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A collection of 13 posts

Concurrency Patterns in Swift with Async/Await

Concurrency Patterns in Swift with Async/Await

In this post, we will explore the use of async & await patterns of handling asynchronous operations in Swift for those coming from a JavaScript background.

React Native 0.72: What’s New and Why it Matters

New features in React Native bring a ton of important improvements. In this post, we’ll see what’s new in React Native 0.72.

Origins of Life: Building a Hypercycle Simulation with WebGL

Origins of Life: Building a Hypercycle Simulation with WebGL

Though the exact origins of life on earth remain a mystery, the hypercycle helps explain the emergence of self-replication. In this post we'll learn about hypercycles and how to build a simulation using WebGL.

The Best Books for Learning JavaScript in 2023

The Best Books for Learning JavaScript in 2023

If you haven't learned JavaScript yet, or are looking to expand your horizons, now is the perfect time. In this post, we'll look at 5 different recommended books for learning JavaScript.

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The Best Books to Learn React in 2023

We've compiled a list of 5 books that address different aspects of React development and can help you become a React master in 2023.

Adding Editable HTML Content to a React App

Adding Editable HTML Content to a React App

In this post, we'll look at how contentEditable can be used with React to enable interactive, editable content in you React apps.

How to Use The Spread Operator in JavaScript

How to Use The Spread Operator in JavaScript

Simply put, the spread operator in JavaScript expands or unpacks the elements of an array or iterable object.

JavaScript Video Cheatsheets: map() and reduce() with Arrays

JavaScript Video Cheatsheets: map() and reduce() with Arrays

These instructional video cheatsheets provide quick references on how to use common JavaScript techniques.

Interactive Server-Rendered Webapps: You Don’t Need JavaScript

Interactive Server-Rendered Webapps: You Don’t Need JavaScript

A new generation of frameworks lets you build webapps that look and feel like single page apps, but are driven by the server–with no JavaScript.

What’s New in Next.js 13 — and Why it Matters

In this post, we’ll give a brief intro to Next.js, and then break down some of the new features in Next.js 13 and discuss why they’re important.

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All About React’s Proposed New use() Hook

A feature proposal from the React core team is causing some buzz in the React ecosystem: the new use() hook adds first class support for Promises.

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You Don’t Need Webpack — 3 Better Alternatives for Building Your JavaScript

A new generation of JavaScript bundlers offers greatly improved developer experiences If you’re building any kind of frontend app with multiple source files and dependencies, you’re going to need a build tool to help you solve the problem ofbundling — putting all of the source files and dependencies together

Expo 46 — What’s New and Why it Matters for React Native Development

Expo is a great tool for cross-platform development of React Native apps — and with the release of Expo 46, it just keeps getting better. In this post, we’ll dig into the new features of Expo 46, and more important, why they matter. I’ll admit I’m a little