Recoil is a minimal experimental state management library for React. This article gives an overview of its benefits and how to use Recoil. If you have used Redux or React Context with Providers, the concept is very...
Functional components are far more efficient than class based components. Less code is needed to achieve the same goal.This post explains how functional components can carry out life-cycle events without needing to be...
Considering using Gatsby JS for your website? Looking to improve your businesses marketing? Will it improve a websites performance? Not sure of the benifits? Gatsby could be the right choice.
I recently published an article covering the development of a custom Gatsby Source Plugin. To help get off the ground faster I created a starter repository. I didn’t want to include too much details in the tutorial, so...
A simple step by step guide for creating a Gatsby JS source plugins, to help developers new to the eco-system. Includes starter templates to get you moving!
While researching the best way to implement React Context into my projects, I found that a lot of the articles were over-complicating what should be a very simple process. The code below is a slimmed down use case, so...
My rundown of a clean development install for WordPress and JS development. I have got it perfect after many mistakes. This is a guide for me (and hopefully it can help you) for setting up a new system, quickly. On...
I have been working on components for Gatsby JS, and including React Hooks. The idea is they will be packaged up separately and pushed to NPM. To make the build easier I house the component in a separate directory and...
This weeks rundown covers the large problem of small fonts, why you should always ask why, and that footers are essential. All this and more!
Colour can limit a designers creativity. GatsbyJS improves site speed by 70%. Netflix uses A/B testing. And why apps should be "thumb-able". This and more in this weeks design development inspiration rundown.
