Drew Colthorp on Atomic Spin

Atomic SPA Starter Kit: TypeScript, GraphQL, ReactJS

Our new SPA framework with TypeScript, GraphQL, and ReactJS. It's a starter kit for building single-page web apps backed by an API.

TypeScript

Modular, Type-safe Metadata with TypeScript

You can do some pretty powerful things with the tools TypeScript provides. Reflect on your TypeScript types to drive runtime behavior in a type-safe way.

Mobile Apps

Explorations in Adapting Redux to C#

The Redux model to managing application state is great. See some implementation strategies to adapt the model to make great use of C# and .NET.

TypeScript

Immutable.js Records in TypeScript

Use these key steps to create strongly typed immutable records in TypeScript with Immutable.js.

TypeScript

Typed Redux Reducers in TypeScript 2.0

The new TypeScript version, 2.0, has some new additions that are great for Redux development in React: type narrowing for tagged unions.

Culture

“Owning It” Every Step of the Way

There's no one-size-fits-all process for creating software. Each project must execute according to the needs of the customer and their business realities.

Planning Your Project

Maximizing Value Starts with Truly Understanding the Client’s Needs

All the technical skill in the world won't combat solving the wrong problem or being wasteful with time.

UX/Design Practices

Prioritizing Joy

How do we prioritize an emotional connection in an Agile project? Here’s one possible strategy.

Functional Programming

Understanding Homoiconicity in Clojure

To really understand Clojure macros, you first need to have a good understanding of what makes them so powerful – homoiconicity.

Ember.js

Effortless Abstraction with Ember.js

It's amazing how easy it is to build sophisticated apps with Ember. This post explores one feature of Ember that enables this: pervasive data binding.

Project & Team Management

Using Storytelling to Convey Complicated Ideas

Storytelling is a great way to communicate complicated ideas in a natural way.

.NET / WPF

Faking Named Parameters in .NET when Using ODBC

Here's some handy code for emulating named parameters when using ODBC drivers in C# or .net.

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