You might be using useEffect wrong the whole time
I had a tryst with the eslint exhaustive-deps rule recently. It made me go down the rabbit hole and realize that I have been using the useEffect hook wrong. In this article, I will be…
Tag: Frontend
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What I learned building a cloud-native frontend app for Asgardeo
Times change fast. Even more so if you are in the tech business. Fifteen years ago, JavaScript was only a child’s toy condemned to lend some semblance of programmability to web pages. Today, it is…
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Implementing a timer using React
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Implementing a timer using React might seem straightforward until you actually try to implement one. This seemingly run-of-the-mill task can put your React knowledge to a stern test. The obvious way First, let us try…
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Leveraging web workers to safely store access tokens
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We use web workers to offload resource-intensive tasks to a background thread in a web app. But did you know we can also use them to safely store access tokens? This article discusses how it…
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How we built a frontend app for WSO2 Identity Server with React
WSO2 Identity Server has always been known for its technical brilliance and feature richness. But that wasn’t enough to satiate us. In order to provide an unparalleled user experience, we wanted to add one more…
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CICD for frontend with Firebase and GitHub Actions
GitHub Actions has made CICD easy. Couple it with the free hosting service offered by Firebase, you have a fully functional CICD pipeline ready for your frontend app completely free in no time. As frontend…
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Prevent useEffect’s callback firing during initial render
React’s useEffect hook has indeed made life a lot easier. But there are times when you would most certainly miss the fine-grained control class-based components give you over a component’s lifecycle. One such time is when you…
