state, reducers, and usereducer in react

2019-07-31

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~6 min read

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1058 words

To date, I’ve struggled to understand reducers. Terms like reducers, actions, dispatch, all blurred together and even though I could use…

using isvalidelement to ensure a node is an element in react

2019-07-30

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~2 min read

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312 words

I am trying to reduce an array of React Nodes to an array of React Elements. Specifically, I’m trying to extract the title prop from those…

reminders and suggestions

2019-07-29

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~2 min read

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331 words

Every week I sit down and write what I want to stop, start, and continue. That habit, it would seem, should insulate me to some degree both…

useref vs. usestate and unnecessary renders

2019-07-26

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~3 min read

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505 words

Today, I found a wonderful side-effect of : it doesn’t re-render components when it changes. This was ideal for my situation because I…

git branch naming conventions

2019-07-25

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~2 min read

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267 words

I have a habit of making longer git branch names. I use the branch name as a way to communicate what and why I’m working on something. For…

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