We are all trained in React that NEVER EVER do this.setState() (or derivative) in your render() method, right? It is considered evil. There is general fantasy that render() should be 100% benign, no side effects, 100% repeatable no matter how often re-called, right? There are two main reasons for this fantasy. One is some purist …
Correctly using React this.state and truly being a state machine Read More »
Is it ever a day off now? I dont think so. I’m not sure if that’s fantastic, or not. But I think it is. Starbucks, Veteran’s day, a day we all owe respect, and do. And I look around; 12 people, laptops and coffee, but that’s *not* bad, is it? They might be texting their …
I spent (sadly) too much of my life at #mcdonalds or #starbucks, and THEY understand US…isn’t that comment (alone) on life? McDees has now decorative lighting, human-alive plants on stools, and, well, value. Bucks same but different. All: Free WiFi, so that you, I, can work, socialize. If I (or you?) go to a “coffee …
You travel, like I do. Sadly, home is what you feel when the sliding doors open to a front desk, right?? Sometimes things go wrong. It happens. A younger me might harbor anger (etc). No more. Tanya is a nice gal at the front-end of suburbia #holiday inn. She didn’t know I booked (thru #expedia) …
We took a weekend trip to the Berkshires. Of course with computer(s) and phones, but as-said: to get “away”. Lenox Mass, amazing theatre (#Tanglewood being so close). It’s a different life out here. Values are different, but technology is still present. So we saw this amazing play, “Pipeline” at the Shakespeare theatre. Front-row of a …
Community theater: And arts? What does that mean to us, technologists? Read More »
We all know, as we develop life-changing solutions for the world: “Mobile First” rules. Partly (if nothing else) is because: Responsive. Meaning, any-size screen, any rotation, and the “solution” needs to be very usable. Ok, got it, same page. Mobile is a bit different. Some apps are really mobile oriented, some are “game” (and def …
I’m an industry analyst. I come from a tradition that was started by Howard Anderson, founder of Yankee Group and whom I once worked for. He taught me most of what I know about being an analyst. He sold himself as someone who could peer into the future of technology. His company would predict the …
I love #Walmart for all the normal reasons (massive selection of just about everything you could ever want, and priced incredibly agreeably for conscious buyers). I don’t go as often as I would like (location issues here), but noticed something last Saturday. Out of the 25 checkout isles, 20+ of them are *only* self-checkout. In …
In this tutorial we will set up an app with authentication, routing, a global Redux state, and a basic node express server. We will use React, Redux, auth0, Redux Thunk, express and node. This will be a minimal skeleton app which you will be able to build on top of. Prerequisites: Basic HTML, CSS, and …
Building a React app with an Node API server Part 1: Intro Read More »
It’s all about “state”. You will undoubtedly soon need to integrate #React into your #Angular apps (why? Because that’s the direction of the world –moving to #React). And it’s not easy. Angular is an entirely different animal and both worlds want to be on-top or in-control. Sure, any app (SPA or otherwise) can cross pages …
