sunflowerseed articles - 29 total
A 5 minute guide to nvm
To have multiple versions of node and npm on our machine, we can use nvm. The official docs of nvm i...
Don't run `sudo npm install -g` -- the simplest way to make it work
When we do npm install --global something Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen...
The only two values in JavaScript that is a === b, but operation using them give different results
This is the quiz for today... a === b gives true yet if you use them for the same operation, they gi...
How to get data from API and show static data from server using NextJS?
It'd be simple to write a React app in 3 minutes to get the weather data from https://api.weather.gov...
Do we really use useContext() in React?
It was once said that we either just React and state, or React with Redux or MobX, and that we really...
Why do programmers say when they use tmux, their productivity shoot up the roof?
Isn't tmux just a tool so that when you get disconnected, you still can come back to the process or c...
Sharing a story how chaotic your small company was?
In the old days, a hi-tech company was really a hi-tech company. These days, I found that it can be a...
It is better to write something complicated that people find it hard to understand
I found that if I don't understand something that well, I can write some blog post, and people find i...
I noticed being a contractor earn 40% to 50% less, and no 401K, no ESPP, no insurances, no vacations
So who wants to be a contractor really? I noticed there are some cases but beyond that I don't under...
Why delete my comment?
Once I wrote something and it worked well in Chrome and Firefox, but Internet Explorer had some behav...
One of the most evil things: let the user type for 15 minutes and blank out his textbox
That's one of the most evil thing a webpage can do to a user. Let the user type for 15 minutes for t...
Should Web API be limited to RESTful?
Actually, should Web API be limited to RESTful? I remember in 2008, it was more like custom-made API...
Poll: Do you know in JavaScript, what `a == null` is for, exactly?
Poll: what does a == null do exactly in JavaScript? I know exactly what it does. I have some ideas,...
If you use a Google Map API Key, don't you need to put it in JavaScript and anybody can see it and use it too?
The Google Map API needs an account with billing to be able to try it. That mean we need to have an a...
Any developer out there can tell us how you use RxJS?
For example, do you use it all by itself? Or use it with Angular? Is it a standalone framework that...
Is RxJS more popular than React?
I saw the comparison of npm package installations: RxJS is double that of ReactJS. At first I tho...
I don't know why React users downvote my StackOverflow questions just like PHP users
I used to asked PHP questions and Ruby questions on StackOverflow and the users responding came from...
I am applying for front end dev but the interview will have one hour of "scaling web app", what does it involve?
If I develop just the webpage or webapp (such as using React or Vue), how does "scaling" the webapp h...
Is it true that components in a ReactJS app should be divided into container components and presentational components?
I guess it is "you don't have to do that", but is it actually good or best practice to actually do th...
If we don't use redux-thunk or redux-saga, what do we use?
Only a portion of people who use React uses Redux, and only a portion of that uses redux-thunk or red...
I feel a little overwhelmed by middleware, redux-thunk, redux-saga
I was a little bit shocked by Promises, Await / Async, Generators, a function that can "stop" in the...
How come job interviews turned in LeetCode familiarity?
There are some big companies, in which the interviewer told me secretly "if you don't do tons of L...
How to make a React / Redux App able to get a value from a sub-component?
I have this simple Counter using React / Redux: https://stackblitz.com/edit/react-kkcgza?file=App.js...
I can't understand Redux's `store.dispatch()`. Is it `store.takeAction()`?
Sometimes I have a hard time understanding the "verbs" or method names of OOP these days. Note the f...
Does Redux minimize re-rendering?
Is it true that one big advantage about Redux is, it can minimize the re-rendering of components? If...
How is GraphQL different from the old days?
In the old days we have API to get data, and then later we have RESTful, and then now we have GraphQL...
ReactJS -- If it is setting a state with the same value, will the component be re-rendered?
Function component -- setValue(v) if v is the same value as before, then the function comp...
What if a ReactJS app is structured so that App State is the App container, and App and all components are context consumers?
I wonder if a ReactJS app is structured this way, will it work properly: All the app state is insid...
The only two values a and b in JavaScript that is a === b, but operation using them give different results
This is the quiz for today... a === b gives true yet if you use them for the same operation, they gi...