Apr 7, 2022An introduction to useSWR for remote data fetchingHere is simple step by step tutorial that gets you started with the useSWR hook. An alternative to useSWR would be using the useEffect hook to fetch data for your react applications. So what does useSWR bring to the table that makes it a very popular remote data fetching tool? …6 min read6 min read
Jan 25, 2022An introduction to writing tests using CypressCypress is a testing framework for web applications that makes writing tests for frontend web applications seamless, faster and reliable. Cypress is used by developers and quality analysts to write all types of tests ie. e2e tests, unit tests and integration tests. This tutorial will cover the basics of writing…9 min read9 min read
Jan 24, 2022An introduction to testing react applications using @testing-library/react by creating a simple todo applicationTesting applications is really important before shipping applications to your end-users since it confirms that everything is working correctly before deployment happens. It also gives confidence that your users get correct outcomes when using your application. Nobody wants frustrated users anyway,9 min read9 min read
Jan 8, 2022Super friendly introduction to classnames in ReactIf you have been writing ReactJS applications, you might have stumbled upon the classnames npm package from the classnames npm package. Here is a beginner friendly intro to classnames. So, why do we use classnames? Because they help us to conditionally show content based on state. In this tutorial we…4 min read4 min read
Jan 4, 2022How to use curl for HTTP request typesCurl basics What is curl: curl is command-line tool to transfer data to and from the server GET request using curl $curl http://localhost:3000/api curl is the command to use the curl tool http://localhost:3000/api is the route from which we want to get data The default curl http request is GET so we…4 min read4 min read
