If you are a javascript developer, chances are you would have heard about React, Relay, and GraphQL recently. And if you are a react developer who has been happily using redux for a while now, the very first question that comes to mind is why another set of technologies? Why should I...
If you have been programming for a while, you would be familiar with the hassles of writing clean code and maintaining consistency across a project on some specific code style guidelines. Even if you spend a few days making everything consistent, some other developer might check-in their changes or disable some...
Building advanced layout designs using CSS is a troublesome process. Anyone who has ever worked on CSS has faced this challenge. At times, even the simplest div may not always position itself correctly, looking so messy and untidy – just like kitten litters. And right when you manage to perfect...
I recently was working on writing end-to-end test cases using protractor on a project. Everything was working fine until the number of test cases increased significantly, and running the complete set of test cases took too much time. It was a pain to even think of running the e2e command...
Using “require” statements (commonJS syntax) in your server side code while writing “import” and “export” statements (ES2015 syntax) for your front end makes writing javascript a bit weird. The reason for not having import and export statements for modules is that node parses modules a bit differently than how they...
If you have been doing front-end development recently, the chances are that you would have heard about Webpack multiple times. In fact, most of the starter kits are built using Webpack Dev Server. The implementation and configuration are hidden by wrappers above it so that the developer continues working on...
GraphQL is a query language and a runtime for data querying over an API. It is something that you put in between your front-end application and a backend data service. The first question that comes across in people’s mind is that we already have REST, what problem can then GraphQL...
Since npm is an open platform, anyone can publish packages to it. And thus the security impact of using npm in an application can make some people paranoid. Since a lot of projects today are written using node, node.js security should become an important part of your workflow. Node security platform is...
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