Maintaining Order with Apollo Query Hooks

On my current React project, we are using the hooks provided by Apollo to fetch and mutate data with GraphQL. One of the components I wrote had a query that relied on data from a previous query. The component looked similar to this example: export const BadSelect = () => { const [selectedPokemon, selectPokemon] = […]

How to Access Session Data within a Hot Chocolate Resolver

Hot Chocolate is a GraphQL server that can integrate with ASP.NET Core, but it doesn’t participate in the same dependency injection you may be used to. That means it’s not immediately clear how to get at the Session or User objects. Normally, you can access these things through an HttpContext. On a controller, you read […]

10 Things You Need to Understand about Swift

When I first started working in Swift, I assumed it was like an Objective-C clone with cleaner syntax. I was wrong. Swift has several idiosyncrasies and potential pitfalls you need to be aware of — whether your background is in Objective-C or some other language. Here are ten lessons I’ve learned about what sets Swift […]

Scrollable Grid with Just-in-Time Loading – Part 3: Using React Table with React Window

In the first part of this series, I described how to just-in-time load and incrementally render chunks of data. I used React Window, which can render data in windowed chunks, reducing the initial load time and the amount of memory used to store DOM nodes. React Window is often used with a data fetching library […]

Setting Up an Azure Functions Dependency Injection Context for Request Tests

I’ve been trying to figure out how to do some request testing on an Azure Functions project. My goal is to submit HTTP requests with JSON bodies, have them handled by the Functions running through as much of the real production code as possible, and then get back an HTTP response with a JSON payload. […]

Firebase with Unity – Part 2: User Accounts with Authentication

Firebase authentication is an easy way to have users sign in to your Unity app. Last time, I showed you how to set up Firebase in Unity. Today, I’ll describe how to maintain an authentication state in your app and make calls to Firebase that allow users to create an account, sign in, and sign […]

App Deployment with Kubernetes, Part 3 – Deploying Your App

On the verge of creating your first Kubernetes deployment? Maybe you’ve created a Dockerfile for your applications, provisioned resources for Kubernetes, or even started up your first single pod application. To get the real benefit of Kubernetes, you need to bring these parts together and deploy your app. Kubernetes deployments allow for smooth scaling, updating, […]

App Deployment with Kubernetes, Part 2 – Preparing Your App

Most provisioning and configurations for web services happen in their respective cloud interfaces. This means web app developers must learn several different systems, and it’s more difficult to create consistent deployments. Fortunately, using a Command Line Interface and tools like Docker can make this process more consistent and familiar. This post is part of a […]

App Deployment with Kubernetes, Part 1 – Configuring Google Cloud Platform

Have you embarked on a journey to create reliable app deployments and found that getting started is overwhelming? The first hurdle is choosing and configuring your cloud resources. With a plethora of options to pick from, finding the right configuration can be complex and confusing. I’d strongly suggest using Kubernetes on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) […]

Four Ways to Make Your Next Rails Upgrade Smoother

Major Ruby on Rails upgrades can be a headache when your project has a lot of dependencies or gets too far out of date. I’m pretty new to the Ruby and Rails ecosystems. And when I had to perform upgrades on several projects recently, I was disappointed by the lack of guidance available. To be […]

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