Super simple start to serverless
This last little while I've been doing a fair amount of work on kentcdodds.com . One page that I've been working on is the contact page where you can request enterprise training , schedule an hour of my time for consulting , or even leave your own testimonial of my work (I'd love it if you…
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How to get started with programming
Programming computers is amazing. There are so many things you can accomplish with technology these days and being able to control what computers, phones, and IoT devices do enables you to accomplish so much more. There's no shortage of ideas of the things that we can accomplish with technology…
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How to Enable React Strict Mode
In January 2018, Brian Vaughn added <React.StrictMode /> . Here's how to start using it in your app today: Ok, so what does this do? Go ahead and give it a try in your app and see what happens. Don't worry, I'll wait... What happens will be different for everyone, but here's an example of what…
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Goodbye Medium
I've been a blogger for over 15 years. When I was a teenager, I had a blog on blogger all about what Google was working on. I was one of the first bloggers to report on Google's acquisition of YouTube (my blog got an insane number of views that day). I also used to write (on blogger) one called…
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React Hooks: Compound Components
A few weeks ago I did a DevTips with Kent livestream where I show you how to refactor the compound components pattern from a class component to a function component with React hooks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=415EfGPuhSo&list=PLV5CVI1eNcJgCrPH_e6d57KRUTiDZgs0u If you're unfamiliar with…
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🚨 Big Announcement: I'm a full-time educator! 👨🏫
I've been teaching for as long as I can remember. I talk about this a lot in "Why and How I started public speaking" , but just know that I have a love of teaching, I've done it a lot, and I want to do more. This is why I'm excited to announce that I've gone full-time educator! What does this mean…
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Should I useState or useReducer?
Whenever there are two things to do the same thing, people inevitably ask: "When do I use one over the other?" For example "When do I use useEffect and useLayoutEffect ?" Or "When do I use Unit, Integration, or E2E tests?" Or "When to use Control Props or State Reducers?" I think useState…
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