting. There are so many things to learn, and as soon as you’ve learnt one framework or tool, there seems to be something new out there.

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State Of JavaScript: The State Of JavaScript

Last year, over nine thousand developers took part in the first ever edition of the State Of JavaScript survey.

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Building a Slack Bot with Modern Node.js Workflows

I recently started getting more requests from my workmates to refresh a “particular report” through one of the many custom reporting scripts we have. At first I didn’t mind, but eventually, I felt it would be better if people could get these reports themselves.

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Finally understand Redux by building your own Store

Redux is an interesting pattern, and at its core a very simple one - but why does it feel complex to understand? In this post, we’re going to dive into Redux by assembling our own custom Store, written in TypeScript.

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