Working on software separate from work is an excellent way to learn, explore passions, and follow ideas. I started my career in computing with personal projects, and I continue to build and expand my skills with my own projects. Even though these projects are fun, they include many components of an enterprise project. Two of […]
Web apps maintain state to enable more advanced user interactions. When we enter an email into a website, we expect that website to remember the email and not have to enter it over and over each time it displays. One way to remember information across renders in React is with state, specifically useContext hooks. I […]
When building an app, it’s nice to have reusable components. There is nothing more satisfying than throwing together a good-looking page in a day because all the components are built and ready to use. And, building reusable React components is an important skill for a developer. However, it’s important to follow some guidelines as you […]
The Oculus Quest 2 exploded in popularity this year. While virtual reality has applications in the workplace, I am most interested in building and playing games. Want to get started building your own? Here are the steps I followed to build my first app for the Oculus Quest 2. Step 1: Setting Up Unity Workspace. […]
When visiting a website, the client loads information from the server to display. While the server responds, most web pages display a loading spinner or similar animation. The following demonstration uses React hooks to implement a loading component that displays while the client loads the results of a function call. A useEffect React hook calls […]
Testing timers reliably is a difficult task because time changes and must be synced between different places. In manual tests, you need to wait out long timers to make sure that they fire correctly. This is unacceptable for automated testing environments where the goal is to have the tests run quickly and regularly. To avoid […]
Cypress is a brilliant program for testing user interface elements. It offers flexibility for testing different types of components, and it handles changing pages fairly well. One of the quirks of Cypress shows up when working with nested components. As a page loads, some elements will load before others. This can cause problems with Cypress […]
