Introduction At some point in your work in React, you’ll likely inherit a project that was built in JavaScript and find that you want to start using TypeScript. I’m not going to go into the details of TypeScript vs JavaScript…

Check out this github repo for an example What is Redux? Redux is a very popular framework for managing application-level state in React apps. It is an open-source project that has evolved over time to make managing state simpler. Previous…

Introduction When building a UI for a new React app, it’s often hard to determine how exactly to start. Starting from a React template can be a great way to go. It gives you inspiration on where to start and…

Creating a new React app When creating a React app using a .gitignore file is provided and ignores the common files that should not be included in your source repository. The default file will contain the following: This .gitignore really…

Google has an extensive amount of user data and services around that data, and they allow access to these via APIs that third party software can call. There are so many opportunities to build something new on the foundations laid…

When developing a React application, you may find that you repeat several common tasks to help ensure the integrity of your code. At a minimum, whenever I write a React application, I have ESLint, Prettier, and automated testing set up.…

Project ADD If you’re like me, every time you end up with some free time, you start thinking of all the different projects you want to work on as a software engineer. The skills you develop in software engineering leave…

What is a web API? A web API is a server that listens for an HTTP request, and is used largely to manage online data. There are many reasons why web APIs exist, but one of the easiest to see…

What is NewPipe? NewPipe is an open-source Android app that can be used to watch YouTube with no ads. It works by screen scraping the YouTube website and streaming from their front end. Because it screen scrapes YouTube and doesn’t…

What is Termux? Termux is a Linux terminal emulator you can install on your Android. From this terminal, you can type in commands just like in Linux, and it has several packages available to install using the same repo methods…