The unique position of Vite in our ecosystem
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Many meta frameworks are now relying on Vite as their build tool. Let's explore what this means in comparison to frameworks that aren't built this way.
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Gain a deeper understanding about the value of Git history and learn how to record changes exactly the way you want, no compromises.
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There is an overlap in functionality between ESLint and Prettier. Find out how to resolve this conflict and use ESLint to enforce Prettier in your codebase.
As developing web applications becomes more commonplace and nuanced, we often look for creative ways to bridge the gaps between those languages to make our development environments and workflows easier and more efficient.
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My blog used to be on Medium, but it had some missing features and odd behaviors that eventually drove me away.
Frequent use of code folding and the minimap feature might indicate that the codebase should be restructured in a way that doesn't require hiding code.
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Codemods are really useful for automatically refactoring large amounts of code in a similar way, yet there aren't many resources on this topic.
The best code rules are not written, they are enforced. Find out how to create your own ESLint rules using an existing rule and syntax tree selectors.
Splitting large JSX expressions into functions affects readability in the sense that the reader has to look elsewhere in order to understand the expression.
The question of where to save a dependency is clear when building a library, but in application codebases it's usually just a convention.
Unit testing a simple todo application built with React and Redux using AVA.
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While watching a video about the terrifying comments that women on YouTube have to endure daily, the downvoting feature caught my attention.
Many view ESLint as a nuissance, but if used correctly it can improve the quality of your project and even teach you JavaScript.
Manual testing is usually slow, tedious and error-prone, we need a way to automate testing across different browsers and platforms.
Lately there has been a lot of talk on Twitter about Sass, PostCSS, cssnext etc. How do all of these tools work together?
After installing a Bower component there is still some manual linking to do, which can be tedious depending on the number of assets. Let's automate this!
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