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Storybook: A Developer’s Secret Weapon
Tue, 05 Nov 2024
In my experience, Storybook has been a game-changer as a front-end developer who has mainly relied on Jest, Mocha, and Chai to get the basic testing working for the components I've built — learning about Storybook has been an eye-opener. It's one of those tools that once you've used you wonder how you managed without it. The ability to visualize components in isolation has streamlined our development process, making collaboration between devs and designers seamless.
That said, I’ve seen some developers shy away from Storybook, citing the extra setup and maintenance as a downside. But here’s why I disagree: once you get past the initial integration, the time saved outweighs the setup cost in the long run. In this article, I would like to shed some light on the integration process and showcase some features that are most beneficial when using Storybook.
Ditch Your Local Setup: Develop Apps in the Cloud With Project IDX
Mon, 04 Nov 2024
Recent years have seen a rise in cloud-based IDEs and several options have emerged such as CodeSandBox, Replit, StackBlitz, and more. Cloud-based IDEs allow programming without the need to have a dedicated developer specification machine as they run in the browser directly. They provide complete freedom of writing software from anywhere and anytime. These IDEs have traditionally been great at creating showcase demos and POCs, and have their limitations. In August 2023, Google launched its own cloud-based IDE known as Project IDX. Project IDX provides a complete development environment for developing multi-platform applications.
Benefits of Project IDX
Project IDX has several key benefits over other major cloud-based IDEs:
Exploring AI-Powered Web Development: OpenAI, Node.js, and Dynamic UI Creation
Thu, 31 Oct 2024
In the rapidly advancing world of web development, artificial intelligence (AI) is paving the way for new levels of creativity and efficiency. This article takes a deep dive into the exciting synergy between OpenAI's robust API, the flexibility of Node.js, and the possibilities for creating dynamic user interfaces. By examining how these technologies work together, we'll uncover how they can transform our approach to both web development and UI development.
Dynamic UI Creation
Dynamic UI Creation involves generating user interfaces that can adapt dynamically based on factors like user input, data, or context. In AI-driven UI generation, this concept is elevated by using artificial intelligence to automatically create or modify UI elements.
Front-End Debugging, Part 1: Not Just Console Log
Tue, 29 Oct 2024
As a Java developer, most of my focus is on the back-end side of debugging. Front-end debugging poses different challenges and has sophisticated tools of its own. Unfortunately, print-based debugging has become the norm in the front end. To be fair, it makes more sense there as the cycles are different and the problem is always a single-user problem. But even if you choose to use Console.log
, there’s a lot of nuance to pick up there.
Instant Debugging With the debugger Keyword
A cool, yet powerful tool in JavaScript is the debugger
keyword. Instead of simply printing a stack trace, we can use this keyword to launch the debugger directly at the line of interest. That is a fantastic tool that instantly brings your attention to a bug. I often use it in my debug builds of the front end instead of just printing an error log.
Enhance User Experience With a Formatted Credit Card Input Field
Tue, 29 Oct 2024
In this article, I will guide you on how to create a credit card input by extending existing ZK components. Moreover, I'll apply a customized ZK JavaScript widget to format the card numbers in groups of four digits, improving readability and user experience. Additionally, we'll integrate a custom JavaScript widget to ensure that only numeric input is accepted.
This guide is ideal for web developers needing a dedicated input field for credit card information. Using the ZK UI Framework as an example, I’ll walk you through creating a well-structured, readable credit card input box.
Good Refactoring vs. Bad Refactoring
Wed, 23 Oct 2024
I've hired a lot of developers over the years. More than a few of them have come in with a strong belief that our code needed heavy refactoring. But here's the thing: in almost every case, their newly refactored code was found by the other developers to be harder to understand and maintain. It also was generally slower and buggier too.
Now, don't get me wrong. Refactoring isn't inherently bad. It's a crucial part of keeping a codebase healthy. The problem is that bad refactoring is, well, bad. And it's surprisingly easy to fall into the trap of making things worse while trying to make them better.
Automate Web Portal Deployment in Minutes Using GitHub Actions
Wed, 23 Oct 2024
In today's fast-paced development environment, automating the deployment process is crucial for maintaining efficiency and reducing human error. GitHub Actions has emerged as a powerful tool for implementing continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, particularly for web applications. This article explores how to leverage GitHub Actions to deploy a feedback portal seamlessly and efficiently.
The Power of GitHub Actions
GitHub Actions is more than just a CI/CD tool; it's a complete automation platform that allows developers to create custom workflows for building, testing, and deploying their applications. These workflows are triggered by specific events in your GitHub repository, such as pushes, pull requests, or scheduled tasks.
Vaadin: The Battery-Included, Server-Side AJAX Framework
Thu, 17 Oct 2024
I've written a lot about Vaadin. I was so enthusiastic that I wrote the first book about it (besides the Book of Vaadin), its updated edition for Vaadin 7, and a companion website. Still, I'm amazed that so many people in the JVM world have never heard of it.
In this post, I'd like to introduce Vaadin in the context of AJAX and SSR.
Serverless Computing and GraphQL: Modern App Development
Mon, 14 Oct 2024
In this article, I will guide you through the process of creating a serverless GraphQL API using TypeScript, AWS Lambda, and Apollo Server.
Serverless Computing
Serverless computing is a cloud-computing execution model where cloud providers automatically manage the infrastructure for running applications. In this model, developers write code, and the cloud provider takes care of running, scaling, and maintaining the servers, meaning developers don't need to worry about server management, infrastructure provisioning, or scaling. The term "serverless" doesn't mean that there are no servers involved, but rather that the server management tasks are abstracted away from developers. AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that allows you to run code without provisioning or managing servers
Augmenting the Client With HTMX
Thu, 10 Oct 2024
This post is part of a series comparing different ways to implement asynchronous requests on the client to augment the latter. So far, I described the process with Vue.js and Alpine.js. Both are similar from the developers' point of view: they involve JavaScript.
In this post, I'll focus on HTMX, whose approach is quite different.
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