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What is Reconciliation and the Virtual DOM (VDOM)?
December 15, 2023•911 words
How does React handle update the DOM? The answer? "The Virtual DOM and reconciliation." Let's explore what these are and how you can leverage them the best.
What is Reactivity?
December 14, 2023•1,223 words
When researching frontend frameworks, you're likely to hear about "reactivity". But what is it? Why does it matter? Let's explore this and more in this article.
When private member function?
December 12, 2023•412 words
I've seen this a few times too many recently, and need to get it off my chest. Ponder a class that has a private member function. The function does...
Figma to Compose: Line Height & Baseline Grids
November 9, 2023•1,443 words
A detailed guide on how to make text in Jetpack Compose match your mockups, and why baseline grids are not all that they're hyped up to be.
How to Build Original Projects
November 9, 2023•5,028 words
People often say that you should build your own projects to grow as a developer, without explaining how. Let's learn how to actually plan and build your own custom projects.
Discovering Odd Behavior with Angular Error Handling
September 27, 2023•2,060 words
Angular has fairly consistent error handling behavior... Until it doesn't. Here's one place where it's off and why.
Introduction to Hash Tables
July 3, 2023•1,423 words
A high-level overview of how hash tables work behind the scenes.
Porting a Next.js Site to Astro Step-by-Step
June 29, 2023•1,739 words
Let's port a site from Next.js to Astro, expanding on the official migration guide.