Mike PottebaumHow 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…7 min read·Nov 9, 2020--1--1
Mike PottebauminJavaScript in Plain EnglishBuild 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…4 min read·Nov 2, 2020----
Mike PottebauminJavaScript in Plain EnglishHow 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…4 min read·Oct 26, 2020--4--4
Mike PottebauminThe StartupHow to Animate With CSSAnimation vs. Transition3 min read·Oct 19, 2020----
Mike PottebaumHow 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…2 min read·Oct 12, 2020----
Mike PottebauminJavaScript in Plain EnglishJavaScript 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…4 min read·Oct 4, 2020--2--2
Mike PottebaumGit 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…3 min read·Sep 28, 2020----
Mike PottebaumBuilding 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…5 min read·Sep 21, 2020----
Mike PottebaumHow 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…3 min read·Sep 13, 2020--2--2
Mike PottebauminLevel Up CodingJavaScript Date: Building a React Hook For Date SelectorThis week, I had to construct a date selector form in React that looks like this:4 min read·Sep 4, 2020----