Published in ITNEXT·PinnedThe evolution of a React applicationWhile I’ve put React application, there isn’t such a thing as React application. I mean, there are front-end applications written in JavaScript or TypeScript that happen to use React as their views. …Programming8 min readProgramming8 min read
Mar 20Breaking the Chains of Implementation: Leveraging React Context API with Interface-Oriented DesignImagine you’re maintaining a design system. It’s well-designed and production-proof, runs fast, and is compatible with most modern browsers. It has hundreds of internal and external consumers, and teams, big and small, all love it. One day, someone from a product team approached and kindly asked if you could enhance…React6 min readReact6 min read
Published in ITNEXT·Mar 17Member-onlyThe Interface Mindset: How to Build Flexible, Maintainable React Components with Context APIReact document mentioned that the Context is designed to share data share values between components without explicitly passing a prop through every level of the tree (the prop drilling problem). Context lets the parent component make some information available to any component in the tree below it — no matter…Programming5 min readProgramming5 min read
Published in ITNEXT·Mar 14How ChatGPT Helped Me Build a “Quote of the Day” App in Record TimeRecently, I attempted to create a simple application using Apple Shortcuts. The idea was straightforward: I needed a script to automatically pick a random item from a list and read it to me every morning at 7 am. While I had some experience with Apple Shortcuts, I wasn’t sure how…Programming4 min readProgramming4 min read
Published in ITNEXT·Mar 10Maximizing Productivity: How ChatGPT Can Improve Pair ProgrammingAs a practitioner of Test-Driven Development, my workflow involves writing tests from the user’s perspective and then implementing the code to satisfy those tests. When the code reaches a point where making changes is difficult, I refactor it. …Coding8 min readCoding8 min read
Published in ITNEXT·Mar 7I Asked ChatGPT a Seemingly Impossible Task, and This Is What Happened.A background story In September 2016, I worked as a consultant on-site for a client. The team I was working with was a fairly typical traditional software team. …Programming10 min readProgramming10 min read
Published in ITNEXT·Mar 3Create Your Own OpenAI Powered Chatbot in React within 30 minutes.In this tutorial, we will explore how to build a simple user interface that leverages the OpenAI HTTP API in conjunction with React. …React5 min readReact5 min read
Published in ITNEXT·Feb 20Sharing Stateful Logic in React with Hooks: A Better Way to Build Reusable ComponentsAlthough React hooks have been available for some time, I have noticed that certain fundamental concepts — such as the reasons for their necessity — are not always well understood. …Programming4 min readProgramming4 min read
Published in ITNEXT·Feb 12Clean Code Takes Priority: Choosing Readability Over SpeedI got a lot of comments on my recent refactoring article and the corresponding video. I replied to some of them here and there, and soon I realised it would be helpful to put these into one place and discuss the topic a bit deeper. There is a particular comment…Programming6 min readProgramming6 min read
Published in ITNEXT·Jan 18The refactoring of the “Very efficient Code” from Dutch DigiD AppI found a very interesting code snippet today on a programmer humour channel on Reddit (Very efficient Code). And that code snippet kinda goes viral, and you might have already seen it on different platforms as well — people love it. Many arguments are going on about the topic. Some…Programming6 min readProgramming6 min read
