Braydon Coyer

Braydon Coyer @braydoncoyer

About: 💻 Sr Full Stack Engineer 🚀 Front-End Specialist 🎨 DOM Artist

Location:
Dallas, TX
Joined:
Oct 11, 2020

Braydon Coyer
articles - 50 total

5 Basic Tips for Angular Unit Testing

Unit testing provides assurance that your application works as intended by running an automated piece...

Learn More 3 0May 31 '22

Learn How to Click a Button when Angular Unit Testing

Buttons play a large part in the user experience of your user interface. Angular makes working with...

Learn More 5 0May 27 '22

Enable Autocomplete for Tailwind CSS in VSCode

If you’ve recently found Tailwind CSS, you’re no doubt amazed at how quickly you can write CSS! But...

Learn More 5 0Apr 27 '22

What Makes a Unit Test Valuable?

The goal of unit testing is to ensure that your application behaves as expected. However, many unit...

Learn More 6 0Apr 25 '22

You Don't Need a CS Degree to Land a Web Development Job

This article was originally published on my personal blog Demand is high as many set their sights on...

Learn More 6 1Apr 19 '22

The Powerful CSS not Selector

This article was originally posted on my personal blog. The :not() CSS selector is a powerful...

Learn More 24 7Mar 29 '22

How to Enable Preview Mode in Next.js for your CMS

I’m using Notion as a CMS by utilizing the Notion API (which was just released to the general public)...

Learn More 6 0Mar 15 '22

Tailwind Gradients - How to Make a Glowing Gradient Background

This article was originally published on my blog. Gradients have become extremely popular on the...

Learn More 6 0Feb 10 '22

6 BEST Fonts for Programming in 2022

If you’re looking for a fresh font at the beginning of the year, this list is sure to help you...

Learn More 1 0Jan 26 '22

A New Opportunity at LogicGate

The last 6 weeks have been filled with new beginnings for many individuals in Tech Twitter. It seems...

Learn More 0 0Jan 17 '22

Create a Newsletter Subscription Form with Next.js API Routes and the Twitter Revue API

Collecting emails and shepherding a trusting newsletter list is one of the best ways to nurture a...

Learn More 6 0Jan 10 '22

How to Dynamically Create Open Graph Images with Cloudinary and Next.js

Have you wondered how sites like dev.to create dynamic and engaging social sharing banners on...

Learn More 34 0Dec 21 '21

Introducing My New Blogfolio

If you're reading this, it means that my newly revamped blogfolio has gone live! I'm so excited that...

Learn More 63 2Dec 13 '21

Maximize Component Reusability with Bit

One of the main responsibilities when building components is to consider autonomy and reusability -...

Learn More 3 0Nov 24 '21

How to Create a Chat Layout with TailwindCSS and CSS Grid

This article was originally published on my blog. TailwindCSS provides utility classes that enable...

Learn More 5 0Oct 8 '21

How to Unit Test an HTTP Service in Angular

This article was originally published on my personal blog We now understand the importance of...

Learn More 9 0Sep 20 '21

Use Named Exports over Default Exports in JavaScript

If you were like me when I started learning JavaScript and diving into tools like React and NodeJS,...

Learn More 53 8Sep 3 '21

The Gumball Machine: How To Quickly Identify Unit Test Cases

This article was originally published on my personal blog The purpose of a unit test is to confirm...

Learn More 4 0Aug 26 '21

How to Use the TailwindCSS Typography Plugin

Tailwind, a utility-first CSS library that provides unopinionated classnames for rapid UI style...

Learn More 5 0Aug 16 '21

Hold Up - What Are JavaScript Generators?

This article was originally posted on my blog We learned JavaScript knowing that functions execute...

Learn More 25 1Jul 16 '21

Technical Interview Preparation and Tips To Consider

This was taken and expanded upon from my newsletter Do you get nervous when taking a technical...

Learn More 7 0Jul 8 '21

10 BEST Custom and Creative Developer Blogs in 2021

As a developer, creating your own blog is one of the best projects you can add to your portfolio. Pot...

Learn More 9 0Jun 10 '21

Why Every Developer Should Build Their Own Blog

If you’re a web developer applying for a job, you’re placed in a unique position. Job applications re...

Learn More 5 0Jun 3 '21

8 Tips To Improve Your UI Designs

Design. Does it scare you? While it's not mandatory for front-end developers to design user interfa...

Learn More 60 3Apr 29 '21

Build a Glassmorphic Navbar with TailwindCSS backdrop-filter & backdrop-blur

Glassmorphism, a design trend that spiked in popularity in late 2020, is a methodology where a backgr...

Learn More 55 1Apr 22 '21

Creating the JAMstack Logo with CSS: A Step-By-Step Guide

In this brief tutorial, you’ll learn how to create the JAMstack logo from scratch with CSS! Here’s a...

Learn More 7 0Apr 16 '21

Setting Yourself Up for Success: How I Define MVP (Minimal Viable Product)

Let’s be honest -- things are constantly evolving in the tech world and there's always something new...

Learn More 4 0Apr 8 '21

GatsbyConf 2021 - Gatsby v3.0 And The New Gatsby Plugin Image

2021 seems to be flying by quickly. March is off to a great start with the coming and going of Gatsby...

Learn More 7 1Mar 12 '21

A Web Developer's iPad Setup for Productivity

It’s March 2021. It’s been a year since we were sent home to work. Reflecting over the past year, I r...

Learn More 6 0Mar 2 '21

6 BEST Fonts for Programming in 2021

As developers, we spend the majority of our day in front of a computer screen writing code. Eye...

Learn More 63 26Feb 18 '21