Mike Pottebaum·Nov 9, 2020How To Add Webpack To An Auto-Created React AppCreating a React app using the create-react-app command can seem like magic. If you’ve used React before, you might be vaguely aware of…A response icon1A response icon1
InJavaScript in Plain EnglishbyMike Pottebaum·Nov 2, 2020Build Reusable React Components with styled-componentsI first used styled-components when I starting working on my first large application, and I really like how it works. It allows you to…
InJavaScript in Plain EnglishbyMike Pottebaum·Oct 26, 2020How To Alert A User Before Leaving A Page In ReactThis past week I had to figure out how to stop a user before leaving a specific page for broadcasting a concert and, if they choose to…A response icon4A response icon4
Mike Pottebaum·Oct 12, 2020How To Use (More) React HooksA while ago, I wrote about using the basic React hooks, useState and useEffect. Since then, I’ve been working completely with functional…
InJavaScript in Plain EnglishbyMike Pottebaum·Oct 4, 2020JavaScript Reduce: The Ultimate IteratorI completely underestimated the power of Array.prototype.reduce() when I was first learning JavaScript. I didn’t totally understand how it…A response icon2A response icon2
Mike Pottebaum·Sep 28, 2020Git Rebase vs. MergeBefore I worked on a large application with many other developers, I never put much thought into the git process. I learned the basic…
Mike Pottebaum·Sep 21, 2020Building A Chat Feature With ActionCableI recently created a board game app using ActionCable in my Ruby on Rails API and ActionCable Provider for React in my front end to…
Mike Pottebaum·Sep 13, 2020How To Style A File Input In ReactGoing in, I thought the hardest part of building the user interface for uploading a file would be the actual functionality of handling…A response icon2A response icon2
InLevel Up CodingbyMike Pottebaum·Sep 4, 2020JavaScript Date: Building a React Hook For Date SelectorThis week, I had to construct a date selector form in React that looks like this:
