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November 14, 2020

An Intro to GraphQL

Using Github's Public API to understand what GraphQL can offer: Github REST API (v3) Github GraphQL API Explorer (v4) To see what Github's REST API (v3) can provide we can go to the parent route (https://api.github.com/) which will list all of the possible routes we can use. For v4 we can login to…

4 min

Tags: graphql, api, rest, query, client-side

October 12, 2020

React Custom Hook: useTimer

A simple hook that waits for a boolean to be to begin counting. The count is controlled by a function that can remain in the function component. This hook will continue to pass to the function until the starting number is equal to the final number . It is recommended to remain outside and…

2 min

Tags: js, context, es6, react custom hooks, react hooks

October 12, 2020

React Context with Hooks

I'm having a lot of fun with React. As much as I appreciate the structure class components provide, it does however take a lot of effort to write out and can get complex very quickly if not careful. Using function components have been a breeze, especially for something simple. Here's a short example…

5 min

Tags: js, context, es6, react context, react hooks, useContext, useReducer, createContext

July 11, 2020

What Is A Mutation Observer?

I don't know why, but saying this sounds like coming from a mad scientist. According to MDN: The MutationObserver interface provides the ability to watch for changes being made to the DOM tree. If something is expected to be added to the DOM but not yet targetable, you can wait for the change…

5 min

Tags: js, mutation observer

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