web app Archives

React / Redux

10 Lessons Learned from 4 Weeks of Updating Bootstrap

Another developer and I spent about 345 hours updating the Bootstrap and React Bootstrap versions on two web apps. Here's what I learned.

Project & Team Management

Rollbacks & Redirects: Project Considerations when Launching a Rewrite Website

Embarking on a website rewrite project demands careful planning and execution. We'll dive into key project management considerations.

Mobile Apps

Do You Need a BFF? The Backend for Frontend Pattern

Evolving technology means applications must support a wider range of requirements. One solution is the Backend for Frontend (BFF) pattern.

React Native

React and React Native – What’s the Biggest Difference?

React is for frontend web apps and React Native is for cross-platform mobile and web apps. But there are more differences between the two.

Web Apps

The Future of the Web is Hyperlocal

Hyper-specialized edge computing and WebAssembly: this is the hyperlocal future of the web, and it's right around the corner.

React Native

3 Reasons to Use Expo for Your Next Cross-Platform Mobile App Project

Expo is a compelling option for anyone developing a cross-platform mobile application. Here are a few reasons it’s worth your consideration.

JavaScript

Create Sick Web Animations in Three.js with GSAP

Have you ever wondered how to create smooth animations for your threeJS web app? Luckily, we have a very handy tool called GSAP.

Web Apps

Understanding and Setting Up the Azure Resources to Deploy a Containerized Web App

Here, I'll provide a high-level explanation of the Azure resources our project team created in order to deploy a containerized web application.

React / Redux

How to Create and Export Web Components From a React Application

On a recent project, we wanted to export a handful of components from our React application for use in a Vue web application. Web Components to the rescue!

Web Apps

How to Implement Click Analytics with the Event Capture Phase

Understanding the event capture phase meant we could leave our code untouched and our event listener will fire even if a component stops event propagation.

Web Apps

Running End to End Cypress in a Google Cloud Build Pipeline

Here's the next installment of our series on adding end-to-end Cypress to a web app, discussing how we ran tests in a Google Cloud Build test pipeline.

Development Practices

Runtime Configuration for SPAs

We recently had a need for runtime configuration in our web app’s frontend. In this post I’ll describe what that means and how we achieved it.