Use ternaries rather than && in JSX Many developers write code without really thinking about the side effects. There are minor differences found in computer science techniques that can have large impacts in production. One such case is the evaluation differences between && and the ternary operator. The ternary operator requires more explicitness than &&…
This week we discussed the topic of Innersourcing – using open source philosophy, process, and tools to scale internal development teams. Dan Skaggs, Raymond Camden, and Tanner Linsley attended the episode alongside regular hosts, TJ VanToll and Dan Wilson. Each participant has deep experience leading, contributing to, and consuming open source. This episode went deep…
Observables, Reactive Programming, and Regret Observable in RxJs is a very popular primitive to use in state-based JavaScript applications. The RxJS framework makes use of Observable as a mechanism to provide a structured cycle for state changes. The Observable pattern offers a standard structure for messages, resource clean-up, and a consistent API. Ben Lesh wrote…
On the July 8th edition of React Wednesday, we spoke with Cory Webb and Nathan Smith of Reaktiv Studios – a VIP WordPress partner. This duo created an application called Be a Speaker which is built with React. We spoke of the tool, development techniques, development philosophies, and took a dive into the React code…
Visualize React State And Component Hierarchy In React Apps With Realize Some of us at Digital Primates were on React Wednesday and helped interview the team behind Realize – a set of open source browser extensions that visualize React component hierarchy and state. The team met during a startup accelerator and collaborated remotely on the…