Category "Coding" — Smashing Magazine

Aleem Isiaka wrote

A Thoughtful Way To Use React’s `useRef()` Hook

November 19, 2020 — In a React component, useState and useReducer can cause your component to re-render each time there is a call to the update functions. In this article, you will find out how to use the useRef() hook to keep track of variables without causing re-renders, and how to enforce the re-rendering of React Components. Read more…

Stephanie Stimac wrote

Standardizing `<select>` And Beyond: The Past, Present And Future Of Native HTML Form Controls

November 18, 2020 — In this article, Stephanie dives into the past by going back to the beginning of HTML and tracing the evolution of form controls through to the present and the current state of working with them. Read more…

Nwani Victory wrote

Building Serverless Front-End Applications Using Google Cloud Platform

November 6, 2020 — In this article, you will learn what serverless applications are, how they are used on the Google Cloud, and also scenarios in which they can be used in a front-end application. Read more…

Jamie Corkhill wrote

Understanding TypeScript Generics

October 1, 2020 — An introduction to the utilization of Generics in TypeScript with examples grounded in real-world use cases, such as collections, approaches to error handling, the Repository Pattern, and so on. Read more…

Zara Cooper wrote

Create Your Free Developer Blog Using Hugo And Firebase

April 6, 2020 — Writing is a crucial skill every software developer should cultivate. Creating and hosting a technical blog provides an opportunity to do just that. Let’s take a look at how to deploy a blog for free and with minimal effort using Hugo and Firebase. Read more…

Jason Lengstorf wrote

Adding Dynamic And Async Functionality To JAMstack Sites

December 18, 2019 — Skipping servers and using the JAMstack to build and deliver websites and apps can save time, money, and headache by allowing us to deliver only static assets on a CDN. But the trade-off of ditching traditional server-based deployments means that standard approaches to dynamic, asynchronous interactions in our sites and apps aren’t available anymore. Read more…

Ryan Kay wrote

Mastering OOP: A Practical Guide To Inheritance, Interfaces, And Abstract Classes

November 27, 2019 — Arguably the worst way to teach the fundamentals of programming, is to describe what something is, without mention of how or when to use it. In this article, Ryan M. Kay discusses three core concepts in OOP. Read more…

Leonardo Losoviz wrote

Exploring New Ways To Manage Content In WordPress

November 7, 2019 — Gutenberg is reinventing the experience of creating content in WordPress, granting it new powers to create, edit and manage our content. Let’s see what these new powers are. Read more…

Jeremias Menichelli wrote

Writing Asynchronous Tasks In Modern JavaScript

October 25, 2019 — In this article, we are going to explore the evolution of JavaScript around asynchronous execution in the past era and how it changed the way we write and read code. We will start with the beginnings of web development, and go all the way to modern asynchronous pattern examples. Read more…