Last week I had two insights: sanitizing data as early as possible can make it much easier to reason about your code. And reducing the complexity of your components, the deeper down they are in the component tree can lead to a cleaner architecture...
In one of my earlier articles, I wrote about how to use functional Vue.js components so that they inherit attributes such as classes and styles. This way, functional components are perfect for creating simple base components. In this article, we take a look at how we can simplify and generalize the process of creating new functional base components by automatically creating new Vue.js components from CSS files...
Last week I had two insights: sanitizing data as early as possible can make it much easier to reason about your code. And reducing the complexity of your components, the deeper down they are in the component tree can lead to a cleaner architecture...
The last week was, on the one hand, a busy week and, on the other hand, a slow week when it comes to learning new things. One topic that comes up again and again in my daily programming work is the handling of function parameters: Is it a good idea to always use a single object as the only parameter for functions?
Last week I discovered some things that made me question myself. Do I use Array.reduce() too much? Do I sometimes feel too competent in subjects about which I know little in reality?
The last couple of weeks, David Khourshid seemed to be everywhere. He appeared on both the Syntax FM and the Full Stack Radio podcast. And in both, he spoke about the advantages of state machines...
Although GraphQL is pretty cool and powerful, I also like the simplicity of good old REST API endpoints. Also, we often can't use GraphQL for everything because there is no GraphQL endpoint available. In this article, we take a closer look at how we can replicate one of the core features of GraphQL, which makes it possible only to load what is absolutely necessary, in a classic REST API-based application...
Last week was a slow week when it comes to discovering or learning about new things. Here are a few things I encountered...
This week I thought a lot about two topics: reducing complexity and structuring your codebase and naming things. Recently I listened to an episode of 99% Invisible about what causes errors. Although this episode wasn’t specifically about programming, the basic idea very much applied to what we do in our daily jobs...
Last week I did go down the rabbit hole reading about TDD best practices and misconceptions. Everything began with a Twitter discussion about David Heinemeier Hansson's (old) article: TDD is dead. Long live testing...