Dec 11, 2020Member-onlyHow to Write a Nested and/or Query Using Elixir’s Ecto LibraryLessons learned the hard way — Sometimes I wish answers could be spoon-fed to me and not necessarily done the hard way by reading and searching. But if we ever want to earn our ability to fly we need to stretch our wings and leave the nest. …Ecto3 min read
Dec 11, 2020Member-onlyHow to query a JSONB array field using Postgres contains and Elixir’s Ecto libraryLessons learned the hard way Wow, this took me way too long to figure out. For the past week, I've been stumped by something that was so simple it was complicated. Oh, the pains of learning a new language. Sometimes I feel like the goat pictured above wrapped in a…Elixir2 min read
Published in Better Programming·Jul 31, 2020Member-onlyHow to Write Common React ComponentsBuild your project’s own component library — How many times have I started a new React project and thought to myself, I wish I had a good common component library built the way I like and with what I like? Then I spend a day or so getting all my boilerplate set up and working. What if…React4 min read
May 5, 2020Member-onlyThe Bane of Immutable React StateReact state may not always be immutable Today I was working through a problem with a component involving the react context API which was holding state I was sharing between two components. Testing out my knowledge of hooks I decided to useReducer and wrap my context API in a hook…React2 min read
Published in Better Programming·May 1, 2020Member-onlyHow to Not Need a Private npm Registrynpm install from a git repo — Have you found yourself like me scouring the internet for the cheapest easiest way to do something? I spent a few hours digging into finding a way to host, deploy, and install a package using npm but without using npm. …NPM2 min read
Mar 2, 2020Member-onlyJava Mockito: partially mock methods in a class you are testingRecently I came upon an interesting dilemma that probably wasn’t that unusual of a problem. I needed to mock a method that existed in the same class that I was testing. This problem helped me realize that I hadn’t grasped the concept of a mockito spy. When you want to…Java2 min read
Published in Better Programming·Nov 17, 2019Member-onlyJavaScript/React Trivia #2A continuation of the game you play on your own right here, in this piece — Well, hopefully, if you’re reading this, you’ve checked out my first quiz on Javascript/React. If you haven’t you can check it out here on Better Programming a medium blog. This second quiz consists of 6 problems. Hopefully, they don’t rack your brain too badly. 1. (True/False) Functional Arguments (Numbers, Booleans, Strings, Null, and Undefined) Are Passed by ReferenceJava Script3 min read
Published in Better Programming·Nov 14, 2019Member-onlyContext and Your Own React HookA tutorial for writing a simple authentication React Hook — Really, it’s pretty simple. At first, it may seem like it’d be really complex. But it really is simple. First, you need to figure out what you would like to hookify. …Java Script2 min read
Published in Better Programming·Nov 13, 2019Member-onlyJavaScript/React TriviaThe game you play on your own right here in this article — How much of a JavaScript guru are you? Are you trying to take your programming career to the next level? I've put together 10 JavaScript trivia problems, see if you can answer them without using your browser console. Hopefully, you can learn something. 1. What Does the Following Code Console Output? var bar = null; console.log(typeof bar ===…Java Script3 min read
Published in Better Programming·Oct 17, 2019Member-onlyHow To Generate an Array of Months, Years, or Days in JavaScriptUsing the best date library in the world — There’s an easy way to do things, and there’s a hard way to do things. I'm the kind of person who prefers the easy way. Usually, less code for me means it’s the easy way. If you are new to moment.js, then I recommend reviewing it a bit. Also, you…Java Script2 min read
