Emma Goto π articles - 78 total
Fun with Hardcover's Book API: A quick reference
I'm a longtime Goodreads user, but have always wanted to try something better when it comes to...
2021 in review: my second year of blogging
2021 was a much more quiet year on my blog than compared to 2020. Continuing the tradition of my 2020...
Writing a script to cross-post to DEV.to
After publishing a post to my site, I usually cross-post it to DEV.to. Originally I would use their...
How to export from Ulysses to Markdown
I use the Ulysses text editor to write all my posts. Converting them into Markdown files for my blog...
How to build an inline edit component in React
Inline editing allows users to edit content without navigating to a separate edit screen. In this...
Generate custom social card images for your Gatsby blog
One of the ways you can make your Gatsby posts stand out to readers is to add a social card image. In...
How to build a table of contents in React
A table of contents lets your readers see a high-level summary of your page. In this tutorial, weβll...
How to add comments to your Gatsby blog
Does your Gatsby blog have a commenting system set up? If not, you could be missing out! Comments...
Jest partial matching on objects, arrays and functions
Sometimes with Jest, you only need to test part of an object exists, or test on a subset of an array....
Unit testing Node.js fs with mock-fs
If you're using the fs module to do things like write to files, or modify file names, you might have...
MonarchMap: Help save the Monarch butterfly with New Relic π¦
Each year, Monarch butterflies make a 3000-mile migration across North America. But climate change is...
How to write to files with Node.js
In this post weβll be covering how you can use the fs module in Node.js to write to and modify files...
Automate file renaming with Node.js scripts
Node.js scripts can be a real time-saver when you want to automate common tasks. In this post, you'll...
My 2020 in books
In 2020 I read a total of 79 books - 78 in English, and one in Japanese. With a burst of last-minute...
2020 in review: My first year of blogging
2020 was probably a really strange year for a lot of us. For me, I can definitely see the silver...
The Checklist Manifesto: the power of the simple checklist
The Checklist Manifesto may look like yet another self-help or productivity book. But I found it to...
How to rename all md files to mdx
Recently I converted my Gatsby blog from Markdown to MDX, and I wanted to convert all my .md files...
How to render SVGs in Preact
If you want to render an .svg file in in Preact, I found inline SVGs to be the easiest way to get...
How to add search to your Gatsby site
A search bar is a great way to make content on your Gatsby site discoverable. In this tutorial, I'll...
How to build a search bar in React
A search bar is a great way to make content on your website discoverable. In this tutorial, weβll be...
The Power of Now: 2 actionable takeaways
Originally published in the late 1990s, The Power of Now was written after its author, Eckhart Tolle,...
Working in Public: how can we solve the problems of open source?
Nadia Eghbalβs recent book Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software,...
How to unit test your Gatsby blog with React Testing Library
Writing unit tests will keep your Gatsby blog bug-free, and leads to more maintainable code. This...
Meta tags: All you need to know for your Gatsby blog
When you share your Gatsby blog to the world, youβll want to make sure you give a good first...
Apollo pagination tutorial: using fetchMore()
When you need to fetch large amounts of data from your GraphQL server with Apollo, you may need to...
5 ways to improve your Gatsby code blocks
Code blocks are a great way to explain concepts to your readers, and you'll want to make them as easy...
Using the DEV API to add DEV.to comment counts to my blog
Currently my personal blog site doesnβt support comments. Since I cross-post all of my posts to DEV,...
I made my Gatsby blog open source: a feature walkthrough
I recently open-sourced my blog built using Gatsby! This post will walk you through why I chose...
TypeScript 4.0 released
TypeScript 4.0 comes with a variety of new features, and best of all, no major breaking changes!...
Using CSS-in-JS with Preact
The two most popular CSS-in-JS libraries, styled-components and Emotion, donβt support Preact out of...