Jun 16, 2022Member-onlyReact 18 and “my useEffects run twice”Ever since React 18 has been released I see a lot of confusion around the idea of components mounting twice in strict mode during development. This is important, because it will help you ensure your code is ready for concurrent features. It left a lot of people confused, however; on…Reactjs4 min readReactjs4 min read
Nov 26, 2020Many-To-Many in EF .NET 5.NET Conf 2020 was happening this week. We were shown tips and tricks using C# 9, Blazor, and all the performance improvements we are getting with .NET 5. One update that stuck with me is the new Many-to-Many syntax coming to Entity Framework. Let’s take a look at what a…Dotnet3 min readDotnet3 min read
Oct 30, 2020What’s new in Create-React-App v4 & React 17React reached a new major version on October 20th (https://reactjs.org/blog/2020/10/20/react-v17.html) and 4 days later one of our favorite React scaffolding tools Create-React-App followed suit with the release of version 4, that includes React 17. I dug through the features highlighted in the respective blogs and followed PRs to summarize all…React4 min readReact4 min read
Sep 17, 2020What I wish I knew when starting out as a Software DeveloperYou are in the middle of your studies to become a software developer or just landed your first job - Congratulations 🥳 — Let me share some recommendations that I have received from mentors in the past, thoughts I have shared with mentees, and ideas that I wish someone would…Software Engineering11 min readSoftware Engineering11 min read
Aug 31, 2020Why useRef?I remember the first time I had the requirement to build a timer using React. I was just starting out with React and I wrote it the way I would expect as a JavaScript developer; just to find out that it did not work. Weird behaviours such as variables that…React5 min readReact5 min read
