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Inspecting Redux Stores in Production, without the Redux Devtools
Checking out the Redux Store of Soundcloud Redux Back in the day I learnt a lot by hitting CTRL+U (View Source) on websites. Nowadays I still check the source code of some apps, yet it’s become a tad more difficult for some specific things. When it comes to React apps that use Redux I like …
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Gremlins.js – Monkey testing library for web apps and Node.js
gremlins.js is a monkey testing library written in JavaScript, for Node.js and the browser. Use it to check the robustness of web applications by unleashing a horde of undisciplined gremlins. I especially like the syntax to start a test: var horde = gremlins.createHorde(); horde.unleash(); And oh, make sure you don’t run any tests after midnight …
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Breaking the CSS Grid (and how to fix it)
Dave Rupert lists two scenarios in which the CSS Grid can be broken, and how to fix it: Overflow-x Elements break the Grid Form Controls break the Grid To easily fix these, Dave has whipped up a small CSS snippet he calls “Fit Grid”, containing a CSS class you can apply to prevent these issues …
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Tame your Service Worker before your Progressive Web App go into the wild
Slidedeck by Maxim Salnikov: With great power comes great responsibility – trivially, but true: I’ll show the examples of how easy the “Progressive” part of the PWA term could become “Regressive”, how to fix this, and how to test our Service Worker before deploying your app. First, we’ll go through the well-known PWA functionality (App …
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The Thistlegorm Project
One of the most famous wrecks to dive on is that of the SS Thistlegorm, a British merchant steam ship that was sunk by German bombers on 6 October 1941 near Ras Muhamad (Red Sea, Egypt). The University of Nottingham, Ain Shams (Cairo) and Alexandria University have joined forces to create a 3D model of …
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Optimize React Performance
Good advice every React dev should be aware of: React is known to be blazingly fast with its Virtual DOM implementation. However, even with React’s built-in performance, there are instances when the UI can begin to feel sluggish. The primary culprit for poor performance is generating too many renders and reconciliations. We’ll cover 4 techniques …